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

by Mick J. Sanders (Author), Lawrence M. Lewis (Author), Gary Quick (Author), Kim McKenna (Author)

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

Product Description
Thoroughly updated and extensively illustrated, the revised reprint of Mosby's Paramedic Textbook, 2nd Edition provides complete coverage of prehospital care in a single, comprehensive text. Its table of contents parallels the new United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) paramedic national standard curriculum, giving readers all the resources they need to pass local, state, and national examinations. The text explains the paramedic's role, the unique characteristics of prehospital care, the how-to's of patient assessment and emergency care for acutely ill and traumatically injured patients, and the principles and practice of emergency cardiac care, emergency pharmacology, infectious diseases, pediatric and geriatric emergencies, and much more. A valuable resource for both paramedic students and practicing paramedics, it keeps the reader abreast of evolving trends in the prehospital emergency care arena while laying the foundation for successful certification or recertification.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1632 pages
• Publisher: C.V. Mosby; 2nd Rev 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: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #455,478 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	matt - See all my reviews

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

By A Customer

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.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The must have Paramedic Book!, May 7, 2001

By	Richard Walston (Northport, NY USA) - See all my reviews

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

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!