More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea

284 Pages·2009·10.12 MB·English

by  Tom Reynolds

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MORE BLOOD,
MORE SWEAT and
ANOTHER CUP
of TEA
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Tom Reynolds
The Friday Project
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First published by The Friday Project in 2009
Copyright © Tom Reynolds 2009
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Without my patients I would not be the person that I am today
– and ultimately it is to them that this book is dedicated.
More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Teais not authorized or
endorsed by the London Ambulance Service. Opinions expressed in
this book do not necessarily reflect those of the London Ambulance
Service.
Tom Reynolds is the pen name for Brian Kellett, an emergency medical
technician (EMT) for the London Ambulance Service. This is his
second book based on the website ‘Random Acts Of Reality’ where he
writes regularly on the work of the ambulance service and the patients
whom he has dealt with.
This book is not endorsed by the London Ambulance Service and the
views contained within it are those of the author alone.
There are a number of terms found in this book that may be unfamil-
iar; for the assistance of the non-medical reader there is a short lexicon
at the back.
In the interests of confidentiality patients have been made anonymous
and identifying characteristics may have been altered or removed.
Read more at http://randomreality.blogware.com
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