Blood, Sweat and Tea
By (Author) Tom Reynolds
HarperCollins Publishers
The Friday Project Limited
6th August 2009
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
First aid and paramedical services
Ambulance and rescue services
362.188092
Paperback
288
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 19mm
190g
Have you ever wondered whats going on inside that ambulance you see screaming past with its sirens on and blue lights flashing Does it contain a heart attack victim fighting for their life, while trained medical professionals administer emergency treatment Or have you considered that it might be yet another maternataxi ordered by a woman who cant be bothered to book a real cab and who then complains she cant smoke on the way to hospital Meet Tom Reynolds. Tom is an Emergency Medical Technician who works for the London Ambulance Service in East London. He has kept a diary of his daily working life since 2003, first as a webside called Random Acts of Reality and now for the first time as a no-punches-pulled book. His award-winning writing is, by turn, moving, cynical, funny, heart-rending and compassionate. From the tragic to the hilarious, from the heartwarming to the terrifying, the stories Tom tells give a fascinating - and at times alarming - picture of life in inner-city Britain, and the people who are paid to mop up after it
One of the most gripping blogs around - The Guardian
By Tom Reynolds