Holiday SOS
The Life-Saving Adventures of a Travelling Doctor
Published on 9. July 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-340-91975-0 (ISBN)
Description
Who are you going to call if it all goes wrong on holiday?Meet Doctor Ben MacFarlane. His job is to bring people back to Britain after holiday disasters, gap year crises, embarrassing incidents on business trips and all the other things that can go wrong when we head off overseas. Holiday SOS is his story -- a year in the life of a very British flying doctor.Follow Ben as he grabs his medical bag and flies to glamorous locations -- helping to pick up the pieces after another holiday emergency. Dramatic, hilarious or wildly unexpected, for flying doctors, emergency medicine doesn't just take place in intensive care wards -- it can happen just across the aisle on your next flight.
Reviews / Votes
'This book is packed with tales of derring-do ... a riveting read.' -- The Independent 'Sun, sea and surgery -- it's a potent mix. It deserves to succeed.' -- The Independent 'will have you engrossed' -- Sunday Herald 20090621 'possibly the funniest modern cautionary tale ... hugely entertaining and warmly written' -- The Lady 20090621 'A mixture of shocking, moving and at times very funny stories ...an eye-opener for any holidaymaker.' -- Now Magazine 20090621More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
330 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-91975-0 (9780340919750)
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Person
Ben MacFarlane graduated in medicine from Imperial College, London in 1998 and started carrying out medical repatriations in the spring of 2001. He then spent a year working on the cruise ship circuit and now works full time in a west London teaching hospital. HOLIDAY SOS is his first book.