Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured: .

by Benjamin Gulli (Editor), Les Chatelain (Editor), Chris Stratford (Editor)

Note : The access code is printed inside the front cover with a scratch off section.

For information on the Hardcover edition, please click here. For information on the Spanish language edition, please click here. In 1971, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) published the first edition of Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured and created the backbone of EMS education. Now, the Tenth Edition of this gold standard training program raises the bar even higher with its world-class content and instructional resources that meet the diverse needs of today's educators and students. Based on the new National EMS Education Standards, the Tenth Edition offers complete coverage of every competency statement with clarity and precision in a concise format that ensures student comprehension and encourages critical thinking. The experienced author team and AAOS medical editors have transformed the Education Standards into a training program that reflects current trends in prehospital medicine and best practices. New cognitive and didactic material is presented, along with new skills and features, to create a robust and innovative training solution for your course that will engage student's minds. Interactive resources, including online testing and assessment materials, learning management system, and eLearning student resources, allow you the flexibility to build the course that works best for you and your students. The Tenth Edition is the only way to prepare EMT students for the challenges they will face in the field.

Genres: Textbooks

1566 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Jeff Shelnutt · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 · Rating 3 out of 5]

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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Standard textbook for EMT course.