Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured

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Since 1971, Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured has advanced how EMS students are trained around the globe, becoming the #1 EMT training resource instructors have trusted for decades. This powerful digital and print resource enables EMS instructors to progressively build student knowledge, teach them to effectively assess and treat patients, and prepare them for the intellectual and emotional challenges EMTs face every day.

Developed by Jones & Bartlett Learning Public Safety Group—in partnership with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and renowned EMS experts in the field—Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Thirteenth Edition with Navigate Premier Access is the most comprehensive EMT educational solution ever developed.

Find everything you need to train your EMT students to become deeply knowledgeable, effective, and confident clinicians in your community.

Comprehensive content is aligned to current standards and current research.

- The Thirteenth Edition's text has been thoroughly updated to align with the most current national certification standards and authorities, namely the National EMS Education Standards 2021, the National Scope of Practice Model, the National Model EMS Clinical Guidelines, and the 2025 ILCOR/AHA guidelines for CPR/ECC and first aid.

- Pediatric and geriatric content is now seamlessly integrated throughout the training materials. In keeping with current EMS Education Standards, content on pediatric and geriatric care is given the same level of importance as other EMS education topics, ensuring that practitioners will be knowledgeable on how to best assess and treat all patients, including these special populations.

Soft-skills development and mental health materials train students for today's EMS challenges.

- The Thirteenth Edition's new and updated content educates students in how to communicate effectively with patients in numerous challenging situations. New and expanded discussions address health literacy, medical fear, family-centered care, nonverbal communication, verbal de-escalation techniques, death and dying, cultural awareness, and more.

- Expanded content on EMS mental health discusses how to regulate job stress, preserve mental health, and build resilience. Topics include compassion fatigue, psychologically traumatizing events, post-traumatic stress, suicide awareness, cultural diversity on the job, workplace civility, and more.

Innovative learning tools engage every student and prepare them for successful careers.

- New technology-enhanced items (TEIs) and assessments help students build critical thinking skills, analyze complex cases, and prepare for rigorous exams.

- Mental health simulations and resources, soft-skill simulations, updated virtual patient cases, and additional virtual ride-alongs prepare students for the realities of today's EMS calls.

- High-quality case studies, interactive lectures, active learning activities, TestPrep, and more engage students in the ways they prefer to learn.

This Premier print and digital package contains a full suite of proven content and technologies to engage every student and enable them to succeed in the classroom and in their careers:

Content: Print Textbook, Audiobook, and eBook

Instruction: Instructor Guide, Assessments, Lecture Slides, Lecture Outlines, Skill Drill Slides, Skill Evaluation Sheets, Learning Objectives, Case Studies, Student Workbook Answer Key, Simulation Training Support and Scenarios, Skill Videos, Active Learning Activities

Student Learning Materials: Responder Mental Health Resources, TestPrep (with Primer), Assessment in Action, Flashcards, Soft-Skill Simulations, Virtual Mentor Lectures, Virtual Patient Cases, Interactive Lectures and Virtual Ride-Alongs

With more than 38,000 members, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (aaos.org or orthoinfo.org), is the premier not-for-profit organization that provides education programs for orthopaedic surgeons and allied health professionals, champions the interests of patients and advances the highest quality of musculoskeletal health. Orthopaedic surgeons and the Academy are the authoritative sources of information for patients and the general public on musculoskeletal conditions, treatments and related issues.More than one in four Americans have bone or joint health problems, making them the greatest cause of lost work days in the U.S. When orthopaedic surgeons restore mobility and reduce pain, they help people get back to work and to independent, productive lives. Orthopaedic surgeons keep this “Nation in Motion.” To learn more about A Nation in Motion campaign, or to read hundreds of patient stories or to submit your own story, visit ANationInMotion.org.