Critical

Stories from the front line of intensive care medicine

Critical
Matt Morgan
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Paperback
h198 x 130mm - 288pg
30 Apr 2020 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781471173066
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Journey into the world of intensive care medicine and the lives of people who have forever been changed by it. ' A very special book filled with stories of survival, hope and loss. ' Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor There is no room for error in the ICU. Full focus is required at all times. It can be the difference between life and death. Through the remarkable stories of his patients, Dr. Matt Morgan guides you through the body and its organs. He explains how various critical conditions arise, and all that goes into treating them - from the science, research and technology, to the tireless efforts of the doctors and nurses. This book gives you powerful insights about intensive care, many of which may prevent you, or those close to you, from ending up there. It will even teach you how to save a life. Movingly and compassionately, Matt writes about the cases and the people that have stayed with him, both the recoveries and the losses. This book shows the fragility of life, but also the incredible resilience of the human body and spirit. Sometimes darkness can show you the light. Praise for Critical ' This book offers real insight into life and death medicine. ' Dr. Michael Mosley ' This book is marvellous: buy it, share it, recommend it. . . . We are fortunate to have dedicated, caring and humble folks such as Doc Morgan on the Critical Care front line. We are even better off when a writer can capture all that this exciting, mad, glorious and even exasperating job means. If you work in healthcare, know somebody that does, or simply inhabit a body then this book is for you: in fact it' s critical. ' Peter Brindley, Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, Medical Ethics University of Alberta ' Just wonderful. I love the exploration of what it means to survive, at what cost and so on. Such an important factor and it' s a real problem with what we do. An old surgeon once told me ' just because we can, doesn' t mean we should. Operating is the easiest thing in the world, not doing so is incredibly challenging' . A lovely book. ' Dr Nikki Stamp FRACS Cardiothoracic and Transplant Surgeon and author of Can You Die of a Broken Heart? ' An illuminating, compassionate insight into the fascinating world of intensive care. ' Leah Hazzard, author of Hard Pushed
' Matt Morgan is an engaging, honest and perceptive doctor who has managed to pack an awful lot into his career. This book promises to offer a real insight into an area of life and death medicine that many of us will have seen dramatised on television. ' -- Dr Michael Mosley, bestselling author of The Fast Diet, The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet and The Clever Guts Diet ' Matt Morgan writes beautifully and movingly about the edges of life. Through vivid encounters and pitch-perfect insights, he shines a light on the human experience at the frontiers of healthcare. ' -- Ganesh Suntharalingam, President, Intensive Care Society ' A very special book filled with stories of survival, hope and loss. ' -- Adam Kay, author of the best-selling book This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor ' I loved it. So carefully written and obviously as a doctor, I could totally get behind the stories of Gram and the origin of ICU, but the patients. . . just so touching. I love the exploration of what it means to survive, at what cost and so on. A lovely book. ' -- Dr Nikki Stamp FRACS, Cardiothoracic and Transplant Surgeon and author of Can You Die of a Broken Heart? A Heart Surgeon' s Insight Into What Makes Us Tick ' A gripping realism of life in intensive care that reminds us how fragile is life. Written with humility and insight this is an intriguing glimpse into a world of life-saving decisions. It is life affirming and hugely reassuring. ' -- Professor Dame Sue Black, author of All That Remains: A Life in Death ' This book is marvellous: buy it, share it, recommend it. . . . We are fortunate to have dedicated, caring and humble folks such as Doc Morgan on the Critical Care front line. We are even better off when a writer can capture all that this exciting, mad, glorious and even exasperating job means. If you work in healthcare, know somebody that does, or simply inhabit a body then this book is for you: in fact it' s critical. ' -- Peter Brindley MD FRCP Can FRCP Edin FRCP Lond, Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, Medical Ethics, University of Alberta
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781471173066
Published: 30 Apr 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 130mm
Spine: 20mm
Pages: 288

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