Just keep practicing and writing them down seems like the best way to do it. Eventually it should sink it. Theres also a logical progression to your patient assessments and the other skill sheets(with a few exceptions), so you can kind of figure out what comes next in most cases if your stumped.
The more automatic it is, the better off youll be since the testing can be stressful and some people inevitably wind up like a deer in the headlights when its time to be tested.
The good thing is that this is actually what many people find to be THE hardest part of EMT school. It is a lot of memorization, and I remember pre med students in my class struggling and at least one of them totally choking during our NREMT practical exam(As far as I know he actually failed the class as a result).
If you are doing your test and you draw a blank, then just use logic and common sense and your training and you should be ok as long as you dont hit on a critical fail. Its also not the end of the world if you do most things slightly out of order, but in a few cases it can be a critical fail, but its pretty much common sense with those as well. For instance you obviously want to address immediate life threats or airway problems before doing vital signs or sample history during patient assessments.
