EMS Field Guide, BLS Version

I was first made aware of the EMS Field Guide while in the EMT training portion of my fire academy. We had the 8th edition and we all absolutely loved it. In fact, it came into play in a few training scenarios when we had to figure out why our patient was taking certain drugs. The amount of information in this little books is incredible - it's like an EMT course in your pocket!For those who are wondering what it contains:-Airway management-Resuscitation-Medical emergencies-Peds-Neurologic-Poisons and Overdoses-Trauma-Emergency medications-Prescription drugs (an AWESOME chapter)-Abbreviations-Spell checker-Phone numbers-Spanish translations (also awesome!)-Metric conversionsThis guide is color coded, has tons of great visuals, is clean in its design and layout, and makes it simple to reference something on the fly. In fact, there are things that you didn't learn in your EMT class that you'll find in this guide.The construction is great. It's the size of a standard 3"x5" index card and bound on the top. The pages are made of what I am assuming is a thin plastic. I know that we've rinsed ours off in the fire academy when it got "stuff" on it. So it'll hold up.This will make a great addition to your toolbox, whether you're an every day EMS practitioner, a firefighter/EMT, or someone who just wants to know what's going on in the EMS world. This is $20 well spent, and it now has a permanent home in my bunker gear.

This is a good field guide but it is not what quite what I expected. I am a new EMT and I just wanted something a more comprehensive than the little wallet cards to keep with me in case I was unsure of something in the field. This certainly is that, but it also has more of a study guide function to it and does go into ALS topics. The field guide is broken up into several sections: airway, resuscitation, medical, pediatrics, nuero, poisons, trauma, medications, drugs, abbreviations, spelling, Spanish, conversions, and a section to add your own notes. This is more like a hard copy of Google for the EMT and it is a lot of material in a very small package, which means there are a lot of abbreviations and it is fairly small and compact print. I can be confident that there will be something in here for anything I can run into in the field but I definitely think you would need to spend a little time getting familiar with where everything is, how the book is laid out, and the abbreviations they use or else you will most likely just end up fumbling through this in a stressful situation. There are some really great tables in this book like comparisons between hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia and croup versus epiglottitis. There is also some stuff in here that is pretty dumb to be honest, for instance they go over very simple BSI, if you don't know that you need to wear gloves on a call maybe you shouldn't be in the field in the first place. I would also recommend reading through this and knowing what information you don't agree with. For instance it says meningitis is not airborne and not a great risk to rescuers. I know I have brought up a lot of negatives but this is a good field guide and I will carry it on me on all my shifts, but for me I think this will be more of just studying up and going over things in my down time and writing charts.Pros:A ton of informationBroken up nicelyCovers everything that could be thrown at youUseful study guide/refresherWaterproofCons:Small, condensed print (although expected)Takes a little bit to get used to abbreviationsSome ALS material that is a waste of space (intraosseous infusions, capnography, ECG/EKG)

As a new EMT, I have found this book very helpful. It is jam packed with knowledge related to both medical and trauma. It’s an awesome reference guide.

This folder has so much info in it it's awesome. No fault of there's but I have to use glasses to read and I need them for this. Writing is small but there is so much info to get in they certainly couldn't make it bigger. Love it though, great little booklet for a new guy out in the field. I love the medication and spelling sections. Worth every cent!!

This is a wonderful tool to carry! I’ve been an EMT for many years involved in the 911 system and this little book has been very helpful. The only thing that I’m not so happy to see is that they keep removing important info. Each version. I’ve had these from version 1 to 9 and they need to stop cutting and start adding info.

As a newly (recertified) EMT, this is a great resource to brush up on knowledge. This guide does more than provide acronyms, it actually provides usable information and such as questions to ask/consider, basic procedures, and specific signs/symptoms of medical conditions. There are some things I'd remove/add, but overall highly recommend.

It has great information, but in a hot climate or if you sweat a lot, it will bleed and absorb water. Mine has water stains from one day in the field and I can’t read certain things due to the water stains.

Shipping was quick. Looks like a great resource that will be very useful.It would've been perfect if the Amazon driver had not left it in the middle of the parking lot they were too lazy to walk around to the front of the condominium building. o_O

Quality pocket aide-memoir. Ideal to slip in pocket for easy to reference tool for EMT’s

100% Satisfied with my order

Great little pocket reminder. I've added some relevant Canadian stuff in notes at the back. I like it. It's much more compact than some of my nursing ones.

Nice for a quick reference on the way to a call, although I use it less than I thought I would. We have EPCR's and I can easily use google on the toughbook to look up something like drugs or our treatment guidelines.

Contains a lot of useful reference information. It doesn't have everything I'd like it to have, but it does have most BLS information presented in a handy format.