Flight for Life: An American Company's Dramatic Rescue of Nigerian Burn Victims

Description: Flight for Life by Richard D. Stewart Offers an account of one of the most gripping rescue missions in African history, told by a doctor involved in saving the lives of Nigerian workers who became victims of a tragic American chemical company explosion. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Flight for Life is the heart-stopping account of one of the most gripping rescue missions in African history. Told by a doctor involved in saving the lives of Nigerian workers who became victims of a tragic American chemical company explosion; Dr. Stewart and his colleague moved mountains and cut red tape to fly patients to one of the premiere burn centers in the United States. At the time of the S. C. Johnson Company chemical plant explosion in 1982, there were no burn care centers in Africa. Its hospitals lacked the most basic accommodations for burn victims and would usually sedate anyone who was badly burned until they died. When the S. C. Johnson Companys foreign subsidiary, based in Lagos, Nigeria, had a ruptured butane gas line that exploded, burning the skin and clothing of twenty-nine Nigerian employees, the company began a race against time to help the victims of the catastrophe. Teaming with the University of Michigan Trauma Burn Center, S. C. Johnsons executives, and the U.S. embassies in England and Nigeria, Dr. Stewart (Johnsons corporate medical director) converted a DC-10 airliner into an intensive burn-care flying hospital, staffed by a London medical team to keep the patients alive during the eleven-hour transatlantic crossing through an unexpected and dangerous storm at sea. This real-life rescue narrative illuminates the heroic lengths dedicated individuals will go to when lives are at stake. Notes The harrowing, true-life rescue of Nigerian burn victims and the race against time and distance. Author Biography Richard D. Stewart, MD, is a specialist in both internal medicine and medical toxicology and has served as a professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin since 1966. He holds several medical patents, including the hollow fiber artificial kidney. He is the author of Leper Priest of Molokai: The Father Damien Story and has written more than 250 scientific papers. Stewart was director and co-host for Milwaukees classical music station WFMR for a program that explored the influence of medicine and disease on the lives of famous persons. He and his wife Mary live in Racine, Wisconsin. Promotional The harrowing, true-life rescue of Nigerian burn victims and the race against time and distance. Long Description Flight for Life is the heart-stopping account of one of the most gripping rescue missions in African history. Told by a doctor involved in saving the lives of Nigerian workers who became victims of a tragic American chemical company explosion; Dr. Stewart and his colleague moved mountains and cut red tape to fly patients to one of the premiere burn centers in the United States. At the time of the S. C. Johnson Company chemical plant explosion in 1982, there were no burn care centers in Africa. Its hospitals lacked the most basic accommodations for burn victims and would usually sedate anyone who was badly burned until they died. When the S. C. Johnson Companys foreign subsidiary, based in Lagos, Nigeria, had a ruptured butane gas line that exploded, burning the skin and clothing of twenty-nine Nigerian employees, the company began a race against time to help the victims of the catastrophe. Teaming with the University of Michigan Trauma Burn Center, S. C. Johnsons executives, and the U.S. embassies in England and Nigeria, Dr. Stewart (Johnsons corporate medical director) converted a DC-10 airliner into an intensive burn-care flying hospital, staffed by a London medical team to keep the patients alive during the eleven-hour transatlantic crossing through an unexpected and dangerous storm at sea. This real-life rescue narrative illuminates the heroic lengths dedicated individuals will go to when lives are at stake. Details ISBN1616082275 Publisher Skyhorse Publishing ISBN-10 1616082275 ISBN-13 9781616082277 Format Hardcover Subtitle An American Companys Dramatic Rescue of Nigerian Burn Victims Country of Publication United States Year 2012 DEWEY 966.91 Illustrations col. Illustrations Short Title FLIGHT FOR LIFE Language English Media Book Pages 208 Author Richard D. Stewart Publication Date 2012-03-15 NZ Release Date 2012-03-15 US Release Date 2012-03-15 UK Release Date 2012-03-15 Audience General AU Release Date 2012-05-16 Imprint Skyhorse Publishing Place of Publication New York, NY We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:151665391;

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