Life support : diary of an ICU doctor on the frontline of the covid crisis /
by Down, Jim.
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BookPublisher: UK : Penguin Books, 2021Edition: [New edition].Description: 222 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780241506325 (pbk.) :; 0241506328 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 610.92 DOWSubject(s): Down, Jim | Physicians -- Great Britain | Critical care medicine -- Great Britain | COVID-19 (Disease) -- Great Britain | Health and Fitness | Health and Wellbeing | Autobiography: science, technology & medicine | Medicine: general issues | Intensive care medicineSummary: As a doctor running the intensive care unit at one of London's top hospitals, Jim Down has spent his life working as healthcare's last resort, where the unexpected is always around the corner, and life and death decisions are an everyday occurrence. But nothing had prepared Jim and his team for the events of spring 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic descended. He tells the extraordinary month-by-month story of how as the nation came to a standstill, he and his colleagues donned PPE, received an unprecedented influx of patients, transformed their hospital and ultimately faced down the biggest challenge in the history of the NHS. With warmth, honesty and humour, this book is a gripping, moving testament to the everyday heroism of the NHS staff in a global crisis, and an unforgettable insight into what was really happening in the wards as we clapped on our doorsteps.
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 610.92 DOW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003101557X |
Originally published: UK: Viking.
As a doctor running the intensive care unit at one of London's top hospitals, Jim Down has spent his life working as healthcare's last resort, where the unexpected is always around the corner, and life and death decisions are an everyday occurrence. But nothing had prepared Jim and his team for the events of spring 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic descended. He tells the extraordinary month-by-month story of how as the nation came to a standstill, he and his colleagues donned PPE, received an unprecedented influx of patients, transformed their hospital and ultimately faced down the biggest challenge in the history of the NHS. With warmth, honesty and humour, this book is a gripping, moving testament to the everyday heroism of the NHS staff in a global crisis, and an unforgettable insight into what was really happening in the wards as we clapped on our doorsteps.
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