Any advice for passing the NREMT?

CoreySZigmond

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I have been looking for some advice in regards to passing the NREMT. Anything would help really, any books I should buy or websites I should try. I took it 1 time already in hopes of passing it and I came up short. I have 2 opportunities left and I don't want to retake the class if it comes to doing that. Any advice?
 

Radnoq

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Read, read, read. Look at the areas that you're weak in and concentrate on those. You now know the type of terminology they use in the test so go back and study up and the things that stumped you. I took mine three weeks ago and I was in disbelief at how hard it felt. Just concentrate on the question that you have in front of you at the moment and look for any key words that will help you choose the best answer. Re-read the question multiple times if you have to.

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CoreySZigmond

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I find myself feeling a tad bit overwhelmed. Some of the information I read just doesn't seem to stick. I've purchased the EMT-B crash course book, and another NREMT prep book. I took the exam maybe a week after the class ended and it's been about 5 months now since I last took it.
 

Radnoq

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Yeah it is overwhelming. I used a couple apps to help me study. The questions they provide don't really come close to NREMT but they helped all the basic info stick. Just look up "EMT PREP" there are a couple free apps.

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Radnoq

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And the truth is the testing never ends, man. I got through NREMT and now I'm facing a written exam with AMR tomorrow. Then you have to face more exams to recertify. So we gotta get used to them haha.

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CoreySZigmond

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That is understandable. I have the app Pocket Prep and EMT-B exam prep. I have noticed that the key words stick with me better.

Side question. I know you have a year to complete everything is that a year from the first day of class or from the when you finish the program?
 

Radnoq

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I'm pretty sure its a year after you finish the program. It makes more sense. Don't quote me on it though. Let's wait for one of the experienced peeps to answer that for you.

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CoreySZigmond

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Yeah I thought it made more sense that the year long timer would begin once you finished the program.

Looks like I'll be hitting the books so I can get this monkey off my back.

Thank you for the responses. I really appreciate the extra insight.
 

Radnoq

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Not a problem. Good luck, bro. See ya out there!

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I'm assuming you studied by reading the book during class and to whatever degree in preparation for the exam, right? And you failed, right? So your first order of business should be changing your methods to accommodate the situation you're in, or mentally prepare for the same result.

For some people, reading the book over and over again works. For others, you need to be told what to study. This is where adaptive test prep comes into play. A system that evaluates your knowledge and then highlights your deficiencies is key. Just reading page after page of the textbook with no direction isn't likely to get you where you need to be, which is actually understanding the material(not memorizing vignettes of information).

Search the archives. Which test prep resources are good and which are blind money grabs are well documented here. Pick one, and use it. Find out where you're weak, what questions you're getting wrong and then go reasearch why you got them wrong. That's where we transition to understanding the material, not memorizing information.

Mechanically, how you choose to study is a personal choice. Apps are good(some of them), flash cards, writing things out, games and so on. All have validity in the learning process; but if you don't know what you need to learn, beyond saying "this textbook", what you'll end up doing is reading the same information over and over again. Those chosen sections of information will not be what you don't understand usually. You'll re read the sections covering things that sound interesting you you, or things that you like; and you'll feel good about those sections because you know the material and understand what's being said, so you'll come away from a study session with high spirits because you did well in your mind when in fact you didn't learn anything new.

Find out what you don't know and go learn that. The only way to do that is with an adaptive test simulator that tells you specifically what you got wrong; and then taking that information and researching WHY you got it wrong.

You'd think this test was the hardest test ever created with the frequency people post about how hard it is....
 

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I have been looking for some advice in regards to passing the NREMT. Anything would help really, any books I should buy or websites I should try. I took it 1 time already in hopes of passing it and I came up short. I have 2 opportunities left and I don't want to retake the class if it comes to doing that. Any advice?


im going to be taking the national registry soon . i was wondering if you had passed?
 
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