Mosby's Comprehensive EMT-Basic Refresher and Review CD-ROM [CD-ROM]

Daniel Mack NREMT-P (Author), Dan Mack (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0323016537 | ISBN-13: 978-0323016537 | Edition: 3rd

This interactive CD-ROM presents a comprehensive review of EMT-Basic knowledge and skills, and will thoroughly prepare you for your certification exam. This one-of-a-kind CD-ROM features both a tutorial mode and a test mode, for both content review and test preparation.

Overwhelmingly visual, the tutorial mode contains more than 350 full-color illustrations and 52 video presentations so you can review key skills and concepts. In addition, you can take practice multiple-choice exams from a database of 1,100 questions. Questions answered in tutorial mode are instantly graded and presented with informative feedback and rationale. PLUS, the entire U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) EMT-Basic Curriculum is available for reference whenever needed! National Registry Skill Sheets are also available for printing.

The test mode offers practice exams designed to simulate the actual certification exam, with a final score given at the end of the exam. Users can customize the exams in test mode to suit their review needs by selecting the number of questions and subject areas they want the practice exam to include. Continuing education credit is also available for an additional fee.

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About the Author

Dan Mack, Alternative Medical Education Concepts Inc., Milford, OH

Product Details

• CD-ROM: 700 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 3rd edition (November 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323016537
• ISBN-13: 978-0323016537
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 8 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,331,828 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bug-Ridden and Almost Useless, February 11, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Mosby's Comprehensive EMT-Basic Refresher and Review CD-ROM (CD-ROM)

I purchased this CD as an adjunct to my EMT-B class, in hopes of getting a better picture of the material. Sadly, this product is almost useless.

The "full-motion video" is small and grainy, and very uninformative. The images are generic photos or drawings that provide no sense of context (though some have a less-than-helpful caption included). Within about 30 minutes, I completely gave up trying to use any of the media in my studies.

The test generation feature showed promise, except for the fact that the questions are not always focused on the material being covered. For example, if you choose a 20-question test over "Documentation and Communication," you're likely to get questions relating to patient assessment, scene safety, transport, and proper patient lifting and moving. And despite the promised 1,000 question database, some topics only have two or three relevant questions to begin with. All this proves extremely unhelpful in trying to do a focused review of a single chapter's material.

Finally, the CD contains an Adobe PDF file of the EMT-B curriculum, but every time I tried to access it via the CD's interface, the program locked up (I was able to access it directly via the CD and Adobe's Acrobat Reader). I experienced regular crashes in using every aspect of the software, despite trying it on three different computers running two different operating systems (Windows 98 SE and Windows XP Home).

The only redeeming quality in this product lies in the ability to create a full-fledged test covering all the material at once, allowing the student to test his comprehension over the entire subject matter. Even then, I was still plagued by lockups and crashes.

If you're prepping for your EMT-B or looking for a refresher, look elsewhere. This CD proved to be nothing but frustrating in its technical ineptness and a complete waste of forty bucks.