Flight risk : the highs and lows of life as a Heathrow airport doctor

An Exhilarating Insight Into The Life Of A Doctor At Heathrow Airport, Where The Truth Is Often Stranger Than Fiction. For Over A Decade, Stephanie Green Was A Doctor On-call For One Of The World's Busiest Airports, Confronting Dramatic, Bizarre And Sometimes Heart-breaking Situations. During Her 24-hour Shifts At Heathrow, Dr Green Had To Be Ready For Anything: From Finding An Abandoned Suitcase Leaking Blood Onto The Carousel, To Discovering A Man Smuggling Heroin In A Corset. It's A Job That Brought Her Into Contact With All Walks Of Life; Her Patients Included Drug Mules And Fugitives, Schizophrenics And Stowaways, Refugees And Tourists. And With The Threats Of A Nerve Agent Poisoning Or A Level Four Viral Epidemic Always In The Back Of Her Mind, Dr Green Found Herself On The Frontline Where The Decisions Are Made About Who - Or What - Was Allowed To Leave The Airport's Borders. The Heathrow Doctor Reveals The Thrilling Drama That Takes Place Behind-the-scenes Of An Airport And What Is Needed To Make Critical Decisions In This Hidden No-man's Land Of Geopolitics, Terror, Tragedy And Medicine. *previously Published As 'flight Risk'. For over a decade, Stephanie Green was a doctor on-call for one of the world's busiest airports, confronting dramatic, bizarre and sometimes heart-breaking situations. During her 24-hour shifts at Heathrow, Dr Green had to be ready for anything: from finding an abandoned suitcase leaking blood onto the carousel, to discovering a man smuggling heroin in a corset.It's a job that brought her into contact with all walks of life; her patients included drug mules and fugitives, schizophrenics and stowaways, refugees and tourists. And with the threats of a nerve agent poisoning or a Level Four viral epidemic always in the back of her mind, Dr Green found herself on the frontline where the decisions are made about who - or what - was allowed to leave the airport's borders.FLIGHT RISK reveals the thrilling drama that takes place behind-the-scenes of an airport and what is needed to make critical decisions in this hidden no-man's land of geopolitics, terror, tragedy and medicine. A candid insight into the exhilarating drama of life and work as one of Heathrow airport's on-site doctors.