NR Test
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AzValley
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Best of luck with it.
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Failure isn't falling down, it's refusing to get back up. Figure out where you struggled, really work on those skills and that knowledge, and re-test.Well I took my test and it did not go well. I did not pass. Taking it pretty hard, not sure if I am going to try again or not.
Good luck!
joshrunkle35
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Learn what you missed!!! You have an opportunity to re-learn what you don't know. Don't get down about it. Kick yourself in the butt and stay awake studying for a few weeks. You can do it!
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Part of taking the NREMT is learning how to take it. A lot of the scenario based questions want to make sure you follow the proper steps. Example:
You're dispatched to a man down in his front yard at blah blah blah street. Your first step on arrival is:
A) check his airway
B) maintain c-spine precautions
C) scene safety
D) control bleeding
E) intubate and call a chopper
You can usually rule a few out. However what most people do is focus on the patient, forgetting BSI, scene safe, # of patients etc etc.
Nremt wants to make sure you follow those steps. When I took mine I wrote down all those steps on that white board and made sure for each scenario I followed them.
I found most of the other questions to be general knowledge. I never got any drug doses, but did get a lot of mechanism of action questions.
You're dispatched to a man down in his front yard at blah blah blah street. Your first step on arrival is:
A) check his airway
B) maintain c-spine precautions
C) scene safety
D) control bleeding
E) intubate and call a chopper
You can usually rule a few out. However what most people do is focus on the patient, forgetting BSI, scene safe, # of patients etc etc.
Nremt wants to make sure you follow those steps. When I took mine I wrote down all those steps on that white board and made sure for each scenario I followed them.
I found most of the other questions to be general knowledge. I never got any drug doses, but did get a lot of mechanism of action questions.
Gastudent
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Dont take it to hard man. Every AEMT I know didnt pass that test until there second or third time. It is just to new. They are still tring to find a good way to teach it. So take it again I am sure you will get it.
The test had a lot of different questions. Cardic, medical, trauma, ob peds, airway, ambulance operations. It was not an adaptive test like my basic was so if I missed a question in an area I was not given another one from the same area. I had 136 questions and all of them had to be answered. I was able to flag questions for later review. I know some of the questions i got wrong. I was disappointed in my failing and will prolly not take it again cuz in less then 6 mos I will be a paramedic all the Advanced was going to do is put another certificate on my wall for the time being. I know that failing the test doesn't make me a bad EMT. I know where I struggle and will make damn sure I know it when it is time to take the Paramedic National Test. Thanks everyone for your support.
Gastudent
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I am taking the AEMT test in a few months, and I wanted to ask you what makes the AEMT test so much different than the Basic. The reason I ask is because we are about half way through AEMT school, and I am not seeing that much of a difference between the two classes.
I'll be taking it a a little less than a month and honestly I feel like aside from drugs, IV's, and a few basic EKG's I haven't learned one thing. I heat that's pretty status quo though.