Doctor Gerard Furlong graduated with honours from St Bartholomew’s College Hospital in 1992 and went on to pursue a career as an anaesthetist employed in several large hospitals in and around the United Kingdom.
The function of the anaesthetist is an essential element of providing a good quality of healthcare to affected individuals. Ged Furlong whilst working as an anaesthetist was responsible for a wide range of responsibilities for the people that he looked after. The obligations that the anaesthetist Gerard Furlong completed included the pre-operative assessment of patients, consultation with the surgeon carrying out the surgery, development of an individual anaesthesia plan as well as post-operative treatment and management of patients. Being an anaesthetist Gerard Furlong had the ability to work in a number of diverse fields of medicine. 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 in addition to quite a few years on the Trauma elective infirmary in Dunganon hospital. Over the course of his career Doctor Furlong came to enjoy his work in the obstetrics ward the most soon after realising he had a special skill for giving epidurals to ladies at the business end of pregnancy. Ged Furlong has been a eager student all of his life and is an affiliate of several societies. Membership of these organizations allows him to keep current with the most recent developments and advancements in the field of anaesthesia as well as contribute articles to their journals. His specialist knowledge has been used in several research assignments that include on the HL7 CDA implementation guide for SCATA (Society for Computers And Technology in Anaesthesia). Ged has a number of hobbies he pursues whenever he can find the time. These include sailing, travel and he has recently taken up golfing an experience that up to now he has found to be rather frustrating.