{"product_id":"frontline-stories-of-care-and-courage-in-emergency-medicine-paperback","title":"Frontline: Stories of Care and Courage in Emergency Medicine - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTony Redmond\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHilary Benn\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA heroic doctor's unflinchingly honest and visceral tale of impossible choices in emergency medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'A brilliant insight into the forgotten heroes at the sharp end of humanitarian emergencies.' Jon Snow, Channel 4 News\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWinner of a Pride of Manchester Lifetime Achievement Award\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThis is a story of tireless hard work and astonishing bravery.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTony Redmond has deployed to wars, refugee crises, air crashes, earthquakes, typhoons, volcanoes, and disease outbreaks for over thirty years. Featuring tales of hope and redemption, as well as untold suffering and mismanagement, this raw, honest account could only have been written by someone who has for decades performed incredible feats of altruism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eFrontline\u003c\/em\u003e takes the reader from the wards of Manchester's Nightingale hospital to Kosovo, from Sierra Leone's Ebola outbreak to Lockerbie, and from Haiti to the Philippines. We find its author risking life and limb to help those affected by events beyond their control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut while humanitarian work and medicine require an innate goodness, not all those involved have benign motives. And saving lives requires difficult choices: between the desire to relieve suffering and the need to weigh up the context. Too often medical aid is found wanting, doing more harm than good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow are life-or-death choices made in the heat of the moment? What are the consequences of your action, or inaction? Is it better at times to do nothing? How do you live with yourself if you want to help but can't?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThis is a frank account of the personal toll -- physical, mental and social -- emergency medicine levies on those who choose to do it. But ultimately, \u003cem\u003eFrontline\u003c\/em\u003e offers a tale of optimism, persistence and triumph over adversity, speaking to the resilience and fortitude of those who help and those whose lives they save.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Anthony Redmond OBE was an A\u0026amp;E Doctor for over thirty years and is Emeritus Professor of International Emergency Medicine at the University of Manchester, UK. Founder of the NGO UK-Med, he has also worked with the UN, DFID, and the WHO to delivery emergency care to those most in need around the world. He has, in the course of his work, been subjected to heavy metal poisoning, survived malaria and become temporarily paralysed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 7.72 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765999894816,"sku":"9780008449568","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/154f08ef2986694d0c9845d190f3bd16.webp?v=1780283887","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/frontline-stories-of-care-and-courage-in-emergency-medicine-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}