The Lighter Side: Part 2

A Former NHS Paramedic's Selection of Humorous Mess Room Tales

By: Andy Thompson

Narrated by: Pete Nottage

Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

Andy Thompson is back with another laugh-out-loud collection of stories that reveal the essential ingredient that paramedics and ambulance technicians call on as a coping mechanism - the ability to conjure humor from situations most others would find too stressful to even raise a smile.

Whether during an emergency call, setting up fellow colleagues with a prank, putting distressed patients at ease, or seeing the funny side of a bad outcome, Andy opens the window on what it’s really like to be a member of Britain’s frontline NHS Ambulance Service.

In The Lighter Side - Part 2: A Former NHS Paramedic’s Selection of Humorous Mess Room Tales, we hear of...

• The special constable having a panic attack...while cuffed to the metal headboard of her firefighter partner’s bed
• The middle-aged man convinced by his teenage girlfriend of three weeks that she is 12 weeks pregnant with his baby
• The lady more concerned about her carpet than the critical condition of her husband
• How medical charades can overcome a language barrier
• The ghostly goings-on during a call to the local cemetery that had Andy’s crewmate quivering
• What happened when "Hyacinth" told Andy, “You pugnacious, silly man...send a doctor at once!”
• What went on when a paintballing event brings together paramedics, off-duty armed-response police officers, and a young man with Tourette’s

Forty hysterically funny stories in all. Sometimes outrageous, occasionally sick and twisted, but we dare you not to chuckle through the whole book and laugh your head off in places. But be careful, you wouldn’t want Andy to have to come and sew it back on again.

©2021 Andy Thompson (P)2021 Andy Thompson

an enjoyable lesson and a lot of laughs

those of you that are not in the medical field may find this very offensive but those of us that are in the healthcare industry can relate, some of the stories could have been funny if you would have been there kind of incidences but I thoroughly enjoyed this book, we tend to have a dark sense of humor and we could all tell very funny dark stories. I just completed three shifts and I really needed a laugh sometimes it's nice to be reminded about the funnier side of this industry.

Another Collection of Funny Tales

This was the second edition of the lighter side, more funny mess room tales from former British paramedic Andy Thompson. I've read both his dark and light side books and all are excellent. There are some great funny stories included here. Please note that this book is written in British English, so some terminology may be unfamiliar to some US readers. The author also includes a notice that some tales may seem insensitive to some. A certain kind of humor is necessary for healthcare professionals to help them cope with the heartbreaking aspects of their jobs. I hope you will see the funny side of life in this book. It's delightful and the wonderful narration by Pete Nottage perfectly accompanies the ebook. Looking forward to the next installment.