Advanced Medical Life Support: A Practical Approach to Adult Medical Emergencies

Rating:
Summary: Finally a top quality AMLS Text
Review: This is a very good book for paramedic students, probably too advanced for people who haven't recieved paramedic training. AMLS is a very important topic that tends to be overshadowed by trauma and cardiac. If you want pictures, this isn't the book for you and this probably isn't the career for you. This is a textbook that is laid out well and easy to read is a very user friendly format.

This book provides additional information about advanced medical life support that you woulnd't really get in a "paramedic" textbook. There is a chapter on hypoperfusion (shock) that is the best that I've seen in a book targeted towards paramedics, though it still is pretty basic.

There are other medical books desgined for BLS providers that would be better suited to firefighters, first responders, & first aid folks. This book is really designed for paramedic level providers in either a paramedic curriculum or continuing education.

This review was written about the 1st Edition.