EMT school

[Nate28]

I just got accepted into the emt-b class at my school and was hoping yall could give some advice on how to get through it. I have heard there is a very high failure rate and im hell bent on passing so any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks
Nate

[Firedawg34]

First I would have to say that you will get out of it what u put into it. Study hard and put in some extra time so you understand how things work. Second do not be afraid to ask questions. Third and I think this is very important is when you perform any practicals be the first to do it, dont be afraid to make mistakes, get in there and do it. We all learn from our mistakes and in class is when you should make them so you dont make them in the field. When you do your ride times or ER times, ask questions. Also when you are learning how to interview patients, go ahead and practice on your classmate, friends, and family. By doing these things you should have no problem getting through the class and passing the final. Here are some websites to help you study when you have extra time.

Some Self study Websites

http://www.emtb.com/9e/

http://www.brainconnection.com/topics/?main=gal/home

http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghome.html

http://emergencyekg.com/

http://www.templejc.edu/dept/ems/Pages/PowerPoint.html

http://www.defrance.org/quizzes.htm

http://www.volstate.edu/EMT/study.html

http://www.testprepreview.com/nremt_practice.htm

http://smartmedic.com/quiz/index.asp

ftp://members.aol.com/henryhbk/emtquiz1.pdf

http://www.traumamedic.com/id30.html

http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

http://www.mic.ki.se/MEDIMAGES.html

http://www.rale.ca/Repository.htm

http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp

http://www.alaskaems.org/quiz/mother.htm

http://www.lsti.org/

[clark918]

Don't stop studying. If you fall behind, you will really struggle trying to catch up. Especially during those later chapters that get difficult(airway, medical emergencies)

Also if you think you understand the chapter, read it again. I'm not the best at reading comprehension so maybe it was just me, but there were times that I thought I knew what I needed to know. I would breeze through the practical portion and be able to talk about it, but then during the test there were questions about the smallest details that I never would have thought about. During Trauma there could be a question about one of Newton's laws. One of our teachers said that a student once said that it was on the NR, even though and EMT would never really need to know that. My point is that you really need to know pretty much every little detail in the book.

Also, here's the answers to most of your questions on the tests: Airway and saftey of yourself/crew. haha There will be questions with those answers all of the time. There may be other answers that are right and actually pertain more to the situation in the question, but these are above all in any scenario.

Hope that helps. Good luck!

[jeremyjeremy]

I am starting emt basic too. Good luck Nate and thanks to the posters above for the information.

[jeremyjeremy]

I am starting emt basic too. Good luck Nate and thanks to the posters above for the information.

[Jwarne2001]

Not much to add....dawg did a good job of outlying the basic priniciples of succeeding at this. Good study habits are key.

I would also recommend a study group outside of class....this allows you to bounce methods, procedures, etc. off each other. This helped me with the details....I studied a lot alone (works the best for me) but the study group helped to clarify details and solidify procedures...particularly learning all of the practicals for the state exam.

Also, whenever you have time to do hands-on practice, TAKE ADVANTAGE. If you do it 3 times and feel like you've got it nailed...DO IT AGAIN. I can't stress this enough. I wasn't 100% on one practical and wound up failing it on the state test on the 1st pass. Thankfully on the afternoon redo, I got my head screwed on straight and passed. But if I had taken better advantage of the hands onm practice, I would not have had to sweat doing an afternoon redo.

I started my EMT-B at age 34....been out of college for nearly 15 years and was able to jump right back into the books and studying and wound up doing well in the class.

Good luck.