More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea
By (Author) Tom Reynolds
HarperCollins Publishers
The Friday Project Limited
1st June 2010
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Ambulance and rescue services
First aid and paramedical services
362.188092
Paperback
352
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 18mm
200g
The sequel to the bestselling memoir Blood, Sweat & Tea.
Tom Reynolds is an ambulance worker.
On any given day he can be attacked by strangers, sworn at by motorists, puked on, covered in blood and other much more unpleasant substances. He could help to deliver a baby in the morning and witness the last moments of a dying man in the afternoon. He deals with road accidents, knife attacks, domestic violence, drug overdoses, neglect and suffering.
And you think youre having a bad day at work
Tom blogs about his experiences at the end of each shift. His Random Acts of Reality website has a huge following with over 30,000 visitors every day. He is an internet legend and a remarkable writer.
His first book, Blood, Sweat & Tea came out of nowhere to be a surprise bestseller in 2006. Readers were stunned by the stories he had to tell and impressed by the sheer quality of his writing. Critics who sneer at blogs-to-books have never read this one.
More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea charts the past two years of Toms life as an ambulance worker. He is tired, he is frustrated and he is more pissed off than ever but he still manages to capture the more moving, heartwarming and inspirational moments alongside the chaos.
Tom Reynolds began work for the NHS when he was 23 and specialised as an A&E nurse. He moved to the London Ambulance Service when he discovered that 'he wanted to 'torture the patients in A&E'. In his own words, this is 'not healthy'. He has kept his critically-acclaimed blog since 2003 and is frequently quoted in the national press. This is his first book.