Life Support
diary of an icu doctor on the frontline of the covid crisis
$30.34
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2021
Summary
Life Support: An ICU Doctor on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic
A powerful, moving account of an intensive care doctor’s life on the frontline of the Covid-19 pandemic.
As a doctor running the intensive care unit at one of London’s top hospitals, Jim Down has spent his life working as healthcare’s last resort, where the unexpected is always around the corner, and life and death decisions are an everyday occurrence.
But nothing had prepared Jim and his team fo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241506318 |
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| ISBN-10: | 024150631X |
| Author: | Dr Jim Down |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Viking |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2021 |
| Weight: | 338g |
| Dimensions: | 223mm x 144mm |
About The Author
Dr Jim Down
Dr Jim Down is a consultant in critical care and anaesthesia at University College London Hospitals. He chairs the ICU consultants’ group, the department of anaesthesia weekly scientific meetings, and the UCLH Trust guideline committee. During the Covid-19 pandemic, he has been on a new full-time, full-shift clinical rota for ICU, and was appointed Trust Lead for Ethics. This is his first book.
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