POST MORTEM

Death is a certainty, but what happens in the lead-up – and in its aftermath – is anything butpredictable.Nobody knows this better than those who work with death every day. There’s no time for anexistential crisis when your 9-to-5 involves responding to fatal plane accidents, transporting organsfor urgent surgery, or fending off a dying man’s request for Nickelback.In this book, bestselling author and paramedic Tim Booth reveals the darkly funny, often absurd, andsometimes horrifying realities of the professionals most people hope never to meet, including:- crime scene cleaners- organ procurement coordinators- gravediggers- combat medics- emergency nurses and so many more.Blending laugh-out-loud humour with unflinching moments of poignancy, Post-Mortem tells thestories of the people who face daily life’s final chapter – so we don’t have to.