Emergency Care

by Daniel J. Limmer, J. David Bergeron, Michael F. O'Keefe

Emergency Care, 10/E has prepared more students to pass state and/or the National Registry Exam than any other text on the market with well-organized, clearly presented content, thorough coverage of patient assessment, an accessible reading level, high quality artwork, and outstanding skill scans of equipment and procedures. Case studies and practical tips from the field tie chapter concepts to real world applications. Each chapter sends students to the Companion Website where there are links to EMS-related sites. A new in-text CD provides extra information to help students master concepts. Emergency Care AHA Update reflects the American Heart Association's 2005 CPR and ECC guidelines.

Genres: Reference, Medical, Textbooks, Medicine, Nonfiction, Health, Health Care

Paperback

First published July 31, 1997

Reviews

[Kate]

This book is the reason I'm so far behind on my reading goal this year, so I think I should get credit for finishing all 1,200 pages of it.

[Ciboney Hellenbrand]

This book is the reason I’m behind my goal for the year.

[Catalyst]

So far I am learning a ton from this book and the workbook that accompanies it. Can you pronounce sphygmomanometer? Fortunately, this text has a pronunciation guide.

[Alanna]

I finished it! I actually read the entire book. I like the format of the chapters and the questions intermingled in the text. good format for learning AND for reading.

[Isaac Jensen]

A pretty good textbook, and a decent explanation for why I am 8 books behind my Goodreads goal.

[Emily Reed]

1086 pages of textbook! 🤪

[Randy Hulshizer]

The book is mediocre, at best. The main content is fine, but it is interspersed with clearly made up little vignettes called "Point of View." These are actually quite insulting to students, patients, and professional providers. Stick to the main content and you'll be fine. The practice test at the back of the book, which is supposed to prepare the student for taking the NREMT cognitive exam, is horribly written. The questions are not well constructed and sometimes even contradict the textbook. By the way, don't bother buying the workbook that is supposed to accompany this textbook. It is even worse and frequently contradicts both the textbook and current practice guidelines.

[Joshua Bishop]

I think that this was a fine EMS textbook. Obviously this was not great fun to sit down and read, however, while taking a refresher class it was interesting to read and compare this to the first EMT textbook I read almost 15 years ago when I first became an EMT. If you are looking for a good textbook to help your students/department/agency this is a top notch book, especially when it is paired with the Pearson+ app that gives you in-app study guides and flash cards.

[Zoe]

Highly recommend if you’re looking for some light 1400 page reading and want to learn the all the EMT protocols and about body systems and stuff. Including but not limited to radio protocols (unfortunately there aren’t cool codes like on tv), triaging (sometimes u have to mark living ppl as dead which feels really wrong), identifying different types of bleeding, terrorism (you wouldn’t think this would be relevant but there’s a lot of information), and emergency delivery (remember EMTs don’t deliver babies, moms do).

[Kaelen]

As textbooks go, this one is pretty decent. (13th Edition) Plenty of graphics. Repeats itself sometimes but I guess it's better to have info in multiple places instead of hidden in the last half of one paragraph in the middle of an unrelated page. As textbooks go, I've certainly had to slog through worse. Pretty fun to show friends and family the trauma pictures. I passed the class with a solid A, so it certainly can't be bad.

[Deborah Lynn Sudbeck]

A Digestible Textbook

Although I don't really have a comparison, this was a pretty solid and easy-to-read textbook that seemed to lay down pretty strong fundamentals. It was reasonably well organized and not too hard to follow. The Point of View sections are charmingly terrible. I couldn't help but read all of them even though they don't add a ton besides a break from the monotony.

[John Collins]

The book gained a reputation amongst my classmates for its contradictions of itself, especially from chapter to chapter in what it presented as normal acceptable vital signs. (Makes it hard to learn the truth and doesn't inspire confidence.) Furthermore, the accompanying workbook is full of incorrectly-keyed questions, and references to non-existent proofs in the textbook.

[Lee Ann Solo]

I read all 1400-whatever pages of this. Some parts felt like filler where the graph/chart was more suited to showing and teaching the information. Overall a very useful book. Very well thought out...it could be more brief at times where it gets lugubrious but I digress. Can’t wait to put my knowledge to use!

[Crystal Gail Welcome]

I’ve found this helpful, though there is a lot of information that could be condensed for easier understanding.

[Hashim]

This book contains basically everything you need to know for EMT certification. Of course, you need to practice the live skills, but the instructions are contained within.

[Arionna Miller]

I had to use this textbook in my EMT course. Definitely handy and worth it!

[Jordan]

literally this was so easy to understand and so fun to read I've never enjoyed reading a textbook ever in my life but I *loved* this one

[katie]

holy balls 🫩

[Aaron]

This is the only book I have read thus far in my journey to becoming an EMT, so I don't know how the content of the book relates to any other material. However, the format of the book and the overall impression I get from studying it is positive. Compared to other textbooks (such as my organic chemistry, calculus, or genetics textbooks), the way material is presented is very helpful to learning. It organizes the material well and provides a vast selection of critical thinking questions to practice the concepts.

[Rachel]

Yes this counts. It was certainly long enough. What is there to say? Wasn't particularly moving, but I did nothing to prepare for my written exam but read the assigned chapters throughout the progression of my class, and I passed on the first try. Thanks

[Lauren]

Could use some more modern illustration, but is a good textbook for class.

[Jocelyn]

So I read the 11th Ed. (or most of it) for my EMT-Basic class. ...Not something one would ever pick up to read for the hell of it, in general clearly worded.

[Mdescala]

ALOT

[Sunnie]

This is the book I used to get my EMT certification a Cuesta College in 2004.

[Dr.mohamed200684]

good

[R2]

Read my Navy corpsman brother's book. Now have a better understanding of his service to our great country and his efforts during A-school.

[Matt James]

I'm losing my mind!!!