Mosby's Paramedic Textbook (Revised Reprint) [Hardcover]

Mick J. Sanders MSA EMT-P (Author), Kim D. McKenna RN BSN CEN EMT-P MEd (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2001 | ISBN-10: 032301416X | ISBN-13: 978-0323014168 | Edition: 2

This is the ONE book that covers the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Paramedic Curriculum completely! Updated to reflect the 2000 guidelines for emergency cardiovascular care, this widely acclaimed second edition features many in-text learning tools such as Critical Thinking Questions, Tricks of the Trade, boxed notes, and more! Students rave about the Emergency Drug Index, dysrhythmias that are presented in Leads I, II, III, and MCL1, and user-friendly ACLS algorithms! You won't need any other textbook to pass your examinations.

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Everything you want in a paramedic textbook and more --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Mick J. Sanders, EMT-P, MSA, St Charles, MO; and Kim McKenna, RN, CEN,EMT-P, Florissant, MO

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1632 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; 2 edition (August 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 032301416X
• ISBN-13: 978-0323014168
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,330,703 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ever So Much Better Than Brady, August 5, 2007

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John P "John P" (Springdale, UT) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Mosby's Paramedic Textbook - Revised Reprint, 3e (Hardcover)

I used the competing Brady Paramedic Text about three years ago and was shocked at the huge number of contradicitions and outright errors in it. I am a National Registry medic but I recently read this Text in preparing for a written exam in another state that does not offer reciprocity. Mosby's book is EVER SO MUCH BETTER. It has a consistency that aids the learner rather than causing frustration. It reads like it was written by one person, whereas Brady reads like it wass written by three dozen people who never met each other. The Mosby book is articulate and does a good job of explaining new and complex topics to learners with diverse backgrounds. It has chapters devoted to many of the "new" areas of EMS, such as WMD. It makes the difficult topics manageable. For example, the Cardiac chapter, while long, is well written and builds from a clear foundation and focuses on what medics do in the field rather than what cardiologists do in specialty treatment centers.

If you have any choice in the matter, take a class that uses this text and avoid those that try to make do with the Brady book.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Well written, easy to understand, but..., November 28, 2001

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matt - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mosby's Paramedic Textbook (Revised Reprint) (Hardcover)

Greetings,

I'm 3 months into a paramedic program and we just happened to be talking about this book today (one of our texts) in class. Where this book is most helpful is regarding the instruction of hands on skills such as IV's and Intubation, as well as a good general reference book to find specific basic info fast. Our class has augmented this text with Applegates A+P, Lipencotts basic pharmocology, and will be using a yet to be decided patho text. If you used only this text I feel you'd be missing out on a great deal of background information, that for me, makes the concepts of paramedicine easier to grasp. I would also check with your instructor regarding the workbook, I don't know anyone who has bothered to use it. If anyone is looking for an overview on the scope of paramedicine, to brush up for an exam, this is probably a perfect book.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the best. . .BUT!, October 28, 1997

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This review is from: Mosby's Paramedic Textbook (Hardcover)

A somewhat pretentious but complete text book for Paramedic training. Strengths include: solid anatomy and physiology review, very good cardiology, excellent skills primer. Weaknesses: one of the worst explanations of acid base relationships I have ever seen (if you already undrstand this subject you wont after you read it), only fair in the area of pharmacology, way behind the times in communications and incident command, overly complex in explaining simple concepts such as START triage. The most glaring problem? It is DULL. Mick is not a big guy on personality and unfortunately it shows. Still, in a world of pretty poorly designed texts, it stacks up near the top.