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I PASSED!

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Well pretty much all over Florida they are having hiring freezes right now due to budget crunches. I hope to however get on with Reedy Creek which is Disney's EMS & Fire Dept. I will eventually go back to school to become a Paramedic, but I want to work in the field for awhile first. My long term goal is to be a Flight Medic.;)

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BillyVance    35

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I took my NREMT exam this past Saturday... I thought it was rather hard, but the results were posted this morning on the NREMT website. Dreams do come true!!!!:)



What the heck is an NREMT?


No Resuscitation EMT? :D

Okay, that was bad. But congrats mamajumps! :)
"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

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Just remember what your real job is

Paramedics may save lives, but EMT's save paramedics:D



Thats funny shit:ph34r:

I dont mind the paragod attitude myself, I find it amusing. I do appreciate a good medic. Just drop the tube and get a line, I'll make the rest happen (Ca. game rules:P)
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Just remember what your real job is

Paramedics may save lives, but EMT's save paramedics:D



Thats funny shit:ph34r:

I dont mind the paragod attitude myself, I find it amusing. I do appreciate a good medic. Just drop the tube and get a line, I'll make the rest happen (Ca. game rules:P)


EMT's in Florida can go thru additional training to be able to start a line... Im looking forward to that... we get to stick each other in class...:P Sounds morbid to look forward to that huh? Im also going to to take ACLS the next time it comes around....;)

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Combitube's a bls skill, some treatments happen by "magic" sometimes etc..., unbelievable how different the protocols and laws are county to county, state to state...Learn em, follow em, and again congrats and have fun:)

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I took it about a year ago. The test stopped at 70 questions and I passed it too. For those not familiar with it rather than a paper and pencil test it's a test you take on a computer. But you go to a outfit called Person-Vue to do it.

Their security is something else, you need two forms of photo ID, then you get fingerprinted, and all your belongings get locked up before your led to a work station terminal to sit the test. While doing the test you are video taped.

The test itself is called adaptive. What that means is there is no set number of questions. The computer gives you questions until it decides if you passed or failed.

You'll get a question on a certain medical topic and if you get it correct, you get a harder question on the same topic. If you miss a question you get an easier one and so on. The idea is in this way the computer can figure out where your overall knowledge level is. And that level must be above the standard set for this particular exam.

Also once you answer a question and move on to the next one you can't go back and change any previous answers.

A lot of questions are scenario based like:

You respond to a call of a 72 year old male who fell down a flight of stairs and is complaining of shortness of breath (SOB in EMS speak) and chest pain. Once on scene you see one of his legs appears shorter than the other and the patient wife tells you the man is diabetic. His blood pressure is 160 over 40, pulse is 90, respiration is 20. His lung sounds are noisy bilaterally and the patient is confused (called ALOC in EMS) and you see blood coming from the man's lower thigh area. What do you do first?

The multiple choice answers are then written so if you really don't know your stuff you're totally screwed. Everyone leaves this test thinking they failed.

It's a tough exam that lots of people do indeed fail so you can be proud of yourself for passing . . .

Maybe it's time our own USPA A,B,C, and D license tests are given this way . . . :P

NickD :)EMT-B

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I took it about a year ago. The test stopped at 70 questions and I passed it too. For those not familiar with it rather than a paper and pencil test it's a test you take on a computer. But you go to a outfit called Person-Vue to do it.

Their security is something else, you need two forms of photo ID, then you get fingerprinted, and all your belongings get locked up before your led to a work station terminal to sit the test. While doing the test you are video taped.

The test itself is called adaptive. What that means is there is no set number of questions. The computer gives you questions until it decides if you passed or failed.

You'll get a question on a certain medical topic and if you get it correct, you get a harder question on the same topic. If you miss a question you get an easier one and so on. The idea is in this way the computer can figure out where your overall knowledge level is. And that level must be above the standard set for this particular exam.

Also once you answer a question and move on to the next one you can't go back and change any previous answers.

A lot of questions are scenario based like:

You respond to a call of a 72 year old male who fell down a flight of stairs and is complaining of shortness of breath (SOB in EMS speak) and chest pain. Once on scene you see one of his legs appears shorter than the other and the patient wife tells you the man is diabetic. His blood pressure is 160 over 40, pulse is 90, respiration is 20. His lung sounds are noisy bilaterally and the patient is confused (called ALOC in EMS) and you see blood coming from the man's lower thigh area. What do you do first?

The multiple choice answers are then written so if you really don't know your stuff you're totally screwed. Everyone leaves this test thinking they failed.

It's a tough exam that lots of people do indeed fail so you can be proud of yourself for passing . . .

Maybe it's time our own USPA A,B,C, and D license tests are given this way . . . :P

NickD :)EMT-B



I actually had a question very similar to that.... With the EMT-B test being that hard, I shudder to think what the medic test is like. Yes the security at Pearson-VUE was something else... probably not even that to get into Ft. Knox:D. And I indeed left there thinking I failed... so far one person from my class that graduated 4/30 failed the test. Pretty good results. The school I attended tho, has the reputation for being the best in the state of Florida tho.

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Congrats sweetie! I am so excited for you. Learning to start lines and all of those other skills are fun too!
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I have a strong regard for the rules.......doc!

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