Catch Your Breath

Name: Catch Your Breath
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SKU: 9781914240201
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The Secret Life of a Sleepless Anaesthetist

By Ed Patrick

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In Catch Your Breath by Ed Patrick, the author offers an engaging memoir that delves into his experiences as a doctor. With humour and candour, he recounts the challenges he faces in the medical profession, from high-pressure moments to personal anecdotes, providing a heartfelt glimpse into the world of healthcare from a doctor's perspective.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy candid and humorous insights into the life of a doctor, blending personal anecdotes with the realities of medical practice. It provides a behind-the-scenes look at the medical profession through an engaging narrative that's filled with both laughter and heartfelt moments.

If James Herriot was a doctor, he would have written this book.

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Brilliantly funny. - Matt Lucas

You have to read this book. - Tim Harford

It's funny, touching and gobsmacking in equal measure. At its heart is a breathtaking account of life on the COVID frontline. - Jay Rayner

Ed's journey is funny, sad, harrowing, hilarious... I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO READ THIS. - Colin Mochrie

Very Funny. - Fern Brady

I love your book Catch Your Breath, it just feels so personal and so refreshing. - Adil Ray, Saturday Live

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 is an anaesthetist.

Strong drugs for his patients, strong coffee for him. But it's not just sleep-giving for this anaesthetist, as he navigates emergencies, patients not breathing for themselves, and living with a terrifying sense of responsibility. It's enough to leave anyone feeling numb.

But don't worry, there's plenty of laughing gas to be had.

Very funny, very timely, scary in places. Ed writes with wit, insight, surprise and pathos. 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. And makes it funny. A joy to read. - Phil Hammond

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781914240201

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 April 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: BRAZEN

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 224.0mm

Weight: 190g

Pages: 272

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Ed Patrick Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Dr Ed Patrick is an anaesthetist and a comedian. 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.

He also created and presented "Infectious Personalities" broadcasted on BBC Radio 2 where his guests include Charlie Brooker and Sindhu Vee. Ed has written and performed on BBC Radio 4, for shows "Now Wash Your Hands" and "Newsjack", and he has also written for the Guardian about the intersection between medicine and comedy.

edpatrickcomedy.com