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Summary: One of the best. . .BUT!
Review: 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.
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Summary: A curates Egg
Review: as a paramedic student and one who just FAILED the National Registry for EMT-I the mosby book paramedic field care by the american college of emergancy physcians STINKS!!!!! The mosby book of Micks is GREAT!!!!!! if i had of had that one i would not have failed.... Micks book would have prepared me more and i intend to use it for the rest of my training.....MOSBY'S PARAMEDIC TEXTBOOK IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!Bruce Patterson in ohio
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Summary: very good
Review: as a paramedic student and one who just FAILED the National Registry for EMT-I the mosby book paramedic field care by the american college of emergancy physcians STINKS!!!!! The mosby book of Micks is GREAT!!!!!! if i had of had that one i would not have failed.... Micks book would have prepared me more and i intend to use it for the rest of my training.....MOSBY'S PARAMEDIC TEXTBOOK IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!Bruce Patterson in ohio
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Summary: Well written, easy to understand, but...
Review: 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.
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Summary: A limited referrence and course study for the EMT-P prog.
Review: I am currently a Paramedic student about half way through the class and I along with several of my classmates find this book to be very poor. The book will discuss a topic and refer to a diagram or example that will be nowhere near where you are currently. This book is very hard to follow and not at all user friendly.
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Summary: Very Poor Textbook
Review: I am currently a Paramedic student about half way through the class and I along with several of my classmates find this book to be very poor. The book will discuss a topic and refer to a diagram or example that will be nowhere near where you are currently. This book is very hard to follow and not at all user friendly.
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Summary: very educational
Review: I would highly recommed this book. Enough said.
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Summary: A limited referrence and course study for the EMT-P prog.
Review: Most people buying this book will not have a choice in which book they choose. I will say that this book is adequate for taking the National Registry. However, I would recommend a practice exam so that you can see where you need to brush up. There is a lot of information presented in this book without extensive description. I find that understanding the physiology of an organ helps in absorbing the information. The Mosby book does NOT go into the detail that I had anticipated in this monster of a book. They will go into great depth on certain topics, while leaving you wondering about others. I ended up buying a Anatomy and Physiology book just to fill in the gaps of this book. All in all, for the purpose of schooling, the book is almost adequate, but if you are the type of person that really wants a thorough understanding, you may be dissapointed. Good Luck
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Summary: A curates Egg
Review: This book goes into far too much depth than is neede to pass the current State Tests. However, I understand that in the future the Paramedic course will be longer and harder, this is where this book will be handy. Our class orderd it and promptly dropped it for the previous edition. I agree with the last comment about the woefull explination on acid-base balance, and look at the explination of Agonist. This book will be ideal for as a refrence tool for when ypou have qualified as a Paramedic
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Summary: A Comprehensive look at prehospital emergency care
Review: This is one of the best prehospital care books I own. This book is 1600 pages of quality information. As well as emergency care there is a lot of extra information that may not be crucial to your actions but will help give you a thorough understanding of why you're doing what you're doing. We all know that you put a bandage of a cut but do we all know, in detail, how the wound heals? This book will tell you hundreds of things like that. Mosby's Paramedic Textbook should be in the library of every paramedic or paramedic student. However if you do not have a thorough understanding of EMT-B information, leave this book alone because it will become an expensive dust collector if you don't. The workbook is a valuable resource. A medical dictionary would be a handy resource as well.
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