NREMT test day prep

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Any thoughts on test day prep?

-Good idea to glance over notes
-Helpful calculations to write on your white board
-Dare I say, pre-test quiz?!?

Just some food for thought...
 
I just took my Basic written exam and am nervously awaiting the results (some questions got freakin hard and cut me off around 70-75)

Our class coordinator told us on the day before our practicals to relax and don't even bother studying because if you don't know the info by then, there's no point in trying to cram because you'll just work yourself up more.

I'd say get 8 hours of sleep, eat a small breakfast, and empty out your bladder.
 
Just chill, is my biggest suggestion for people taking any test, be it NREMT or Chemistry. Personally I suggest avoiding notes within an hour from the exam, as it will act like a brick in your mind, and you'll insist of answering every question with PE or something that you just read. Looking at notes on the day-of doesn't hurt, just not the hour-of.

That said, when reviewing, be sure to review what needs reviewing. If you are going through the Legal chapter and going "Yeah, yeah, I know this" then stop wasting your time and get to a chapter that you aren't 100% on. I wouldn't recommend practice quizzes/tests the day of, as those take time to turn into effective study tools. However, studying previous tests/quizzes for material that you didn't know will only help.

Keys are don't waste your time, and just relax. Before big tests at school I just get there 15 minutes early and sit in the hallway, even reading this forum. Just chilling. If I don't know it then I sure won't learn it in that time, without throwing off the rest of my mind. Just... chill.
 
Know your skills sheets for the written!

Know the skills sheets. I do NREMT test prep and tutoring (for 10 years now) on a regular basis and I have found that there will be an increase in your success if you know the skills sheets. Many of the questions will use phrases like:
What would you do next?
Your care would include.
Which would be inappropriate?
What is the correct sequence?
What is your priority?
 
MICP said:
Know the skills sheets. I do NREMT test prep and tutoring (for 10 years now) on a regular basis and I have found that there will be an increase in your success if you know the skills sheets. Many of the questions will use phrases like:
What would you do next?
Your care would include.
Which would be inappropriate?
What is the correct sequence?
What is your priority?
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Second that advice. Skills sheets knowledge helped me on the NREMT test from the perspective of knowing the order of various steps.
 
I'm about an hour out right now. Just relaxing...everyone told me, if I don't know it now, I don't know it. Second try...I got it this time...much more confident. Hopefully it shows.
 
BigNasty said:
I'm about an hour out right now. Just relaxing...everyone told me, if I don't know it now, I don't know it. Second try...I got it this time...much more confident. Hopefully it shows.
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Let us know once you get the results.
 
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