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title: EMT & Paramedic Training
description: EMTs and paramedics deliver pre-hospital emergency care. You will learn patient assessment, trauma and medical emergencies, pharmacology for paramedics and NREMT exam preparation.
category: health-medicine
subcategory: medicine-and-health-sciences
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/emt-and-paramedic
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# EMT & Paramedic Training

EMTs and paramedics deliver pre-hospital emergency care. You will learn patient assessment, trauma and medical emergencies, pharmacology for paramedics and NREMT exam preparation.

## Available Resources

3 Books • 1 Papers

## Papers

### 1. National Model EMS Clinical Guidelines, Version 3.0

**Author:** NASEMSO Medical Directors Council

Evidence-based model prehospital protocols from the NASEMSO Medical Directors Council, published March 2022. They cover assessment and treatment of medical, cardiac, respiratory, trauma, toxicologic, obstetric and pediatric emergencies, with medication doses. State and local EMS agencies adapt them into their protocols.
Textbooks teach principles. This is the national reference for what prehospital treatment actually looks like, including drug dosing.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://nasemso.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=157064&module_id=701974

**Tags:** ems-protocols, prehospital-care, emergency-medicine, paramedic, emergency-pharmacology

## Books

### 1. Nancy Caroline's Emergency Care in the Streets, 9th Edition

**Author:** Nancy L. Caroline; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

A comprehensive paramedic textbook first written by Dr. Nancy Caroline and now maintained by AAOS. It covers advanced assessment, airway management, pharmacology and medication administration, 12-lead ECG, trauma, medical and special-population emergencies at the paramedic level.

**Difficulty:** Advanced | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/128425674X?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** paramedic, prehospital-care, advanced-life-support, ecg-interpretation, airway-management, emergency-pharmacology

### 2. Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, 13th Edition (the "Orange Book")

**Author:** American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

The standard EMT textbook from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. It covers anatomy, patient assessment, airway, medical, trauma, obstetric, pediatric and operations chapters. The content maps to the National EMS Education Standards and the current NREMT EMT exam.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1284301192?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** emt, nremt, prehospital-care, patient-assessment, emergency-medical-services

### 3. Student Workbook for Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, 12th Edition

**Author:** American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Student workbook accompanying the tenth-edition AAOS EMT textbook, with chapter review questions, patient scenarios, and skill checklists spanning patient assessment, airway management, trauma, and medical emergencies. Readers can test recall against the National EMS Education Standards before certification exams.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1284292428?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** emt-training, emergency-medical-services, patient-assessment, prehospital-care, certification-prep

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