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10… 9… 8… 7… 6…

That’s about as far as you get, counting backwards, as you wait for surgery to begin – and that’s all most people know about what I do.

But what happens between you conking out and waking up? And what does the anaesthetist have to do with it all? Do they just sit around playing sudoku while the rest of the team do all the hard work? And why are they so obsessed with what time you ate dinner?

Join Colin Black on his journey from accidental medical student to HSE and NHS trainee and, finally, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist at the largest children’s hospital in Ireland, where any given day could end in laughter or tears – and that’s just the staff.

Razor-sharp and forthright, Gas Man is a disarming and frequently hilarious account of life in one of the most fascinating and thrilling professions at medicine’s frontline, where every day is a heady cocktail of severe pressure, poignancy, and profound social awkwardness.

©2021 Colin Black (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Children's Health Medical Professionals & Academics Witty Funny Inspiring Thought-Provoking Feel-Good Surgery Medicine Comedy
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A lovely human insight into the operating theatre. I laughed out loud many times.

a tonic

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warmth, wit and self knowledge. Made
me laugh out loud especially living in Ireland 50 years!

inspired title!

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Heard interview on Pat Kenny Newstalk. Took a chance having read 'This won't hurt'. worth the gamble. Great to have a smidgen of an idea what he does, get an understanding of the running of a busy surgery, and the daily joys, terrors, humourous events, and tragedies that unfold therein.

Colin (what the effing f&£k)Gas man great listen

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Thoroughly enjoyed this 365 day journey, the comparisons literally had me laughing outloud. Highly Recommend

Difficult to stop myself laughing outloud

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A really interesting book about the side of the theatre a normal person doesn’t see

Interesting story

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