Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured: .

by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), Les Chatelain (Editor), Chris Stratford (Editor)

Emergency Care And Transportation Of The Sick And Injured, Ninth Edition Is The Center Of An Integrated Teaching And Learning System That Will Help Define The Future Direction Of EMS Education. It Combines Comprehensive Medical Content With Dynamic New Features And Interactive Technology To Better Support Instructors And To Help Prepare Students For The Field. An Interactive Skills DVD Is Also Packaged Free With Each Copy Of The Text.

Genres: Textbooks

1195 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Jeff Shelnutt]

I wouldn't normally rate a textbook. But I've had my nose in this 1500+ page albatross for the last three months for an EMT class I just finished today. Since my study time has been seriously cutting into my reading-books-that-I-want-to-read time, I couldn't resist adding this book to my list.

I'm in a bit of a quandary as to how to rate it. Five stars for teaching you how to save someone's life? Two stars for including anatomy and physiology at a level way above what a basic EMT will probably ever need? Maybe three stars for graphic injury pictures that were hard to look at, but should be included if for no other reason than to weed out those aspiring medics who have a sneaky feeling they might pass out on the scene if they ever encountered the real thing?

I'll go with four stars. The book was largely practical, if not a bit (forgivably) pedantic. Too much information is better than not enough. I know I'd want any EMT who might be working on me to have read the text and passed the accompanying tests!

As healthcare has played a significant role in my missionary endeavors for the past several years, I'm looking forward to seeing how the Lord will use the time I spent adding to my medical knowledge base by taking this course (and reading the book).

[Deanna Sutter]

Just finished reading this beast of a textbook. Now I turn around and start it again as my EMT course officially begins next week. Not sure I'll be getting much other reading in the next two months.

[Eric Sauder]

Standard textbook for EMT course.