Training to become a paramedic is hard, and it's nearly impossible to do all the work yourself. If you're struggling to understand all the necessary paramedic concepts, or need help with seemingly basic but hard to understand questions about becoming a paramedic, or you'd just like some additional help or reading before you take the National Registry examinations, here is some good resources for you.
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Informed Publishing makes several excellent pocket guides for EMS and critical care, as well as Incident Management and Firefighting. Many of their pocket guides are also available on both iOS and Android devices. For a full list, see their website.
Emergency Stuff has a full list of books and materials for EMTs, Paramedics, and students, as well as a variety of prep materials for students or potential students.
While the American Heart Association (AHA) publishes primarily materials for use in their courses, there are a couple of truly must-have items from them. If your course does not provide these, it is worth your while to grab the AHA's Handbook of Emergency Cardiovascular Care for Healthcare Providers.
This spiral-bound flip book has all of the relevant materials and explanatory information for all of the ACLS and BLS algorithms, as well as the Acute Stroke and Acute Coronary Syndrome algorithms, and includes all of the medications referred to in the ACLS guidelines as well as several others that come in handy.
Also highly recommended is a pocket reference book for medications. Brady publishing has an aptly-named Drug Guide for Paramedics, which fits in the cargo pocket of most EMS pants, and is an excellent guide to the medications used in EMS. Not every jurisdiction uses every medication in the book, so your course may not include some medications they cover, but even if you don't use them in your system you might interface with EMS systems or with ERs or other care facilities that do.
Galls offers a wide range of Fire, EMS, and police clothing and equipment, as do Quick Medical and others.
Many agencies that employ paid (sometimes called "career") employees will also offer either a stipend for uniforms, or will provide part or all of the official uniform through their own process. Some agencies also provide all of the materials used on a daily basis at work, and will not permit personal equipment to be used on the job (this is often due to liability). Others, however, especially in rural regions or where service is provided by volunteers, may ask their employees to provide specific equipment when the are on duty. For specific guidance, contact your agency.
No need to thank us later.
Informed Publishing makes several excellent pocket guides for EMS and critical care, as well as Incident Management and Firefighting. Many of their pocket guides are also available on both iOS and Android devices. For a full list, see their website.
Emergency Stuff has a full list of books and materials for EMTs, Paramedics, and students, as well as a variety of prep materials for students or potential students.
While the American Heart Association (AHA) publishes primarily materials for use in their courses, there are a couple of truly must-have items from them. If your course does not provide these, it is worth your while to grab the AHA's Handbook of Emergency Cardiovascular Care for Healthcare Providers.
This spiral-bound flip book has all of the relevant materials and explanatory information for all of the ACLS and BLS algorithms, as well as the Acute Stroke and Acute Coronary Syndrome algorithms, and includes all of the medications referred to in the ACLS guidelines as well as several others that come in handy.
Also highly recommended is a pocket reference book for medications. Brady publishing has an aptly-named Drug Guide for Paramedics, which fits in the cargo pocket of most EMS pants, and is an excellent guide to the medications used in EMS. Not every jurisdiction uses every medication in the book, so your course may not include some medications they cover, but even if you don't use them in your system you might interface with EMS systems or with ERs or other care facilities that do.
Galls offers a wide range of Fire, EMS, and police clothing and equipment, as do Quick Medical and others.
Many agencies that employ paid (sometimes called "career") employees will also offer either a stipend for uniforms, or will provide part or all of the official uniform through their own process. Some agencies also provide all of the materials used on a daily basis at work, and will not permit personal equipment to be used on the job (this is often due to liability). Others, however, especially in rural regions or where service is provided by volunteers, may ask their employees to provide specific equipment when the are on duty. For specific guidance, contact your agency.
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