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As there has been a couple of events that Easthope has been involved in, I did increasingly worry she just happens to be there wherever disaster strikes. Knowing that her life’s work has been inspired and driven by this tragedy is a testimony to her character. After Lucy Easthope lost her first baby to a miscarriage, she kept everything, from the pregnancy test and her first scan to the hospital appointment slips, in a brightly coloured shoebox. As one of the world's leading experts on disaster she has been at the centre of the most seismic events of. I vividly remember the morning I opened my front door to gothic snow - tiny, black crystalline particles drifting in the air and sparkling in the sun.

This is so inspiring and uplfiting, and I am full of admiration and gratitude for Lucy and those who work alongside her. This is an incredibly timely look into the disaster and emergency planning work that goes on quietly in the background while the rest of us get on with it.

I met the author of this book at a local conference for Cymru Versus Arthritis- very engaging speaker, talks about a serious subject with humour. Lucy Easthope is a disaster planner, one of the hidden squadron of people who try to prepare our communities for the worst.

In going to the nth degree to identity the deceased, Easthope describes salvaging tiny pieces of paper for DNA, fingerprints and identification. When a plane crashes, a bomb explodes, a city floods or a pandemic begins, Lucy Easthope’s phone starts to ring. Be Useful, Arnold Schwarzenegger (Hardback Oct 2023) ₩35,000 The seven rules to follow to realise your true purpose in life-distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for absolutely anyone. a graphic but deeply humane account of what drew her to take on such work, and how she steels herself to tackle the worst of human scenarios. She highlights good practice but also shines a light on the times when confusion and sometimes incompetence come to play.

She was deeply affected by the Hillsborough disaster while at school and spent her summer holidays on work experience assignments with her uncle and aunt, both coroners in northern towns. On Page 50 Lucy says: “ As long as there were disasters, there would also be people heading out to help” (Easthope, 2022, p. She shares how both her aunt and uncle were coroners and she did work experience with them as a young woman, when others of us are manning photocopiers or working as cleaners' assistants. This generosity is one of the things that makes the book so powerful, all the more as it never slips into a sentimental glossing over of incompetence or insensitivity. She does not hesitate in criticising politicians and government officials for their cost-cutting and short-sightedness in not valuing or resourcing a person-centred approach to disaster planning and response that puts victims and families first.

It is emotionally grueling at times, yet the author’s calm resolve will help you to deal with death and uncertainty. While Easthope has seen for herself that there is life after tragedy, she also understands that “disaster is perpetual, chronic, with a pain that ebbs and flows like tides”. Now, at last, the acclaimed clinicians are sharing their methods in this eye-opening and empowering book.Lucy is one of those rare individuals that sees value in all experiences and seeks to teach us that perfection and imperfection are woven together. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle.

Easthope’s focus is on not losing sight of the human factor, and some basic issues, that if not overlooked, would have far-reaching effects. I found the chapter on Grenfell particularly hard and moving to read, especially as someone who works in social housing. A note: I recently had the privilege of meeting and hearing from the author shortly after reading this book at the HSJ Patient Safety Congress, and what a treat her lecture was. Reading it you could be forgiven for thinking that if you ever did come across Lucy Easthope socially, it would mean something terrible was either about to happen or just had happened, and you might be tempted to cross the road and meet someone else instead. Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.

Writing this blog on Easter Sunday, this steadfast witness reminds me of the women who waited at the tomb. This is a book that will do for disaster management “what Rachel Clarke’s Dear Life has done for palliative medicine and Adam Kay’s This Is Going to Hurt for obstetrics”. When Billy can’t find the informant, he wonders if Kate is secretly harboring her, since the two grew close during Kate's weeks undercover. Went to see Lucy Easthope talk about this book at the ilkley literature festival, I should have bought it then it gives a fascinating insight into what goes on behind our dealing with disasters and what we should be doing, once again it shows that sometimes we forget the lessons we have previously learned.