Florida state exam
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For what? EMT-B? or Paramedic?
EMT-B is the National Registry.
Paramedic is a State Exam which covers general Paramedic education/training and the specific Florida trauma/triage protocols.
Any test is hard if you don't pay attention in class, just memorize and don't actually learn and don't put much effort into it.
EMTinNEPA
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Mnemonic devices can help. Look some up or create your own.
Sasha
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Send in your paperwork, check your status regularly. Once everything is clear, pick your test date, show up at the Pearsen Vue place. Be searched like a criminal, and take your test. You will get the results in anywhere from a few hours to a few days.
As for paramedic, letcha know once I take it.
medic417
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That body cavity search was a bit excessive if you ask me.
h34r:Florida Paramedic is easier than the NR basic so no need to study.
JPINFV
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What sort of issues? As in remembering which bone is the humerus and which one is the femur, or the small bones like the bones of the wrist (Some Lovers Try Positions That They Can't Handle)?
Sasha
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That body cavity search was a bit excessive if you ask me.
Texas Paramedic is easier than the NR basic so no need to study.
Fixed it for you.
medic417
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You wish. Happily Texas joined the NR years ago so we are current with national standards, whether thats good or bad who knows anymore.
Sasha
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Florida has different standards for trauma and requires a higher passing score than the NR. When the NR meets Florida's standards, maybe Florida will join the medic NR.
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Higher passing score means crap without any sort of actual proof of concept.
A 90% On one test is higher then a 70% required to pass another, but the first test could be 5th grade social studies while the second test is 12th grade chemistry.
I guess you won't be able to back that sentence up until you take both Florida and NR medic tests.
Sasha
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Not planning to take the NR. But will let you know on the Florida state in about a month or so.
Shishkabob
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HaVing read my post it came off rather confrontational. Imagine a winking smiley face in it
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I can already see the claws!!
Sasha
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No cat fight. Medic417 and I love eachother. The fighting means we care
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Just curious.. why would you not take National Registry?
Sasha
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Because my goals are in Florida and California. Florida is where I'll earn a BSN, and they don't accept NR. I plan to go to California for masters and DNP. From what I have heard of California's EMS system, you couldn't pay me enough to work there as a medic.
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If were to talk standards then try taking our exams here in Canada. I read in another thread here from a ACP from Ontario that Ontario will let a US EMTP take the exams for PCP which is BLS. Because here in Canada getting certified for ALS level take anywhere from 2 1/2 to 3 yrs or 4 to 5 yrs if you go for your Bachelors in Paramedicine. The U of Toronto offers a BSc in Paramedicine but thats at the BLS level. On the other hand Medicine Hat College in Medicine Hat Alberta offer a Bachelors on Apllied Health Science (Paramedic) And that one is ALS.
Sasha
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Was not comparing to Canada. That is like comparing apples to cats.
medic417
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Wonder if they will let me sit for the higher level Canada so I can let you guys know how it compares. Of course everyone here would have to chip in for me to spend a couple of weeks exploring I mean studying in Canada.