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Sleeping with the Gasman

Sleeping with the Gasman is a biography written by an ex consultant anaesthetist. The book is based upon his observations, experience and anecdotes from the latter part of his career.

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This blog will consider aspects of the book. Furthermore, his personal thoughts regarding a multitude of scenarios he lived through.

Sleeping with the Gasman is written for the public. It provides patients with an insight to what happens between their admission to a hospital until discharge. Sleeping with the Gasman is witty and informative. It is a must read book for patients expecting to require a general anaesthetic for a surgical procedure. The blog will also discuss health matters regarding what is good or bad for our health.

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About The Book

Who or what is an anaesthetist? That strange individual who attends a patient on the morning of major surgery and says, “Hello, it was you I was looking for.” Is that person a technician? Is that person a doctor? As the patient, you are about to put your life entirely in their hands. As a patient would you not like to know more about this shady character, the gasman or the gasoose? Sleeping with the Gasman is written as a story by an anaesthetist. It is based on personal experiences, observations, stories and anecdotes. Ultimately, the patient and the gasoose are both human, or are they?

Sleeping with the Gasman

Jazz Pal-Kerr was born in Nottingham in 1964. He graduated from medical school in 1988. Jazz spent over seven years in the profession as a trainee in anaesthetics and intensive care. He was honoured to become a consultant in 1998 in his chosen speciality of medical practice. During his years as a medical trainee and subsequently as a consultant anaesthetist he worked in over thirty hospitals in the United Kingdom and abroad. The profession looked after him and he, with his study and dedication, managed patients to the best of his ability.

Jazz Pal-Kerr

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Testimonials

Great insight into the world of a Gasman
"Really enjoyed reading this book. Great insight into the world of a doctor. The book is written with some humour too so it will make you giggle in places. Some great quotes used too to some up chapters I would highly recommend this book for everyone not just doctors and nhs workers but patients too."
Narinder Purewal
Gasman
"The book was recommended by a nurse friend. It's a simply and easy read. As the front suggests there is a lot of humour in it. I feel maybe NHS and hospital related staff would enjoy this book. It was a bonus there was no mention of covid. I can't understand why he substituted the word Gasman through out the book. I really liked all the quotations. Margaret"
seba

Great insight into the world of a Gasman

“Really enjoyed reading this book. Great insight into the world of a doctor. The book is written with some humour too so it will make you giggle in places. Some great quotes used too to some up chapters I would highly recommend this book for everyone not just doctors and nhs workers but patients too.”

Narinder Purewal

Interesting Read

“The author is explaining the role of the anaesthetist in hospital medicine. He is also making the readers aware about an insight of the process of anaesthesia. The most interesting thing about this book is that the author has portrayed anaesthetist as a human being.

Anaesthetists are aka gasoose or gasman. Gasooses manage sick patients in intensive care and high dependency units. Jazz has shared useful information in this book from his experience, observations, etc. The quotes mentioned in the chapters are worth knowing.”

Manvi Rastogi

Gasman

“The book was recommended by a nurse friend. It’s a simply and easy read. As the front suggests there is a lot of humour in it. I feel maybe NHS and hospital related staff would enjoy this book. It was a bonus there was no mention of covid. I can’t understand why he substituted the word Gasman through out the book. I really liked all the quotations. Margaret”

seba

Brilliant title

“The book has a brilliant title. Written pre COVID it tells the story of what an anaesthetist does in a hospital setting. I enjoyed the book and having worked in a Critical Care Unit I could relate to a lot of his anecdotes.

It doesn’t contain any technical jargon and so should be an easy read for the general public. A great book to read if you are waiting for a routine operation. I especially liked the famous people quotations as it adds a bit of quirkiness. There is a lot of appropriate humour and sensitivity. Highly recommend to all NHS workers.”

Isabel