Catch Your Breath: The Secret Life of a Sleepless Anaesthetist

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Being prepared and ready for the worst case scenario is a reoccurring theme throughout the book, because things don't always go smoothly, keeping a cool head in a stressful scenario!

Patrick are crucial in providing intravenous access, making them the go-to person during challenging moments when doctors and nurses struggle to get cannula into patients with difficult veins in the ward. I cannot recommend this book enough, we have all seen the strains of the pandemic on the news so it makes for really interesting insight hearing about it from someone within the NHS.An example I would like to point out on page 121 is when an old lady is about to have a procedure done and the only thing that she requests is that her dentures be put to her side ready for her when she wakes up again as her family are unaware of the fact she has false teeth. A respectful first hand account of training and being a doctor especially during the pandemic of COVID. Authentic is also his account of the time spent in the hospital during the hardship of Corona times.

It definitely made me appreciate the NHS and everyone in the health and care professions so much more and opened my eyes toward the struggles and hardships that the NHS really went through. Yet through all of this, the abuse from the Covid deniers, the corruption around PPI, they kept going, they found humour in the darkest of moments! Ed also smashes that rule - this is a beautifully written book which is also incredibly funny, with regular laugh out loud moments.Catch your Breath is a gut punch of a memoir by a doctor – and comedian – whose job is to keep people alive after putting them to sleep. But if you really want to know more, anaesthesiologist and comedian Ed Patrick wrote a book about it. A funny and well-written book, that is a necessary read to understand what really went on in the ICUs. He is cutting his teeth in anaesthetics, taking people as close to death as you can take them, and then trying to wake them up again.

He has performed across the UK, including at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and hosts the "Comedians' Surgery" podcast where he speaks to guests including Joe Lycett, Rose Matafeo and Reginald D Hunter about their health stories and experiences. Would it be boring, too technical, dark and creepy (some people may not even wake up from the deep sleep).I didn’t expect that being an anaesthetist in a pandemic would leave me outside my front door naked, or indeed that I’d be telling this story to readers. A gut punch of a memoir by a doctor - and comedian - whose job is to keep people alive by putting them to sleep.

Ed Patrick takes us on his sleep deprived, hilarious, heart breaking, journey into becoming a medical student, through his years of training and then on rotation as a junior doctor, before making the decision to begin his training to become an anaesthetist. You'll find more information about accessibile performances and how to book tickets in the accessibility tab below. Was a little traumatizing to read about the inside of COVID wards, but it was traumatizing for everyone, so that’s a null point. Full of humour, raw honesty and emotional chapters, this is a book that will stay with me and will recommend to everyone.Patrick's wish for polite requests rather than demanding ones from colleagues adds a human touch to the narrative. A gut punch of a memoir by a doctor – and comedian – whose job is to keep people alive by putting them to sleep. This was a book that at times was hard to read due to the pure raw emotion and honesty but then within minutes I was gasping for air as I was laughing so much and while I felt some of these stories were over embellished, who doesn't re tell a story and now beef it up a bit? This book follows Ed from medical school, through rotations as a junior doctor to training as an anaesthetist. In any case, if you are considering a medical career and dream about a smooth balance between work and personal life, you rather apply for a position in the medical services by the city hall.