Brian Boyle – författare

Daisy the Bulldog has gone to every one of her owner’s triathlons. She’s proud of his athletic accomplishments, and is always there to greet him at the finish line. Daisy wonders if she could train and compete for an event like that. So she gets her doggy friends, Rascal the Dachshund, Atticus the Corgi, and Hobie the Dalmation to make their own dog-athalon. They plot a course through the park and train daily: swimming across the pond, skateboarding down the sidewalks, running up and down the hill.Finally, it’s the big day, and the poochy pals couldn’t be more excited. The course is tough, but they help one another along the way, cheering to keep going, challenging to do their very best. On the final hill, Daisy’s tired and not sure she can make it to the finish line—until she spots a familiar (human) face, rooting for her along the way. “Go, Daisy, go! Swim, bark, run. Go, Daisy, go! Just have fun!”A charming celebration of setting goals and staying active, SWIM BARK RUN demonstrates that with determination and teamwork, everyone’s a winner.

Brian Boyle’s story about catastrophe and survival has pushed new and innovative strategies for improving patient safety and quality of care on a national level, as well as serving as a learning experience for healthcare providers of all levelsBrian tells a personal story of his fight back from near death after a horrific automobile accident. He focuses on his experience as a patient who, while in a two-month long medically induced coma, was unable to move or talk to anyone around him, yet he was able to hear, see and feel pain. Brian slowly clawed his way back to the living and found the strength to live to tell his story in his acclaimed memoir, Iron Heart.Now Brian provides vital information from the patient’s perspective to help caregivers gain valuable insight that will help them understand new ways on how to provide care to both patients and their families. By completion of this book, readers will be able to:Recognize the variety of feelings and emotions of the patientIdentify simple methods and interventions to provide emotional support to relax the patientDetermine the importance of particular amenities to a patient who may be unable to communicateEvaluate patient life-history to determine appropriate intervention techniquesUnderstand the motivational role that communication has between the healthcare provider and the patient and his or her familyWhen it comes to the patient experience, Brian has become a mouthpiece for the voiceless.