Doctor Gerard Furlong is a graduate of St Bartholomew’s college. He graduated in 1992 with honours and left to begin his career working as an aneasthetist in several hospitals round the UK.
The role of the anaesthetist is an essential component of delivering a high quality of healthcare to patients. Ged Furlong whilst working as an anaesthetist was responsible for a wide range of duties for the patients he cared for. The obligations that the anaesthetist Gerard Furlong performed included the pre-operative assessment of patients, discussion with the operating doctor carrying out the surgery, creation of an individual anaesthesia plan and also post-operative treatment and management of patients. As an anaesthetist Gerard Furlong had the chance to operate in a number of different fields of medicine. During his career the anaesthetist Gerard Furlong has worked within the fields of obstetrics, in the ICU (intensive care unit) at Coventry and Warwick infirmary and also at the Trauma elective ward in Dunganon hospital in Northern Ireland. During his career Doctor Furlong came to enjoy his work in the obstetrics ward the most soon after recognising that he had a particular skill for giving epidurals to ladies at the business end of pregnancy. Ged Furlong has been a enthusiastic student all his life and is a member of several organisations. He’s a frequent contributor of articles and he routinely attends conferences both as a speaker and as a invitee. His expert understanding has been used in a number of research projects that include on the HL7 CDA execution guide for SCATA (Society for Computers And Technology in Anaesthesia). Outside the field of medicine Ged has numerous passions including travel, sailing and he has taken up golf though as yet he is still trying to find the perfect swing.
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