Life in the Balance

In these stories Dr Jim Down brings us to the very heart of the intensive care unit - the section of the hospital where the sickest patients are brought to be cared for until their condition improves. With honesty humility and a streak of dark humour Dr Down describes the quietly heroic work of doctors and nurses on the ICU a place which sits at the cutting edge of medical technology and where a split-second decision can make the difference between life and death.