Back to Basics: Critical Care Transport Certification Review Kindle Edition

Just successfully passed my FP-C. This book was my primary text with a good volume of questions and rationale. I studied this material until I not only mastered the answers but the rationale behind each answer. To be honest this is one of several resources I used. I also used:1. FAST by William Wingfield.......(I'd recommend purchasing this one as well)2. William Wingfields FP-C video review course (watched it twice)3. Quizlet (Look for FP-C review flashcards)4. FlightBridge.I over-studied......but felt like I passed fairly easily because of my preparation. Hope this helps.

I took and passed the CFRN test in October and was surprised by the amount of info that was not in this or the FlightBridges material. You obviously need to know the emergency and critical care elements that are reviewed in this book, but if you are looking to fly you had better already know those areas stone cold. The elements of aircraft operations and flight physiology that are found in AMRM is what you really need to be successful. This book is a very small piece of the preparation, not a " this is the only book you need" kind of thing.

Great review book. Questions are almost exactly like the ones on the FP-C exam. I studied this book exclusively for 3 weeks until about a week before my test when IAFCCP released their online study tool. I went through it one time and didn't find it to be as helpful except it showed that this book is a little lacking on the CAMTS requirement questions. I studied the CAMTS pdf off their website with Back to Basics for that last week and made a 93 on my first attempt on the test. This is the first product I recommend when people ask me how to study for FP-C/CCP-C.

So, after taking the FP-C test I’d like to say that it is very much a knowledge based test. You have got know this material. There are several books amongst other resources that I used to prepare myself for the test. This was a good book. I liked the rationales because it taught you as you went along, particularly with unfamiliar stuff. Not a single question that is in this book is on the test so don’t think it is. You genuinely have to be familiar with all the information and have a generally good knowledge base. This covers all the topics really well. It’s a great study guide. I went over all my resources prob 3-4 times in straight crunch sessions and by then I’ve seen all the material ALOT. This is what it takes to pass the FP-C CCEMT-P CFRN and the CCRN. I hope this helps anyone who is interested in their critical care certification.

I'm taking the CCT course in a couple of months, and purchased this as a primer and to see what I should brush up on before attending. I was happy to find that my paramedic program did an excellent job at some non-flight/non-CCT topics. I also found some topics which I need to study. For that purpose, the book worked for me.However, there were several issues I had with the text. Some are minor - like spelling mistakes or other small typos - sentences that are fragments or skip a thought. The occasional Wikipedia reference in the middle of the answers (linking to an actual reference listed in the end notes, but still an editing mistake) was amusing. There were some larger issues, though. I found several instances where a question would ask about one topic with possible answers that didn't make any sense, and the explanation would talk about a completely different topic. Then the following question would be related to the previous explanation, but would have it's own, appropriate explanation.As long as you don't mind some editing errors, it is a good book for the price.

Some good material, but I’m sure there are other resources out there that you can get a bigger bang for your buck.Cons:- it’s not what I expected. It’s just a book full of questions and rationales but doesn’t go into depth on any of the information. Some answers don’t even have a rationale.-a lot of the same questions are used throughout the book, which I just find lazy. Easily could have found differing questions instead of the using the same ones over and over.- some typos and wrong answers found throughout the book.

I chose this book to review for the FP-C exam and I studied this book inside and out with a couple others. The content inside this book is very closely like what they testing material will go over. The CAMT's flight minimums material is out of date, so make sure you find material that is up to date, but outside of that, its a great study resource and largely a reason I passed the test the first go around. I highly recommend this as a study aide.

Just passed the FP-C exam. This book covered a lot of content and had questions very similar to the actual exam. Only qualm is that there are many questions where either there is a major typo which changes the question leading to the answer making no sense (e.g what to do for an “ethanol overdose” then the answer says to give fomepizol and explains what to do for an ethylene glycol overdose) or the explanation contradicts the answer given (e.g the letter given as correct doesn’t match the explained answer).I would overall highly recommend this book but be prepared to be very frustrated by the little errors.

Bought as prep for CCP-C exam, for which it was invaluable. In depth explainations of complex topics and constant repetition of 'must know' items. In reading the book you feel as if Orchid is instructing you personally, such is the writing style, which gives it a homely quality. It is not so bland and cold as other medical volumes. The book is however riddled with typographical and grammatical errors which do get annoying after a while, I can't help feeling that the author skipped on some proof reading prior to publication.Don't rely on this as your sole study guide, but as part of several resources it is very helpful. Recommended.

Excellent book. Worth every cent even though it's not a very recent edition.Beware: it's not a textbook, but an extensive collection of questions (about 50 for each and every topic) - so, you have to know you stuff to fully benefit from it! There are very clear and exhaustive explanations of every right answer, as well as useful flashcards at the end of the book.I've found it truly useful and - btw - I've passed my CCP-C first try!!(I've prepared my exam using also the IAFCCP Critical Care Exam Review).Good luck!