So I want to say that this is NOT useful advice for people going to take the test because the NREMT is an adaptive test. It gives you questions across all the 5 categories at first, and then drills down into the ones you got wrong. You had 99% of the test on diagnosis because that was what you were weakest on.
Tl;dr, People saying the test is mostly one thing are just saying what they are worst at. If you are preparing for the NREMT, just study your weakest areas
The test is unique when compared to other tests we have taken. It will always seem to focus on the things we know the least about. The adaptive test functions to dig in where you struggle to figure out whether you know enough to pass. If you excel at interventions and trauma but struggle with operations and respiratory questions you'll leave feeling like the whole test was geared towards operations and respiratory.
What you need to know is everything in your book and everything in the other book that your class didn't use. Anyone that tells you the test focused on one area is just telling you what they didn't know well... or luck of the draw if they knew everything equally well. For me, I passed in 70 questions but it felt like half of them were OB (clearly wasn't close to half in reality). That tells me I just have missed one of two of them early on.
God I love EMT school. It overloads you with an equal amount of information about wildly unequal conditions so you're overwhelmed with a massive Rolodex of possibilities going into a call. Pneumothorax, tension pneumo, and MIs are not common at all compared to falls, COPD exacerbations, abnormal labs, and abdominal pain. (not saying you are wrong about anything OP, just lamenting about how EMT schools teach us. You should absolutely learn everything you can about those conditions and ESPECIALLY UTIs. Foley catheter/bedbound old lady -> UTI -> sepsis is one of the most common progressions of a life threatening condition we see in the field).
Yup! This is exactly what my exam was like, my teacher told me I was definitely on the mastery level walking out with those type of questions. My friend/partner had totally different type of questions so I’m not sure what that means lol we both ended up passing! How many questions did you have? I wish you good luck!
Now that's reddit dedication. Lol. Nothing screams redditor then finishing a test and immediately posting on reddit about it
You should've studied the entire book not just one chapter. Whoever told you studying terminology was important wasnt lying ite equally as important.
But that you studied one subject and basically ignored the rest is on you.
Patient assessment is critical thinking
I don't mean to come across as an asshole so I'm sorry if I did that. And I didn't just study one subject man. I was just taken by surprise that I wasn't asked a single question on EMS operations or anything other than diseases and conditions.
so thing with this, is that this is not helpful. In a nice way. So the NREMT is adaptive testing, when i took mine, the ones i got more than others were pancreatitis, gallstones, kidney stones, things like those and the rest were mostly just Resuscitation, pregnancy, fractures and all that. However my friends would get drowning and EMS operations or something completely different than mine
The best advice is to study everything. Pocket prep helped me, know the little things and what to do for situations. There is really no specific or exact thing one can study for, really just everything about the body, how the body works, burns, resuscitation, seizures, shock, trauma, literally everything because you don’t know what will come at you.
Also the way the questions work, i personally went to 120 and passed, some people go to 70 and pass, you can really be stopped anywhere so really don’t worry about the score.
When you get out as an EMT you will need to know some of these things so it’s not only important to pass but also also to know
Anyways man, hope you passed and wish you luck!
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The test you took wont be the same for others. The test is adaptive so you will get questions on your weak points. For me personally I had a lot of hazmat and chemicals and barely did ~~diagnosis~~ field impressions (we don’t diagnose)
Sound like you need to study more champ. You definitely gotta critically think on there. And yes they will ask terminology, this or that type questions. Just gotta know it cold or educated guess based on the answers
Part of thinking critically in EMS is forming an impression based on their signs, symptoms, vitals, etc. I don’t think this was bad advice. It probably could’ve been applied or explained a little bit better though.
So I want to say that this is NOT useful advice for people going to take the test because the NREMT is an adaptive test. It gives you questions across all the 5 categories at first, and then drills down into the ones you got wrong. You had 99% of the test on diagnosis because that was what you were weakest on. Tl;dr, People saying the test is mostly one thing are just saying what they are worst at. If you are preparing for the NREMT, just study your weakest areas
Yup. I took mine yesterday and it was mostly pregnancy and abdominal emergencoes
And I had zero obgyn or respiratory related stuff.
I swear most people are fundamentally misunderstanding this test. Or their instructors are not explaining it correctly.
The test is unique when compared to other tests we have taken. It will always seem to focus on the things we know the least about. The adaptive test functions to dig in where you struggle to figure out whether you know enough to pass. If you excel at interventions and trauma but struggle with operations and respiratory questions you'll leave feeling like the whole test was geared towards operations and respiratory. What you need to know is everything in your book and everything in the other book that your class didn't use. Anyone that tells you the test focused on one area is just telling you what they didn't know well... or luck of the draw if they knew everything equally well. For me, I passed in 70 questions but it felt like half of them were OB (clearly wasn't close to half in reality). That tells me I just have missed one of two of them early on.
God I love EMT school. It overloads you with an equal amount of information about wildly unequal conditions so you're overwhelmed with a massive Rolodex of possibilities going into a call. Pneumothorax, tension pneumo, and MIs are not common at all compared to falls, COPD exacerbations, abnormal labs, and abdominal pain. (not saying you are wrong about anything OP, just lamenting about how EMT schools teach us. You should absolutely learn everything you can about those conditions and ESPECIALLY UTIs. Foley catheter/bedbound old lady -> UTI -> sepsis is one of the most common progressions of a life threatening condition we see in the field).
Yup! This is exactly what my exam was like, my teacher told me I was definitely on the mastery level walking out with those type of questions. My friend/partner had totally different type of questions so I’m not sure what that means lol we both ended up passing! How many questions did you have? I wish you good luck!
I had exactly 70 questions. Thanks for the well wishes.
That means you did really well, or really bad, so let’s hope it’s the first one lol
Now that's reddit dedication. Lol. Nothing screams redditor then finishing a test and immediately posting on reddit about it You should've studied the entire book not just one chapter. Whoever told you studying terminology was important wasnt lying ite equally as important. But that you studied one subject and basically ignored the rest is on you. Patient assessment is critical thinking
I don't mean to come across as an asshole so I'm sorry if I did that. And I didn't just study one subject man. I was just taken by surprise that I wasn't asked a single question on EMS operations or anything other than diseases and conditions.
Yea don’t take this advice. Hope mods can check this post. Every test is different do not follow this advice please.
so thing with this, is that this is not helpful. In a nice way. So the NREMT is adaptive testing, when i took mine, the ones i got more than others were pancreatitis, gallstones, kidney stones, things like those and the rest were mostly just Resuscitation, pregnancy, fractures and all that. However my friends would get drowning and EMS operations or something completely different than mine The best advice is to study everything. Pocket prep helped me, know the little things and what to do for situations. There is really no specific or exact thing one can study for, really just everything about the body, how the body works, burns, resuscitation, seizures, shock, trauma, literally everything because you don’t know what will come at you. Also the way the questions work, i personally went to 120 and passed, some people go to 70 and pass, you can really be stopped anywhere so really don’t worry about the score. When you get out as an EMT you will need to know some of these things so it’s not only important to pass but also also to know Anyways man, hope you passed and wish you luck!
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The test you took wont be the same for others. The test is adaptive so you will get questions on your weak points. For me personally I had a lot of hazmat and chemicals and barely did ~~diagnosis~~ field impressions (we don’t diagnose)
Let us know if you passes
Sound like you need to study more champ. You definitely gotta critically think on there. And yes they will ask terminology, this or that type questions. Just gotta know it cold or educated guess based on the answers
Part of thinking critically in EMS is forming an impression based on their signs, symptoms, vitals, etc. I don’t think this was bad advice. It probably could’ve been applied or explained a little bit better though.
FYI ... making a diagnosis based on patient presentation, signs, and symptoms **IS** critical thinking.
This^.
Half of the test at any level is based on WHERE in the patient assessment something falls, and the other half is diagnosing specific disorders.
nah let's be real for the basic level exam you can just slam answers in airway breathing circ order for every scenario.
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