Gas Man

Name: Gas Man
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Colin Black
ISBN: 9780008470166

Author: Colin Black

Narrator: Colin Black

Unabridged: 9 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 09/02/2021

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Medical, Memoirs, Humor, Pediatrics

Synopsis

10… 9… 8… 7… 6… That’s about as far as you get, counting backwards, as you wait for surgery to begin – and that’s all most people know about what I do. But what happens between you conking out and waking up? And what does the anaesthetist have to do with it all? Do they just sit around playing sudoku while the rest of the team do all the hard work? And why are they so obsessed with what time you ate dinner? Join Colin Black on his journey from accidental medical student to HSE and NHS trainee and, finally, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist at the largest children’s hospital in Ireland, where any given day could end in laughter or tears – and that’s just the staff. Razor-sharp and forthright, is a disarming and frequently hilarious account of life in one of the most fascinating and thrilling professions at medicine’s frontline, where every day is a heady cocktail of severe pressure, poignancy, and profound social awkwardness.

About Colin Black

Dr Colin Black is a Consultant Paediatric Anaesthesiologist in Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, and has worked in hospitals across Ireland, following a period of 'finding himself’ in Australia. His anaesthesia finishing school was the esteemed Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in central London. He lives in Dublin with his wife, who also happens to be a surgeon, and their young daughter, whom they hope does not become a doctor too.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Caroline

Thoroughly enjoyed Gas Man by Consultant Paediatric Anaesthesist Colin Black. It's a laugh out loud, touching, interesting insight into the work of consultant anaesthesists in busy teaching hospitals. Fans of This is Going to Hurt would love it by Adam Kay would love it, it's hilarious. People who w......more

Goodreads review by Livia

Having worked in a hospital on my student years in Ireland it was great to hear the stories that goes behind the scenes. The book is funny and has a great play of words!......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer

An interesting insight into life as a consultant in Ireland. The dedication that healthcare staff here have to their profession is unfathomable, and I enjoyed that Colin didn’t shy away from showing how gruelling the work schedule can be. I found it hard to get through and think it could have been c......more

Goodreads review by zoë

I love a good medical memoir, I enjoyed parts of this but overall not my favourite. I think I'd have enjoyed it a lot more without the reoccurring motif of making lists of things that started out as medical and then became jokes? That will only make sense if you've read the book but yeah, fine the f......more