What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - The Highs and Lows of an Air Ambulance Doctor

During open-chest resuscitations, I've held a non-beating, recently stilled human heart in my hands. And, should you ever get to hold one, you will find the human heart to be rubbery and shockingly light.'What Could Possibly Go Wrong? is a report from the front line of emergency medicine, the first ever account of what it is like to work as an air ambulance doctor. Whether describing cutting through a patient's breastbone to plug a stab wound or barrel rolling a light aircraft at 5,000 feet, Tony Bleetman captures the sheer adrenaline of racing through the sky to save lives. You will learn how to land a helicopter on the side of a mountain, what it means to encounter death every day, and how to perform a tracheotomy in real life (clue: it doesn't involve a ball-point pen).Funny, shocking and moving, What Could Possibly Go Wrong? is a glimpse at a world where the wrong decision can mean the difference between life and death.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Tony Bleetman, Tony Bleetman, Bleetman Tony
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781529105087
• ISBN: 978-1-5291-0508-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Popular medicine & health, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (incl. Patients), Medical profession, Popular medicine and health, Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, Ambulance & rescue services, Ambulance and rescue services, Accident and emergency medicine, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (inc Patients)