Mosby's EMT-Basic

by Walt Alan Stoy, Center for Emergency Medicine Staff

Finally! A textbook that emphasizes exactly what EMT students need to know. Written and developed by Walt A. Stoy, Ph.D., Principal Investigator of the 1994 United States Department of Transportation's 1994 EMT-Basic Curriculum, and the Center for Emergency Medicine, Mosby's EMT-Basic Textbook provides students with a solid assessment-based foundation for state and National Registry of EMTs certification testing. Special Features include "In the Field" scenario chapter openers; alert boxes to reinforce essential information; review questions to provide self-assessment opportunities; principle boxes to give skill guidelines; skill technique boxes to illustrate specific ways to perform skills; over 600 illustrations and photographs; and the three types of objectives from the 1994 curriculum: Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor.

704 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1995

About the author

Walt Stoy is a professor in the undergraduate program in Emergency Medicine at SHRS and the director of the Office of Education at the Center for Emergency Medicine. Stoy has a proven track record of national and international project design, development, implementation, and evaluation. Stoy served as Project Director or Principal Investigator in the 1990's to all levels of the National Standard Curriculum for EMS. His efforts with U.S.-DOT National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of these curricula are internationally recognized.

Stoy is internationally renowned for his endeavors in Emergency Medicine and is recognized by his peers as a ground-breaker and national leader in the field of EMS education. He was awarded his Doctorate of Philosophy in Education from the University of Pittsburgh School of Education in Instruction and Learning. He served as the founding President of the National Association of EMS Educators. Stoy has published numerous instructional guides. His educational works using print and visual media impacted the growth and development of EMS. Internationally, he is still sought out to advise on methods to enhance health care systems to improve patient care.