Written by Doctor Gerard Furlong is a graduate of St Bartholomew’s university. He managed to graduate in 1992 with honours and left to commence his career working as an aneasthetist in several hospitals throughout the United Kingdom.
The role of the anaesthetist is an indispensable component of providing a good quality of medical care to patients. Ged Furlong while being employed as an anaesthetist was in charge of a wide range of obligations for the individuals he looked after. The obligations that the anaesthetist Gerard Furlong performed included the pre-operative assessment of patients, discussion with the operating doctor carrying out the procedure, development of an individual anaesthesia program and also post-operative treatment and management of patients. As anaesthetists are perioperative doctors it gives them the chance to work in a number of areas of practice inside the field of medical care. In the course of his time being employed by the NHS the anaesthetist Gerard Furlong spent time in obstetrics, in the intensive care unit at Coventry and Warwick infirmary and also several years on the Trauma elective ward in Dunganon hospital. Over the course of his career Doctor Furlong came to enjoy his work in the obstetrics ward the most after realising he had a particular talent for giving epidurals to ladies at the business end of being pregnant. Gerard Furlong is a long standing member of several professional organizations. He is a frequent contributor of articles and he frequently attends conferences both as a lecturer and as a invitee. His expert understanding has been utilized in a number of research assignments especially on the HL7 CDA execution guide for SCATA (Society for Computers And Technology in Anaesthesia). Outside the field of medicine Ged has many interests which includes travel, wind-surfing and he has taken up the game of golf although as yet he’s still seeking the perfect golf swing.
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