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More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea |  | Author: Tom Reynolds
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Category: Book
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Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 513993
Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0007334877
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.18809421
EAN: 9780007334872
ASIN: 0007334877
Publication Date: April 2, 2010
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Product Description
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. Tom blogs about his experiences at the end of each shift. His Random Acts of Reality website has a huge following with more than 30,000 visitors every day. Here, Tom charts the past two years of his 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.
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 It just goes to show you... March 5, 2010
George Angus (Palmer, Alaska)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Prehospital care must be the same the world over. I loved this. I was a paramedic in Los Angeles for a number of years and I can tell you that the author's depiction of events on the streets of London is not much different from the silliness and drama experienced on the streets of LA.
A kind mixture of cynicsm, drama, caring and reality make this book a wonderfully accurate reflection of the trials and tribulations faced by emergency providers every day.
The chapters are bite sized chunks that make it easy to set the book down and then pick up right where you left off.
If you're worried about blood and gore, don't let that stop you from getting this one. There's not much of that kind of thing. Plenty of human observation and Tom's observations are spot-on.
Okay, quit reading my silly review and go download the book, you'll be glad you did!
Pretty Darn Interesting February 10, 2010
BookMom (California)
14 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is excerpted from the blog of a London EMS. I was up with insomnia last night, and looking for a fun, light read. This was perfect! Because this is a journal, there isn't a storyline. Just an interesting perspective on life.
Blood, vomit, sweat, urine and tea! March 19, 2010
Alison (Derbyshire, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the sequel to "Blood, Sweat and Tea", and both books are based on the blog "Random Acts of Reality" by a London based emergency medical technician (EMT), Tom Reynolds (a pseudonym, Tom has now revealed himself to be Brian Kellett). Just as the first book, this is a collection of Reynolds favourite posts from his blog.
While it is obviously a book of blog postings, it does hang together as a coherent collection and is very readable; this second volume even more so than the first. I could spend much longer reading his posts in this format than I could spend reading a screen for. I think his writing has improved even more as his blog has continued. Just as in the first book his posts show the real-life events of life in the ambulance service, warts and all.
Recommended if you enjoy reading about real-life events or want to learn more about working in the ambulance service.
Very good read March 6, 2010
TvdA (USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
A very engaging blog to novel publication. Very nice to get a view of the NHS from the inside and front lines. It underscores the fact that every system has the good, the bad, and the ugly. A great read that will give you a better insight to the first responders in London and the world over.
Great read May 24, 2010
Timothy Hicks (louisville)
I loved reading about EMS on the other side of the ocean. I Could relate to quite a bit of what the author goes through.
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