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 - buyer bewarePediatric Advanced Life Support: Provider Manual I find myself wondering how any large book store can not have enough of these textbooks on hand. These are the mandatory books that most hospitals demand! If you are a health care provider (which endorses a huge population of medical care givers,) the necessity of this book as THE primary study guide to pass and obtain your certification so you are allowed to work in the department you are in is of paramount importance. It amazes me that the most well know on line book seller finds itself without the current editions, forcing people to choose used copies and risk buying an outdated book. By outdated, I mean that the guidelines have significantly changed in the past year or so and this is very important for the buyer to understand. Many times have I have experienced purchasing into a class and having the book sent to me very late, so I basically had very little time to study from the mandatory manual. This is true of many other mandatory classes as well. Unfortunately, the book was automatically charged in with the class. So, if a friend offered you their recent copy, in some facilities the opting out of a book purchase was not allowed. I was surprised to see that the new updated version of ACLS AND PALS was very difficult to identify. I found a class that did not demand the purchase of the book when registering, but offered alternatives of library copies and any other resource that allowed you to obtain the most current book. I found it difficult to verify the demanded copy for the class, and again, rolled back around to my dismay that a proper supply of these kind of manuals were not appropriately available on amazon.com. Aw, well, consider it just another necessity of my profession. More and more certificates are being required to prove we are skilled and meet quality assurance guidelines. Apparantly, eacy specialty is asking for more...this in a time of severe medical providing shortage. I ask Amazon to try and pay more attention to these demanded classes requested of all ranges of hospital employees and insure these books be available year round. Many of us would be very appreciative. Rating:  - late delivery/good productThe book was good. However, the one I bought online did not come until 1 and a half weeks after I took the class. Fortunately, at the last minute I borrowed a book from one of the paramedics that I know from work. So I'm rather annoyed about that. I am keeping the book because it is good information and I will read it anyway, even though I don't have to recert for another 2 years. I prefer to go into a class prepared, but I was not because of the late delivery. I passed it anyway but I like to be better prepared. I received this product from Pandit distributors,LLC. All my other products bought on Amazon.com have come on time and been remarkable products. I was just not happy with this distributor. Good product though. Rating:  - PALS ManualExactly as the book describes. This is the official AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider Manual. It's a good book. It reads, details, and instructs as all other AHA manuals do. This revision of the books is much smaller, which I like a lot. They have left out a lot of the pictures and remedial review stuff that a provider of this level should already know. I love the quick reference cards that come enclosed with the book. page 1 of 1
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