Customer Reviews:
 a masterpiece February 4, 2002
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was awesome! I picked it up and read it straight through, not being able to put it down. The book was straight-forward and to the point. Other reviews knock this book down for not backing up claims with scientific evidence, but I found the material in this book to be factual. While I was reading this book I had in the back of my mind that some things may be controversial, other reviewers saying the author's opinions arent accepted by the EMS community, but I found none of that. Mr McDevitt had very creative and innovative ideas, especially with improvisation. I have seen him use these tactics in the field, and everything he recomends in the book live up to the true test- if it works in the field. I would recomend this book to anybody in the EMS community.
Learn from the best January 15, 2002
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
As a paramedic, I found this book to be a valuable resource. The book was written in an easy to understand format, without bogging the reader down with multiple scientific references and incomprehensible rhetoric. While some other reviewers may have forgotten the importance of on the job and in the field training, I haven't. If you want cut and dried science, read the journals. If you want the first-hand account of a seasoned paramedic, read this book!
 Tactical miss for EMS January 11, 2002
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This pamphlet achieves the aim of the author. Although there is some valuable anecdotal information contained within, there is no scientific validation (or references) to substantiate the statements made. Although most of the clinical information provided is not inaccurate, many of the suggestions are highly controversial and not generally accepted by the tactical EMS community. The author makes these recommendations dogmatically without referencing sources. I applaud the effort Mr. McDevitt has made in to an area of medical practice that needs to be written about, but would wait for a more professionally written source before purchasing.
Anecdotal Tactical Medicine January 11, 2002
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Mr. McDevitt's treatise on Tactical Medicine is just that - a treatise. Although he covered many areas of tactical EMS, most were just touched upon and certainly not enough information was supplied to educate uneducated or to inform the active practitioner. The book has no scientific references. It appears to be purely anecdotal. Any firm fact to be found there is interspersed with unfounded opinion. To the uninformed, the difference between fact and opinion would be difficult to sort out, to say the least.
Anecdotal Medicine January 11, 2002
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mr. McDevitt's treatise on Tactical Medicine is just that - a treatise. Although he covered many areas of tactical EMS, most were just touched upon and certainly not enough information was supplied to educate uneducated or to inform the active practitioner. The book has no scientific references. It appears to be purely anecdotal. Any firm fact to be found there is interspersed with unfounded opinion. To the uninformed, the difference between fact and opinion would be difficult to sort out, to say the least.
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