Reddit mentions of Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Ninth Edition

And the problem is stuff like that goes under the rug. I can't remember the citation clearly, but in my EMS textbooks for school, one of the reasons there's burnout and distaste in the emergency responder field (EMS, LEO, FD, etc) is lack of recognition of good outcomes and more focus on bad, on top of low pay, terrible working conditions, and other reasons. A quick recap of reddit over the last few months yields cops shooting dogs, firefighters running over patients, and NSA this, NSA that.

Props to this cop for sticking to his convictions. I would ask if he could do it all over again, would he go for academy again?

Have a linky to a website focusing on military medicine. It's pretty good, and it covers mostly major trauma and your basic medical emergencies. Other than that, pick up an EMT book from Amazon. There is no need to get the newest edition, see if you can find some older ones for cheap.

If you're really interested, look up a wilderness first responder or EMT class in your area and get some formal education.