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Forgive me if this has been posted here before, I tried searching. My program is using the 5 volume Brady series by Bledsoe. Any paramedics here use that text? How does it stack up against Mosby and others?

I am trying to learn all I can through the program, so I also have Lippincotts Illustrated Pharm. Any other recommendations?
 
I believe they are better than most of the other text. Brady has the "condensed" version that is placed into one book. Bledsoe calls it the "Bible" version as the paper is thin and has been abridged. The reason it was invented was for Fire Service that did not want to spend additional money on separate books.

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I used one of the previous editions of the Brady books and after comparing it to the 4 inch thick Mosby paramedic text I decided I liked the Brady books a lot more. Where I work has a set of the newest edition ones sitting around, and it looks like some pretty good stuff has been added to the newer edition.

If your school doesn't already have one on the book list, a good 12 lead study/practice guide can be really helpful too. Even if you feel like you are learning 12 leads well, it's good to examine a variety of them so you can see multiple variations on the same rhythm.
 
I used to hate the idea of the 5-book series, but now that I've been using it... it makes sense. I have 5 reasonably-sized texts to carry.... this means I can take one with me to work to study, and not lug a huge book.

Jon
 
I use Nancy Caroline's Emergency Care in the Streets. I find it to be well laid out and pretty informative. HOWEVER, It does contradict itself in some places.
 
I gotta say I would have prefered the 5 vol. set versus the "Bible" version I had to lug around. I must have gone through at least four book bags just carrying this book around.
 
Personally, I think that Brady's books are the best! I think that the bible version is great and have always wanted to purchase the 5 volume text for my own reading. When I went through the EMT-Intermediate the program used the mosby books and I found them to be lacking. I wish that when I went through the medic program we had used the 5 volume text because of the convience and the depth of the material.
 
TVemt829 said:
I gotta say I would have prefered the 5 vol. set versus the "Bible" version I had to lug around. I must have gone through at least four book bags just carrying this book around.
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Agreed. As a side note, my instructor said she was planning to use the Mosby text for the class starting in a few weeks. She said she likes it better. Go figure.
 
Has anyone used the Mcgraw-Hill "Paramedic" by Cahpleau, Pons, Burba? Thoughts.
 
I hate the brady books.

I used them in medic school, and they sucked. Now I teach at the medic school I went to and they still suck. They are full of fluff and filler, not to mention they get a lot of stuff wrong, or use half truths at best. They seem to be written with they idea that anyone trying to become a paramedic must be a 13 year old with a learning disability and no high school education.

Books I consider essential to becoming a parameidc:

Emergency Pathophysiology: Clinical Applications for Prehospital Care - Samuel M. Galvagno

Basic Concepts in Pharmacology: A Students Survival Guide - Janet L. Stringer

Rapid Interpretation of EKG's - Dale Dubin, MD

If I had to chose, I would use the Mosby books. They seem to be more concise, with correct information more of the time. And the tone of the writing is not a condescending, in my opinion.
 
We're using the Mosby's revised third... I kinda wish we had Bledsoe's 5 volume set... Much easier to carry :P
 
I have Bledsoe's single book, work book, and drug book. Killer to carry around as is, but add in an A&P book and Dale Dubins EKG and GAH!
 
We use Mosbys right now for our primary textbook. Instructor has mentioned next class going to one of the other series.

We also use a handful of other books so I have:
Mosbys + Workbook
A&P + WB
A book of EKG's (breaks it down into the same rough sections as dubin does, just for practices)
Dale dubins EKG book
and all the other assorted books you get (PEPP, PHTLS, ABLS, PALS, etc)
 
We're using the 5-volume Brady textbooks. So far they don't seem too bad; I'll form a better opinion once we get into pathophysiology, cardiology, etc. My instructor does say that the 5-volume version "breaks everything down in an easier-to-understand way than the previous version".
 
Tiberius said:
We're using the 5-volume Brady textbooks. So far they don't seem too bad; I'll form a better opinion once we get into pathophysiology, cardiology, etc. My instructor does say that the 5-volume version "breaks everything down in an easier-to-understand way than the previous version".
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I know so far I've much preferred our 3rd party cardiology and A&P so far. The big book sucks.
 
We have the Brady 1 book, but the instructors dont like the A&P section either. He has a masters in PT and has his own preferred way of teaching it.


Working for me so far.
 
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