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Ambon: The truth about one of the most brutal POW camps in World War II and the triumph of the Aussie spirit

Survival, heroism, courage and mateship in Ambon - a place of nightmares.In February, 1942, Ambon, an Indonesian island north of Darwin, fell to the Japanese army and the Allied forces defending it were captured. Over a thousand of these soldiers were Australian. By the end of the war, just one-third of them had survived and Ambon became a place of nightmares, one of the most notorious of all POW camps the war had seen.Many of the men captured were massacred, and of those who initially survived, many later succumbed to the sadistic brutality of the Japanese guards. Starvation also took a fearful toll, and then there were the medical 'experiments'. It was a place almost without hope for those who held on, made worse by the fact that the savagery inflicted on them wasn't limited to their captors but also came from their own. One soldier described their hopelessness towards the end with the bleak words: 'The men knew they were dying.'Yet astoundingly there were survivors and in Ambon they speak of not just the horrors, but the bravery, endurance and mateship that got them through an ordeal almost impossible to imagine.The story of Ambon is one of both the depravity and the triumph of the human spirit; it is also one that's not been widely told. Until now.

Amboy: Recipes from the Filipino-American Dream

Filipino recipes from the the creator of the legendary Eggslut in LA, host of the hit online series The Burger Show, and the most prominent Filipino chef in the US. Alvin Cailan has risen to become arguably the most high-profile chef in America's Filipino food movement. He took the food scene by storm when he opened the now-legendary Eggslut in Los Angeles, a foodie cult favorite specializing in affordable but sophisticated egg sandwiches. Alvin also hosts the popular The Burger Show on First We Feast's YouTube channel, with many episodes exceeding 1 million views and guests such as Seth Rogen and Padma Lakshmi. Alvin's story of success, however, is an unlikely one. He emerged from his youth spent as part of an immigrant family in East LA feeling like he wasn't Filipino enough to be Filipino and not American enough to be an American, thus amboy, the term for a Filipino raised in America. He had to first overcome cultural traditions and family expectations to find his own path to success, and this unique cookbook tells that story through his recipes.

Ambridge

In 1905, the German religious settlement of Economy changed forever from what its charismatic founder had planned in 1824. Built to await the Second Coming, Economy was passed from the hands of the moribund Harmony Society to the American Bridge division of United States Steel Corporation. The new owners renamed the town Ambridge. As the mill town burst into life, the population spiked from 600 to approximately 37,000 by 1945. Inevitably, Ambridge felt the collapse of big steel. In the 1750s, this land along the Ohio River held Log Town, which was a meeting place for Colonial and Native American leaders. Later there was Legionville, where Gen. Anthony Wayne trained American troops during the early Indian wars. This was followed by the final home of a utopian society and one of the largest mill complexes of the 20th century. Through vintage photographs, Ambridge chronicles the diverse history and evolution of this community.

Ambrose (The Early Church Fathers)

St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397, was one of the most important figures of the fourth century Roman empire. This volume explores the enormous impact of Ambrose on Western civilization, and examines the complexity of his ideas and influence; as a poet, ascetic, mystic and politician. Ambrose combines an up-to-date account of his life and work, with translations of key writings. Ramsey's volume presents a comprehensive and accessible insight into a relatively unexplored persona and argues that Ambrose has influenced the Western world in ways as yet unrealized.

Ambrose Bierce, Alone in Bad Company

Detailed biography and analysis of his literature.

Ambrose Bierce’s Civil War

This powerful collection contains the very best of this world-renowned author's writings. All of the short stories and factual accounts of the Civil War presented here form a searing, unflinching portrait of this terrible war. For fiction and non-fiction fans and history buffs alike.

Ambrose of Milan

In this new and illuminating interpretation of Ambrose, bishop of Milan from 374 to 397, Neil McLynn thoroughly sifts the evidence surrounding this very difficult personality. The result is a richly detailed interpretation of Ambrose's actions and writings that penetrates the bishop's painstaking presentation of self. McLynn succeeds in revealing Ambrose's manipulation of events without making him too Machiavellian. Having synthesized the vast complex of scholarship available on the late fourth century, McLynn also presents an impressive study of the politics and history of the Christian church and the Roman Empire in that period. Admirably and logically organized, the book traces the chronology of Ambrose's public activity and reconstructs important events in the fourth century. McLynn's zesty, lucid prose gives the reader a clear understanding of the complexities of Ambrose's life and career and of late Roman government.

Ambrose, Augustine, and the Pursuit of Greatness

Since Aristotle, the concept of the magnanimous or great-souled man was employed by philosophers of antiquity to describe individuals who attained the highest degree of virtue. Greatness of soul (magnitudo animi or magnanimitas) was part of the language of Classical and Hellenistic virtue theory central to the education of Ambrose and Augustine. Yet as bishops they were conscious of fundamental differences between Christian and pagan visions of virtue. Greatness of soul could not be appropriated whole cloth. Instead, the great-souled man had to be baptized to conform with Christian understandings of righteousness, compassion, and humility. In this book, J. Warren Smith traces the development of the ideal of the great-souled man from Plato and Aristotle to latter adaptions by Cicero, Seneca, and Plutarch. He then examines how Ambrose's and Augustine's theological commitments influenced their different critiques, appropriations, and modifications of the language of magnanimity.

Ambrose: Church and Society in the Late Roman World (The Medieval World)

An account, and assessment, of the career of St Ambrose (339-397), from 374 bishop of Milan and one of the four Doctors of the Christian Church (with Sts. Jerome, Augustine and Gregory the Great). A key figure in the transition of the later Roman Empire into its medieval successor, Western Christendom, Ambrose was deeply involved in the political, social and religious issues of his day: struggles between church and state (especially with Emperor Theodosius), the fight against heresy, but he also had a deep influence on Church thought such as the role and status of women. John Moorhead considers all these dimensions in a book that will be of compelling interest to historians of the Church and the late classical world and classical studies.

Ambulance Attendant: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series #C-1088)

The Ambulance Attendant Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam.

Ambulance Girl: How I Saved Myself By Becoming an EMT

Five years ago Jane Stern was a walking encyclopedia of panic attacks, depression, and hypochondria. Her marriage of more than thirty years was suffering, and she was virtually immobilized by fear and anxiety. As the daughter of parents who both died before she was thirty, Stern was terrified of illness and death, and despite the fact that her acclaimed career as a food and travel writer required her to spend a great deal of time on airplanes, she suffered from a persistent fear of flying and severe claustrophobia. But a strange thing happened one day on a plane that was grounded at the Minneapolis airport for six horrible, foodless, airless hours. A young man on a trip with his classmates suddenly became dizzy and pale because he hadn't eaten in many hours, and there was no food left on the plane. Without thinking about it, Jane gave him the candy bar that she had in her purse. A short time later the color had returned to his cheeks, the boy was laughing again with his friends, and Jane realized that this one small act of kindness--helping another person who was suffering--had provided her with comfort and a sense of well-being.It was shortly thereafter that this fifty-two-year-old writer decided to become an emergency medical technician, eventually coming to be known as Ambulance Girl. Stern tells her story with great humor and poignancy, creating a wonderful portrait of a middle-aged, Woody Allen-ish woman who was "deeply and neurotically terrified of sick and dead people," but who went out into the world to save other people's lives as a way of saving her own. Her story begins with the boot camp of EMT training: 140 hours at the hands of a dour ex-marine who took delight in presenting a veritable parade of amputations, hideous deformities, and gross disasters. Jane--overweight and badly out of shape--had to surmount physical challenges like carrying a 250-pound man seated in a chair down a dark flight of stairs. After class she did rounds in the emergency room of a local hospital, where she attended to a schizophrenic kickboxer who had tried to kill his mother that morning and a stockbroker who was taken off the commuter train to Manhattan with delirium tremens so bad it killed him. Each call Stern describes is a vignette of human nature, often with a life in the balance. From an AIDS hospice to town drunks, yuppie wife beaters to psychopaths, Jane comes to see the true nature and underlying mysteries of a town she had called home for twenty years. Throughout the book we follow her as she gets her sea legs and finally bonds with the burly, handsome firefighters who become her colleagues. At the end, she is named the first woman officer of the department--a triumph we joyously share with her.Ambulance Girl is an inspiring story by a woman who found, somewhat late in life, that "in helping others I learned to help myself." It is a book to be treasured and shared.From the Hardcover edition.

Ambulance Girls At War

Ambulance No. 10. Personal Letters Of A Driver At The Front [Illustrated Edition]

"Letters describing the daily life and activities of a section of the voluntary "American Ambulance Field Service in France", operating over a period of four months in 1915 in Lorraine in support of the French.These letters were written by a member of the American Ambulance Field Service in France, a voluntary organisation that came into existence soon after the outbreak of war and in 1916 had over 200 motor ambulances. They were driven by young American volunteers, most of them graduates of American universities, who got no salary but their living expenses were paid. The ambulances were grouped in sections of twenty to thirty vehicles, attached to the French Armies and carried the wounded between the front and Army Hospitals within the Army zone. They were particularly useful in Alsace where their light but powerful vehicles were able to cope with the steep mountain passes which French motor ambulances could not manage. The section in which the writer of these letters served and whose daily life and activities he describes was located in Lorraine. The letters cover a period of four months from June to October 1915 and were first published in 1915 under the title With the American Ambulance Field Service in France, changed to Ambulance No 10 for this 1916 edition, purely for the sake of brevity. There is plenty of action to read about in this correspondence and there are interesting photographs."-N&M Print Version.

Ambulance Services: Leadership and Management Perspectives

This volume provides fresh insights and management understanding of the changing role of the ambulance services against the backdrop of massive cuts in health budgets around the world and the changing context of pre-hospital care within the wider healthcare networks. The challenges of funding, training and cultural transformation are now felt globally. The need to learn and adapt from suitable models of ambulance service delivery have never been greater. The book offers critical insights into the theory and practice of strategic and operational management of ambulance services and the leadership needs for the service. One of the highlight of this volume is to bring together scholarship using experts- academics, practitioners and professionals in the field, to each of the chosen topics. The chapters are based in the practical experiences of the authors and are written in a way that is accessible and suitable for a range of audiences. We are confident that this book will cater to a wider audience to inform policy and practice, both in the UK and internationally. Paresh Wankhade is Professor of Leadership and Management at Edge Hill University, UK Kevin Mackway-Jones is the Medical Director at North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, UK Endorsements "This unique and valuable publication, charts the history and development of the ambulance service in England over the last hundred years or so. The role of this key emergency service has always been important, and arguably never more so than today. The contributing authors have not only provided the reader with great insights into where the service has come from and the leadership challenges it has, and continues to face; it also gives examples of how the future could look as our journey of transformation continues. " Peter Bradley CBE, MBA (and author of Taking Healthcare to the Patient 2005), Chief Executive Officer. St John National Headquarters, New Zealand "With a year on year increase in demand for emergency ambulances and over 9 million calls annually, the UK Ambulance Service must change from its emergency care and transport focus model. With the increase in professionalism of paramedics and an uplift in assessment and clinical skills the modern paramedic is increasingly able to treat at home, direct patients with alternative care pathways and avoid transportation to overburdened Emergency Departments. Whilst there is some historical and cultural resistance to change there is a need for further development in clinical skills and a new perspective for the future Ambulance Service. This book brings together practitioners, managers, academics and provides a broad understanding of the major management issues in the UK Ambulance Service. It includes the history of the Ambulance Service, quality and risk management issues, commissioning, leadership, intra-operability and shape of the future ambulance service. The content will be of interest to students, practitioners and academics". Sir Keith Porter, Professor of Clinical Traumatology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom

Ambulances

Discusses the parts and mechanics of amublances. Presents a brief history of early emergency medical care, the development of the ambulance, and ambulance rescue today.

Ambulances (Wild About Wheels)

A person needs to get a hospital quick! What vehicle can get them there fast? An ambulance! Ambulances carry the equipment needed to help people in an emergency. Young readers will find out about ambulances, their main parts, and how these important vehicles are used.

Ambulant erworbene Pneumonie

Dieses Buch bietet differenzierte Diagnostik und Therapie - was, wann, warum - zur sofortigen sicheren Anwendung. Entsprechend der neuesten Studien und Leitlinien aller wichtigen deutschen, europäischen und amerikanischen Fachgesellschaften. Es geht um eine der häufigsten akuten Erkrankungen in der Inneren Medizin in Deutschland mit erheblicher Hospital-Letalität von 4-10 % (höher als beim Myokardinfarkt). Oft wird die prognostische Bandbreite unterschätzt - auch Komplikationen und schwere Verläufe mit Multiorganversagen sind möglich. Grundlagen · Epidemiologie · Mikrobiologie und Immunologie (Differential-)Diagnostik, Prognose · Klinische Symptomatik und Untersuchungsbefunde · Radiologische Bildgebung · Labordiagnostik · Differentialdiagnostische Abgrenzung von Infektionen der unteren Atemwege (akute Bronchitis, akute Exazerbation der COPD) · Risikobeurteilung im Rahmen der Erstuntersuchung (Differential-)Therapie entsprechend Schweregrad Prävention, Nachsorge · Antimikrobiell · Adjunktiv · Bei Therapieversagen · Bei rezidivierender Pneumonie · Bei Aspirationspneumonie · In der Schwangerschaft · Als terminale Komplikation am Lebensende Strategie · Qualitätskontrolle der Behandlung · Arztbrief · Leitlinien Herausgeber Professor Dr. med. Santiago Ewig Chefarzt Thoraxzentrum Ruhrgebiet, Kliniken für Pneumologie und Infektiologie, EVK Herne und Augusta-Kranken-Anstalt Bochum.

Ambulante Pflege von A bis Z

Sicher und kompetent pflegen Dieses kompakte Praxisbuch unterstützt Pflegefachkräfte in der ambulanten Pflege mit prägnanten Beschreibungen zur Vorbereitung und Durchführung von Pflegemaßnahmen, dazu zahlreiche Praxistipps. Ideal zum Nachschlagen und Auffrischen für Anfänger, Wiedereinsteiger und Umschüler. Aus dem Inhalt Tägliche Pflegemaßnahmen wie Haut-, Intim-, Abendpflege Spezielle Maßnahmen wie Absaugen, Katheteranlage, PEG- und Stomaversorgung Unterstützende Maßnahmen, z. B. Wickel, therapeutische Waschungen Prophylaxen, u. a. Dekubitus und Dysphagie Wundmanagement Handlungsanweisungen für Notfälle, z. B. Schock, Atemnot Rechtliche Hinweise, u. a. zur Schweigepflicht, Vorsorgevollmacht und freiheitsentziehenden Maßnahmen

Ambulantes Operieren in Klinik, Praxis und MVZ: Rahmenbedingungen - Organisation - Patientenversorgung (Erfolgskonzepte Praxis- & Krankenhaus-Management)

In diesem Buch beschreibt ein erfahrenes Herausgeber- und Autorenteam, wie die praktische Umsetzung des ambulanten Operierens in der Klinik, in einer Praxis oder in einem medizinischen Versorgungszentrum effektiv und ökonomisch gelingt. Das Werk wendet sich an Ärzte aller Fachdisziplinen, die in ambulanten OP-Einrichtungen arbeiten sowie an Klinikdirektoren, Verwaltungsdirektoren und Gesundheitsökonomen. Die 3. Auflage erscheint inhaltlich und strukturell komplett überarbeitet und trägt den neuesten Entwicklungen Rechnung. Der Schwerpunkt des Werkes liegt dabei auf den strukturellen und organisatorischen Aspekten des ambulanten Operierens, wobei auch für Anästhesisten und Operateure vieler Fachrichtungen medizinisch relevante Aspekte dargestellt werden.

Ambulantes Operieren: Rahmenbedingungen - Organisation - Patientenversorgung (Erfolgskonzepte Praxis- And Krankenhaus-management Ser.)

Um Kosten zu sparen, werden Operationen häufig ambulant durchgeführt. In dem Band erläutert ein erfahrenes Herausgeber- und Autoren-Team, wie ambulantes Operieren effektiv und ökonomisch umgesetzt werden kann. Mit dem Schwerpunkt auf strukturellen, organisatorischen, forensischen und ökonomischen Aspekten bietet der Band das notwendige Wissen, um ambulante OP-Einrichtungen aufzubauen und zu überprüfen. Mit Beispielen aus verschiedenen chirurgischen Fachgebieten. Die 2. Auflage wurde komplett überarbeitet und auf den neuesten Stand gebracht.

Ambulanzprotokolle chirurgische Notfälle (Operationsberichte)

Das Verfassen eines formal und inhaltlich korrekten und rechtlich einwandfreien Berichts in einer Notfallambulanz ist in diesem Buch an über 150 beispielhaften Berichten aus der Unfallchirurgie und Orthopädie sowie der Allgemein-, Viszeral-, Gefäß- und Thoraxchirurgie anschaulich dargestellt. Sowohl Berichte zur stationären Aufnahme wie auch solche zur ambulanten Weiterbehandlung haben Platz gefunden. Einführende Kapitel erläutern den systematischen Berichtsaufbau und die rechtlichen Hintergründe sowie fachspezifische Besonderheiten. Zudem bieten die Berichte durch ihre Realitätsnähe vor allem dem Chirurgen in der Weiterbildung die Möglichkeit, sich auf seine Tätigkeit in der Ambulanz vorzubereiten.

Ambulatory Colorectal Surgery

A great single-source reference encompassing all aspects of colorectal surgery, Ambulatory Colorectal Surgery covers topics:patient evaluationanorectal anatomyanorectal ultrasoundbiofeedback techniquesfecal incontinence evaluation and managementwound managementstoma managementpain managementanal fissureanorectal abscessproctalgia fugax

Ambulatory Gynaecology

A change from traditional care pathways to more cost-effective, patient-centred approaches to medical practice lies at the heart of modern health service management. A 'see and treat' management philosophy is developing, under the umbrella term of 'ambulatory gynaecology', with one-stop clinics and day surgery operations replacing traditional outpatient consultations and inpatient surgery. This book sets out how the concept of ambulatory gynaecology can be applied to the main areas of gynaecological practice. It covers analgesia and anaesthesia for outpatient gynaecology, colposcopy services, abnormal uterine bleeding, endometrial ablation, urogynaecology, infertility, early pregnancy units, emergency gynaecological services, pelvic ultrasound and interventional radiology.

Ambulatory Gynecology

Focus on evidence-based medicine sets this apart from the few other texts on the subject of ambulatory gynecology.<P><P> Applicable to all health professionals who treat patients with gynecologic disorders or symptoms.<P> Includes algorithms .<P> There are approximately 55,000 practicing ob/gyns in the United States. The obstetrics and gynecology residency training authority (the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) has now pushed ambulatory primary and preventative care to the top of its list for residency training. Interest in the area of ambulatory gynecology is not just growing in the field of ob/gyn, however; family and primary care practitioners, emergency room physicians, and advance practice nurses all must know how to diagnose, manage, and treat gynecological conditions. Since office technology has expanded and decision-making has become increasingly complex, physicians need a guide through the endless list of treatment options for commonly presenting gynecologic disorders. Ambulatory Gynecology gives practitioners tools for diagnosis, investigation and management of these disorders, including decision-making algorithms. The text is evidence-based. From endocrine disorders to breast disease, preventative measures for osteoporosis to management of an abnormal pap smear, from adolescent gynecology to menopause, this book is crucial for office-based physicians to feel confident practicing in all areas of gynecology.

Ambulatory Impedance Cardiography: The Systems and their Applications (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #76)

The book is divided in 4 parts. In the first one, the importance of the analysis of the cardiac dynamics using the ambulatory monitoring technique is presented. The second part contains the description of foundations of impedance cardiography (ICG), the models used to describe the ICG technique and the description of available systems for ambulatory monitoring of cardiac hemodynamics. The third part is devoted to the validation of the ambulatory ICG method, the verification of the quality of long term ICG recordings and the discussion of the limitations of this technique. In the last part, some clinical and research applications of the ICG ambulatory monitoring are presented. The simultaneous recordings of electrocardiogram (ECG) and ICG in the transient cardiac arrhythmia events illustrate the potential applications of that method for quantitative analysis of hemodynamics when the implementation of the stationary methods would be either difficult or not possible to do. The book is followed by references, alphabetical index and appendices containing the technical data of the available systems for portable monitoring of cardiac hemodynamics.