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This book was informative, heartbreaking and also surprisingly heart warming too. It means so much to read about the high quality care given to people at the end of life, particularly during the pandemic when so many were alone and afraid.
This book is written in a format of a series of weekly emails sent by a senior ICU nurse which makes reading somewhat repetitive but also highlights the very repetitive nature of the peaks and troughs of the pandemic itself and the experience these nurses and other hospital staff have to endure. I found myself welling up and laughing at various points so this book does a good job of bringing empathy and realism to the serious life and death topics.
I think this is an important read for everyone, particularly as we increasingly head towards a more ‘normal’ way of life again. It is important to remember the sacrifices and amazing things that NHS staff and hospitals have done over the past two years and continue to do despite lack of funding and support.
This is an excellent read and really shows a different side of the pandemic than many of us experienced.
This book is written in a format of a series of weekly emails sent by a senior ICU nurse which makes reading somewhat repetitive but also highlights the very repetitive nature of the peaks and troughs of the pandemic itself and the experience these nurses and other hospital staff have to endure. I found myself welling up and laughing at various points so this book does a good job of bringing empathy and realism to the serious life and death topics.
I think this is an important read for everyone, particularly as we increasingly head towards a more ‘normal’ way of life again. It is important to remember the sacrifices and amazing things that NHS staff and hospitals have done over the past two years and continue to do despite lack of funding and support.
This is an excellent read and really shows a different side of the pandemic than many of us experienced.
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inspiring
reflective
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A beautifully heartwarming account of a nurse and her experiences of working in ICU during covid
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Wow, was a great book. I love a medical memoir and this whilst being about covid almost feels so long ago! The author is a hero, not least because they are a critical care nurse but mostly because they write with such passion and clarity! Thanks so much to the publisher and NetGalley for the incredible opportunity to read this early! I will be recommending this to people when they ask for this style of book!