Nonfiction · Mansoor Ali Khan · Perch Press
Blood, Time and Judgement
Lessons in Trauma, Austere Surgery and the Physiology of Survival
IN TRAUMA, THERE ARE ONLY THREE CURRENCIES THAT TRULY MATTER. BLOOD. TIME. JUDGEMENT.
Far from the resources of the modern hospital, on warships, in field hospitals, at roadsides and in the wilderness, survival is decided by the blood a patient can lose, the time a team can buy, and the judgement of the clinician who must decide, often with too little of all three. Drawn from a career spanning operational military surgery, major trauma care and austere practice, Blood, Time and Judgement distils damage control surgery, leadership under pressure, training and expedition medicine into forty-two unforgettable lessons, each built around a single surgical aphorism a clinician can carry into the worst hour of their career. Written by a former Surgeon Commander in the Royal Navy with academic appointments in the United Kingdom and the United States, this is not a textbook. It is the concentrated judgement of a career spent where medicine meets its limits.
For surgeons, emergency and pre-hospital clinicians, military and expedition medics, and anyone who must make irreversible decisions with incomplete information.
349 pages · Paperback 9798192150900 · Hardcover 9798193643364 · Perch Press
M. A. Khan writes at the meeting point of ancient warning and modern consequence. A British author with a previous career at the sharp end of military and trauma medicine, he brings a surgeon's economy and a soldier's eye to stories that range from apocalyptic geopolitical thrillers to mythic dark fantasy. His books ask one recurring question: when the old stories said we were warned, what exactly were we supposed to do about it? He writes as M. A. Khan; his nonfiction appears under Mansoor Ali Khan. Published by Perch Press.