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Mosby's Paramedic Textbook (Revised Reprint)

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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.

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.

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.

The first book I ordered was lost in transit but Amazon wasted no time in refunding my money. I ordered a replacement because my dad needed it for class right away and got it in a timely manner. Excellent customer service! The book is exactly what he needed and for a reasonable price.

This book appears to be fully updated with the 2005 AHA guidelines throughout. I appreciate the topic organization, pictures, diagrams and skills sections.

This is the book of the future for all paramedic courses it is only the begining of a more indepth thoroughly trained paramedic. If you buy and study dilligentlyfrom this book you will pass both state and national registry with no problem!

Most people buying this book will not have a choice in which book they choose. I will say that this book is adequate for taking the National Registry. However, I would recommend a practice exam so that you can see where you need to brush up. There is a lot of information presented in this book without extensive description. I find that understanding the physiology of an organ helps in absorbing the information. The Mosby book does NOT go into the detail that I had anticipated in this monster of a book. They will go into great depth on certain topics, while leaving you wondering about others. I ended up buying a Anatomy and Physiology book just to fill in the gaps of this book. All in all, for the purpose of schooling, the book is almost adequate, but if you are the type of person that really wants a thorough understanding, you may be dissapointed. Good Luck

I am currently a Paramedic student about half way through the class and I along with several of my classmates find this book to be very poor. The book will discuss a topic and refer to a diagram or example that will be nowhere near where you are currently. This book is very hard to follow and not at all user friendly.

I would highly recommed this book. Enough said.

awesome product. The book flows very well, and I can use it from EMT-E to the Paramedic level. Saves a ton of money that way!