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I read Blood, Sweat and Tea back in 2012, two years after the second book in the series came out. I recently came across it again on the Kindle Store, and unfortunately it's no longer free, but I remembered everything I loved about this book.

Blood, Sweat and Tea is a book from paramedic Tom Reynolds, going into detail about some of the patients he has seen over the years as an ambulance paramedic. He covers the pains paramedics have to go through (like people getting annoyed at an ambulance loading a patient inside because they can't get by) and some of the funniest patients he's ever had.

I still remember my favourite patient: (view spoiler)[Reynolds had a female patient, with four kids, who hadn't had a period for nine months, and was having seriously bad stomach pains... and didn't know she was pregnant. (hide spoiler)] Some of the patients that Reynolds has seen over the years are somewhat hilarious and I still feel a bit bad having a chuckle. Some of the stories in this made me cry, so much I had to put my Kindle down and take a moment to calm down.

Reynolds' writing is simple, and it's not the best, but it still gripped me. I've always been raised in a medical household, with a Father who's a radiographer and a sister who's a PA, so reading this was at a few points a tiny bit boring. Reynolds keeps his writing medical, but also simplifies it at times so everyone can understand it. As someone who knows these things, it does irk me, but I won't mark it down for that. The reasons for that are because I understand that not everyone who reads this is going to understand it and I actually learned a lot of things from this. I learned a lot that could potentially be used to help save someone's life.

I heavily recommend this book to anyone who likes medical non fiction or fiction. This can easily be read as a fictional story. It's wonderful and it's been one of my favourite books for so long now. A definite five out of five from me.