Suggested Reading Material for Paramedic Student

[AMESEMT]

So I start the NREMT-Paramedic Specialist program in January!! I am excited. I was accepted to the program last week! For those paramedics out there, are there any books, or anything you would suggesting doing/reading to prepare for the paramedic program, short of working as an EMT-B (already working on that for the summer and fall). I have heard getting your paramedic is rigorous and I want to get a head start. Any help would be appreciated!

AMESEMT

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[ERDoc]

So I start the NREMT-Paramedic Specialist program in January!! I am excited. I was accepted to the program last week! For those paramedics out there, are there any books, or anything you would suggesting doing/reading to prepare for the paramedic program, short of working as an EMT-B (already working on that for the summer and fall). I have heard getting your paramedic is rigorous and I want to get a head start. Any help would be appreciated!

AMESEMT

I would recommend getting the textbook that you will be using in class and starting ahead of time. It might not be a bad idea to get ahead on some of the tougher things like cardiology and pharm. As many have said in the past get Dubins and then move on to Garcia for EKG.

[Scaramedic]

Minus 5 for the most generic title I have seen on this site.

Learn your anatomy and physiology backwards and fowards, it will help more than anything.

Peace,

Marty

[AMESEMT]

yea, the title is lacking......a lot! Dubins = Rapid Interpretation of EKG's. I could not find any books on EKG for Garcia, what is the title? thanks for the advice everyone. The program is a little different now, it is through a college and is set-up like a college program. Trying to find the books for the courses might be very costly until I actually start, since none of my student loans/grants for my degree (accounting) would pay for them. I am looking for books/things to do, that would be helpful, like Dubins and Garcia, and probably an anatomy and physiology book (have to take a course through the college that offers the paramedic program anyways so maybe not as much). Thanks again for the things to look for.....and sorry for the title I know it is lacking.....LOL.....If anyone can think of any other books, etc..let me know, they will be very much appreciated.

AMESEMT

[ERDoc]

yea, the title is lacking......a lot! Dubins = Rapid Interpretation of EKG's. I could not find any books on EKG for Garcia, what is the title? thanks for the advice everyone. The program is a little different now, it is through a college and is set-up like a college program. Trying to find the books for the courses might be very costly until I actually start, since none of my student loans/grants for my degree (accounting) would pay for them. I am looking for books/things to do, that would be helpful, like Dubins and Garcia, and probably an anatomy and physiology book (have to take a course through the college that offers the paramedic program anyways so maybe not as much). Thanks again for the things to look for.....and sorry for the title I know it is lacking.....LOL.....If anyone can think of any other books, etc..let me know, they will be very much appreciated.

AMESEMT

Here is the Garcia book. As for anatomy and physiology, look for stuff from Board Review Series or High Yield. These are aimed more at medical students, but have a great deal of info. Have you tried Half.com to look for the books you will be using?

[scope2776]

we use Garcia in class, it's great. The book can really teach you in simple language what's going on.

I dunno how your class is set up, if you're learning drug dosages from the local protocols or from your national textbook, but, even if you don't understand or know what they mean - start learning your drug dosages early. It will kill you if you wait until pharmacology to get all those down.

Good luck!

[medic001918]

Minus 5 for the most generic title I have seen on this site.

Learn your anatomy and physiology backwards and fowards, it will help more than anything.

Peace,

Marty

The best advice right there. If you don't know and understand A&P, you can't talk A&P. And A&P is the universal language of medicine. Too many people get hung up on trying to memorize meds, or EKG's or any other aspect of paramedicine before they understand the fundamentals. When you understand A&P, the rest comes rather easily. I wouldn't suggest reading anything but A&P. And more specifically, you can focus on the nervous system, cardiac system and respiratory system as those are the three biggest ones that we deal with and that we tie everything into.

Shane

NREMT-P

[spenac]

The best advice right there. If you don't know and understand A&P, you can't talk A&P. And A&P is the universal language of medicine. Too many people get hung up on trying to memorize meds, or EKG's or any other aspect of paramedicine before they understand the fundamentals. When you understand A&P, the rest comes rather easily. I wouldn't suggest reading anything but A&P. And more specifically, you can focus on the nervous system, cardiac system and respiratory system as those are the three biggest ones that we deal with and that we tie everything into.

Shane

NREMT-P

To add to Shane's comment learn the ins and outs of shock and how it affects each system (nervous system, cardiac system, endocrine system, respiratory system, etc). Dig deep, if you understand shock you'll be ahead of the ballgame. Remember shock is the cause of all death in one form or the other, even so called instant death. Shock is where paramedics make the greatest impact either good or bad.

[mrmeaner]

Learn your anatomy and physiology backwards and fowards, it will help more than anything.

ABSOLUTELY!

Some schools are implimenting A&P into the curriculum. I really wish I had taken A&P before medic class.

[spenac]

Get this book for the class Nancy Caroline's Emergency Care in the Streets, Sixth Edition

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), Nancy L. Caroline.

Released early march like it better than current MOSBY or BRADY. If you can afford all of them get them. It is beneficial to use more than one text in your studys, the way one words something may help you understand better than the other.

Another great book well really the cd that comes with it is Basic Arrhythmias by Gail Walraven.