I am trying to get medical physiology by guyton as required for the medic program I teach at.
I haven't seen anything that explains acid/base or fluid shift so well. We use the book for our classes, but it is really easy to read, it assumes you know nothing at all and explains in a way you don't need a degree in chemistry or biology to understand. You could substitute any chapter for the brady or mosby text of the same name. But Guyton will be more detailed, unsimplified, and much easier to understand because it is not abbreviated or partial info. Many of the chapters are between 7-12 pages in length.
Lippincott's illustrated review of pharm also is very good.
If you get this you'll never need another pharm book. It is listed as a review but the illustrated review series is easily substituted for most texts if you remember to actively figure out the pictures and not gloss over them.
I found the best way to get students to learn meds is to have them memorize :
Brand name
Generiec Name
method of action
indications/dose for each
relative contra indications
absolute contra indications
side effects
excretion
If you pick 3-5 drugs a week, you will be much better off then waiting for the section they are covered in.
forget the flip guides till you are out of school.
Our program requires basic arrhythmias 6th edition by walraven, published by brady. Again I have not found a beter book.
High yield heart makes cardiology really simple. Not a bad $40 investment.
If you really want to master history and physical Bate's guide (not the pocket guide) of history and physical exam is the gold standard everywhere. On my list of materials to be required, but not as important as guyton.
The mosby paramedic books all stink in my opinion. Too much nformation attempted to be condensed in 1 volume. Brady one volume has same issues.
The 5 volume brady set is what we use and I endorse as your basic text. Forget the skills workbook, you should get NR testing sheets from the program.
Your school should have Kumar's pathological basis of disease as a reference book. (I wouldn't suggest you buy it, it is expensive, detailed, and way more than you will need as a medic, but a limited amount topics are readily usable) I hear there is a simplified version, but I wouldn't know what's in it as this is required here.
They should also have a Harrison's Internal Medicine for reference too.
again, way too expensive for personal use unless it is required by your school. (aka med school)
Places without such I hold a harry eyeball to as they are informally the international standard of medical reference.
