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Thanks DEmedic. Yea so no set hours just remedial training in all skills till you show competence. But I'm torn between redoing it and not. I want to be paramedic and have alot of time invested, and have worked as firefighter/basic for two years, I'd like to start getting into some remote work...

There is no set amount of hours, you just have to get a certified instructor to sign off that you went back over all the skills again I think.

I was always taught top strap goes last. "It supposedly restricts breathing" not taking away from that, but for national registry purposes apparently top strap needs to go on before the head is done or you fail, like I did my first and second retry. I put the straps on in order this time, and...

I was told I failed because of that acronym, because the torso is not secured and if you secure the head before the torso is secure it's a fail, because that was the acronym I learned from working in the fire department and my teacher said that is why I failed. Released the leg straps, I am sure...

I checked it before, after I secured torso and legs, and before I moved them to long spine board. Then I verbalized recheck in all my interventions, vitals, pms, after verbalizing moving them.

So I took my third attempt at passing my psychomotor exam yesterday, and failed. Now I have to take remediation and try at all 12 skills. And the worst part is, I failed the basic skill, 3 times... it was one of the first skills I did on my initial test and I threw it off as nervousness, and...

A few study tips, just like above read the chapter/section the day before highlight whats important or what you have more questions on. my class was alot of self motivated learning with class time being a quick overview with a touch on the high points of the chapter, then practicing the skills...

Hello all my name is christian, and I'm new to the forums. a little background: I'm 21 years old, been in ems 5 years since I was 17, got 2 years paramedic experience, 3 as a basic. I'm finishing up my degree,and I've been looking around at some careers. One of the places I've been looking at...