The Night Interns
by Austin Duffy
Narrated by Paul Nugent
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Pub Date 1 Jan 2023 | Archive Date 20 Jan 2023
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Description
Intravenous lines, catheters, bodies in distress, wounds: three young surgical interns working the night shift must care for - and keep alive - the influx of patients, while frightened and uncertain about what the night will throw at them.
The Night Interns beautifully conjures the alien space of the hospital wards and corridors through the viewpoint of one of the interns, as he comes to terms with the bodily reality of the patients and the bizarre instruments of healing. Equally unsettling for the inexperienced junior staff are the dysfunctional hierarchies of the hospital workplace. Under intense pressure and with very little sleep, the interns become inured to their encounters with sickness, all the while searching for the meaning in their work.
By turns moving, shocking, and darkly funny, The Night Interns fizzes with nervous energy, forensic insight and moral tension, as it evokes life and death on the frontline.
Advance Praise
"Stylish, mordant, and pitch-perfect - I read it in one sitting. If Rachel Cusk or Sally Rooney had been junior doctors they might have come up with something like this" - Gavin Francis, author of Recover
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| EDITION | Audiobook |
| ISBN | 9781038632197 |
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Rita E, Reviewer
The Night Interns
by Austin Duffy
t doesn't matter what your profession, I'll bet that if you were given a schilling for every time you or a colleague joked that you could write a book on all the absurdity that goes hand in hand with your particular field, you'd be a very rich person. The one profession you'd hope not to hear that from is the medical profession, but hot on the heels of Adam Kay's hilarious set of junior doctor confessionals, I find that my warped mind .has secretly been relishing tales of inexperienced, overworked novices acting like the fabled Dutch boy who saved the country by sticking his finger in the dike.
Over his six month rotation as a surgical intern, the narrator talks us through his experiences, all the routine stuff like insertions of drains and catheters, writing up meds, locating images, to life and death decisions made in the middle of the night when he finds himself suddenly to be the most qualified, but least experienced person in the entire hospital. The ridiculousness of these situations are compounded by the exasperation of the nursing staff and the downright contempt of the pompous consultants.
This is terrifying stuff, and yet it is so entertaining because it is so true. This author, who is now a practicing oncologist, is not making any of this up. How does anyone survive this relentless pressure and maybe the bigger question? How do so many patients seem to survive the dysfunctionality of a system run by sleep deprived, abused, traumatised hopefuls that may or may not become the next generation of consultants.
As funny and entertaining these stories are, it's also a firm warning to the medical hierarchy to ease up on these future heroes, give them time and space to hone their craft and maybe not knock every soft edge off them, and hopefully some day we will have consultants that more closely resemble humans than demi-gods.
Thanks to #netgalley and #bolindaaudio for providing me with an ALC for review
Jennifer P, Reviewer
Really enjoyed this and listened in one sitting! It always astounds me that anyone trains to be a doctor. It’s so stressful and exhausting and the pressure is immense . This short books follows interns during their night shifts and the harsh learning curves they have to deal with. The narrator was fantastic as well
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