Welcome to my personal site
Presumably you have arrived here because you know me, have met me recently, or have been given a flyer with my website address on at one of my talks.
This is my personal site which I keep updated with information about my books and the associated press coverage, and the talks I do for the uncut project. The site is usually updated on a Friday, with extra news as and when it happens.
Katie the Paramedic Book Signing
Thanks to everyone who came along to the book signing at the Whitgift Centre in Croydon. It was lovely to meet you all, and I hope you enjoy reading the book. I have updated the gallery page with some pictures from the event.
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Ouch!
This poor lady had a nasty surprise when a telephone call interrupted her knitting. She had tucked the needles down the side of the arm chair and as she sat back down to chat, she impaled herself on one of the needles.
It had gone approximately six centimetres in to her arm and she was obviously anxious and very uncomfortable. We established that sensation and movement in her hand was normal. After giving her some paracetamol, we padded up around the needle and then put her arm in to a sling to prevent it from moving or causing her any more pain.
At hospital an x-ray was taken which ruled out any involvement of the bones. The needle was then removed following the administration of local anaesthetic to numb the area. The lady made a good recovery from her injury.
Posted in NHS, Paramedic.
Tagged with accident, Ambulance, distracted, injury, knitting needle, wider NHS.

Biohazard?! by nickstone333 on Flickr
A few of us from work went to Indigo2 at The O2 recently to see a wonderfully smutty musical performance by Adam Kay and Suman Biswas – better known as The Amateur Transplants.
Adam plays the piano while they both sing along to the tunes of a variety of popular songs. The difference is that these two bright sparks have re-written the lyrics into some dangerously, funny and politically incorrect prose. It is so near the mark at times that they actually score a bulls-eye. I laughed, cringed and wiped the tears away simultaneously. The subject matter frequently prompting me to ask myself in disbelief -‘did they really say that?!’
Both are doctors – they studied medicine at Imperial College London – and this is reflected in many of the lyrics of their songs. It was also very obvious to anyone who eavesdropped at the bar during the interval that the audience was unsurprisingly comprised mostly of doctors, nurses and ambulance staff. Waves of gasps and laughter frequently swept through the crowd in recognition of the all too familiar themes covered in their parodies.
If you are someone who can see laughter in anything then you must definitely not miss them next time they perform near you. However be warned, it is not for the faint-hearted!
Posted in NHS, News.
Tagged with amateur transplants, concert, doctors, funny, The O2.