Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured

by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), Andrew N. Pollack (Series Editor), Dennis Edgerly (Lead Editor)

In 1971, The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) published the first edition of Emergency Care And Transportation Of The Sick And Injured and laid the foundation of EMS training. Today, the Eleventh Edition transforms how EMS education is delivered throughout the world and helps develop superior EMS providers around the globe.

Based on the National EMS Education Standards and the 2015 CPR/ECC Guidelines, the Eleventh Edition offers complete coverage of every competency statement with clarity and precision in a concise format that ensures students' comprehension and encourages critical thinking. New cognitive and didactic material is presented, along with new skills and features, to create a robust and innovative EMT training solution.

Today, the AAOS suite of EMS educational resources, from first aid and CPR to critical care transport, is the gold standard in training materials, offering exceptional content and instructional resources that meet the diverse needs of today's educators and students.

Genres: Nonfiction

1581 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2016

Reviews

[Adam · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a textbook

[Josh]

Probably the largest book I have read so far. I didn't read all the objectives, competencies, and summaries, but I finally finished traversed its vast amounts of text!

[Xavier Guillaume · Rating 4 out of 5]

Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured also known as the Orange Book is the gold standard for EMT-B students. From my understanding almost every US EMT class uses this textbook, and with good reason, the Orange Book gives you everything you need to know to be a successful EMT.

The book itself is huge. My 9 week course covered 2-3 chapters a day of this bad boy (41 chapters total!), so I literally spent 4-6 hours per night reading. The book, however, comes with an online study guide, which includes an audio copy of the book, so you can listen to the text book while in your car or at home, which makes studying much easier in my opinion. As long as you read all of the chapters and answer all of the questions in the workbook, you will pass the class with at least an 80% no problem.

There are only a few problems, which is why I give the book 4 stars instead of 5. First, there were some errors in the book. I wish I wrote them all down, but I do recall one. On page 1155 of the book it says, "If the patient does not become nauseated, transport the patient on the left side to prevent aspiration." This of course should read, "If the patient becomes nauseated..." Not a big deal, but there are instances, where I would read something that does not make sense, and ask the teacher what the heck the book is saying, only to find out it is an error. Still, you would think someone would read through the entire textbook to make sure there are no mistakes.

Secondly, the book is much too long. I like that it is thorough, but it makes studying more time consuming than it has to be. Several sections are common sense things that there is no way a person would not know: "A woman's body is uniquely formed to conceive and give birth." No duh! And yet there are other sections where they gloss over things, without ever explaining them.

Also, the book has a way of repeating the same information over and over, which is I suppose good for repetition's sake, for example, the book goes over at least 4 or 5 times the pathway of blood through the heart, and 4 or 5 times of the pathway of oxygen in the respiratory system. On the bright side you will remember it all, but the downside, it just makes the book longer than necessary and if you are trying to remember something you read, you might have to look in several different chapters to find the information. Is the part of how much activated charcoal I'm supposed to give the patient in the chapter on Pharmacology or in the chapter on Toxicology? Guess what? It's in the chapter of Toxicology, but the method of delivery is in the chapter on Pharmacology.

It's not that the book itself is confusing, it is just a pain to find/refind information. I remember spending half an hour trying to find the section on where to find all the pulse points in the body, and still not being able to find it. I distinctly remember there being 4 or 5 paragraphs of the different pulse points, but I tried looking for it several times with no luck. There are just too many different chapters covering the same material. Half the time it is repeat information and half the time it says information only in that one spot. Unless you have a photographic memory, good luck finding where to look.

All in all, I definitely recommend this book. It is long, but you are going to learn everything you need to know and then some. More information can't hurt; however, I do wish the book was half the size. They definitely could do this if they removed repeat sections and removed sections that are overkill knowledge for EMT Basics.

[Nate · Rating 3 out of 5]

If it wasn't already obvious, most of my updates for this book were sarcastic. It was pretty repetitive in describing patient assesment for each category of medical or trauma issue, but in a way it drilled in how much of the assessment process stays the same. Some of the chapters were oddly placed, such that most of the interventions were before the actual traumas and emergencies, but I guess that made it easier to read about the diferent categories because they could say ventilate by BVM and know that we had already learned that. I actually enjoyed reading parts of it, which made me more confident about considering medical school. Review will probably change after taking the NREMT exam to describe if the book prepared me well.

[Richard · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think when I first got my EMT this was probably at the third edition (maybe fourth). There have been a lot of changes and updates based on new evidence and pushing more and more "advanced" procedures down from the paramedic to EMT level.

I think some of the information in the book is a little dated based on the current protocols where I practice (as an AEMT), but there is a lot of really good information here, including a chapter on Incident Command (a topic which is normally lacking in EMT classes).

There are a couple of areas where I think it could be improved, but overall a good textbook.

[Leslie_skye · Rating 3 out of 5]

FINALLLLLYYY 😅 my school work is done! 2 more tests then officially done, but this book is officially finished and I can continue to read for fun now. All in all, this book and course I was taking did provide me with the skills and knowledge necessary for my national exam, and to succeed as an EMT in the future, or with a career path that does involve this in some capacity 🚨🚑🚒
It is a five-star book with great knowledge and skills. I was just very guilty of being over it towards the end! Lol

[Kay ☾ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Textbook was informative, class was not. I’m probably going to retain 1/3 of the info read in this book. NYC gets a nice handout manual that’s to the point. At this point I’m rambling, glad this class is almost over.

[Abigail G · Rating 4 out of 5]

So much information but I read or listened to every word. Audio textbooks are a lifesaver!

[Kayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

As good as a textbook is capable of being.

[Natasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Proud to say that I completed my EMT reading for my course :)

[Instinct Survivalist · Rating 5 out of 5]

In-depth and thoroughly detailed. A must for any EMT candidate.

[Jansi Patel · Rating 5 out of 5]

HELLA INFORMATIVE!!!!!! There were moments where I wanted to gouge my eyes out from boredom but it will all be worthwhile when I pass my emt test!!!!!

[Zoe Stohl-Lubnow]

sucked to read but, I was the only person in my EMT course who read the whole thing and I was the only person to finish the course with an A so it was worth it

[Jonathan Domingo]

ok