Dr David Borshoff is the author of The Anaesthetic Crisis Manual, co-editor of The Resuscitation Crisis Manual with Scott Weingart, and co-editor of The Perfusion Crisis Manual with Paul Sadleir and Steve Same. He has been a cardiac anaesthesiologist, a Director of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine for St John of God Healthcare, a recreational pilot and an instructor on the European Society of Anaesthesiology patient safety course. He is on the advisory panel for the European Patient Safety Foundation, chairman of the ASA Communications Committee and now a full time private anaesthesiologist with Metropolitan Anaesthesia in Perth, Western Australia.