First Aid 2012 has largely been very disappointing as many of the mistakes are still unchecked in the book yet after a decade of its publishing. Many of the obsolete drugs are still included in the book and many treatments are still unchanged despite new advances in medicine.

Kaplan tried to fill this gap by introducing their own review book having all subjects in one hard copy. So far many students have praised the book and yet some still consider First Aid as their preferred review book.

Renowned Kaplan instructor, Conrad Fischer few days ago pointed out some of the mistakes in First Aid 2012 through his tweets, some of which are: