Intensive Care: The Story of a Nurse by Echo Heronova

Intensive Care: The Story of a Nurse

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, INTENSIVE CARE: The Story of a Nurse, (revised 2024) is the gripping account of critical care nurse, Echo Heron.  From training to practice in emergency and coronary care units, Heron's riveting first-person account carries an emotional impact that will leave few readers unmoved. A winning mixture of emotion, humor, and medical life and death dramas, INTENSIVE CARE is a fast-paced and fascinating must-read.

"Details the full range of emotions... FAST-PACED, HUMOROUS, ENGROSSING."  — Booklist

"DRAMATIC ... RINGS TRUE... [A] GRIPPING ACCOUNT."  — Publisher's Weekly

"Compelling reading." — New York Daily News

"Heron tells her story with a gripping, emotional intensity... With love and humor and vivid vignettes from her own life." — San Francisco Examiner

"A HEARTFELT, GAMELY HUMOROUS NARRATIVE" — The Boston Phoenix

"RIVETING ... A first-person documentary that reads like a novel ... A winning combination of medical anecdotes and personal observations... There's never a dull or preachy moment. INTENSIVE CARE COULD NOT BE BETTER READING." — Anniston Star

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