'Wanting to Save Again' Published... Trauma Center Battle Written by 'Kim Sabu' Advisor

24-Hour Records of a Trauma Center Written by a 'Real' Doctor
A Fierce Battle to Save Patients in Extreme Situations
A Book Offering Warm Comfort Amid Life's Questions and Frustrations

The book "Because I Want to Save Again," vividly capturing every minute and second of the Regional Trauma Center fighting at the crossroads of life and death, has been published.

The author, Professor Heo Yoon-jung, is a trauma surgeon at Dankook University Hospital's Regional Trauma Center and a physician-scientist affiliated with the Innovative Future Medical Center. She also served as a filming advisor for the SBS Friday-Saturday drama "Romantic Doctor Kim Sa-bu Season 3," which aired from April to June 2023.

Wanting to bring it back to life once again
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Professor Heo is a doctor who is endlessly calm yet bold when holding a scalpel, but also a writer with a gentle and emotional perspective when holding a pen. She confesses, "I wrote this book hoping more people would understand the emotions my patients felt in their final moments and the storms that made their lives harsh."

This book fully captures 24 hours at the trauma center, conveyed by a 'real' doctor who is coldly rational during surgery but gentle only in front of patients.

The book is divided into three parts. Part 1, "Platinum Minute," deals with the space of the trauma center. The trauma center is a place where patients severely injured in tragic accidents are brought in, and where tearful efforts are made to save them. It is also a place that brings the greatest tragedy to the patients' families.

Conversations between doctors are so intense they seem to spill blood, while conversations between doctors and patients are sad yet beautiful. Considering that anyone can end up at the trauma center, the place closest to death where one can cry out to be saved, it makes one feel even more passionately about life and death.

Part 2, "Just as No Two Patients Are the Same," tells the stories of those who passed through the trauma center. From a doctor meeting an elementary school classmate who attempted suicide, to a laborer brought in with every bone broken and dirt inside his body, to a patient who survived the pain of paralysis, and a woman in her 60s who overcame death by singing "Soyanggang Maiden" for 120 days. Reading through countless resuscitations and deaths evokes a wide range of emotions?from solemnity and sadness to humor.

Part 3, "Even If You Are Brought In Twelve Times," shares stories about Heo Yoon-jung as a doctor and as a human being. Through very personal stories of the hardships of medical school life and the joys and sorrows felt as a female doctor, readers can see the human side behind the fierce 'knife wielder.'

Professor Heo urges attention and support for essential medical workers who are struggling to hold their ground after the medical crisis. The trauma center is the most needed place in hospitals but also the most avoided by medical students. With 7 to 8 night shifts per month, 36 hours of continuous work, and patients close to death, the pillar that sustains them through extreme labor intensity is a 'sense of mission.' Trauma surgeons here have saved countless lives so far and continue to work with a desperate sense of mission to save more.

This book, containing the author's confessions and resolutions focused solely on patient resuscitation in extreme situations, not only vividly conveys the reality of the trauma center but also offers powerful solutions, motivation, and warm comfort to those experiencing life's questions and frustrations.

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