Advice from EMT-B's that passed

[misspiggy 0]

Please give me some suggestions on how to prepare for the written EMT-B written test for New York.Any study guides or practice test that helped you? I am the worlds worst test taker.

[Guest]

Review all your old tests. Barnes & Noble has some good review books in there Medical section. They cover each subject individually and then also have fake tests in it.

Good Luck -- Whens your test?

[misspiggy 0]

Review all your old tests. Barnes & Noble has some good review books in there Medical section. They cover each subject individually and then also have fake tests in it.

Good Luck -- Whens your test?

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[misspiggy 0]

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May.

[Guest]

dont waste your money on review books, none of the review books actually cover NYS material. Any tests youve taken in your class are not NYS based because the DOH doesnt release NYS test questions to study from, so CICs can only use questions resembeling them. All anyone can say is know the protocol like the back of your hand and review your text book.

[mikeinet 37]

I really didn't think it was that hard... (no I didn't get 100% either) - the main thing I'd say to concentrate on is CPR - know your ratios, steps to follow, what comes before what... but id say that's a majority of the test (not like 80% but you know) and just go through your book and if there's questions in your book.

[Guest]

CPR is NOT 80% of the test. Your already certified, or should be, in CPR - if anything its a review....you should ALREADY know that information...

[Guest]

Get together with someone you know is a good EMT and has been doing it for a while and just go through all the topics, just talking about them. Hearing everything and talking about stuff will help you remember. Unless it changed, the test is arranged in 'chunks' of topics, so once you get through one thing, that's it - on to another topic. This is good because at least you get each thing out of the way quickly.

[ex-commish 490]

CPR is NOT 80% of the test. Your already certified, or should be, in CPR - if anything its a review....you should ALREADY know that information...

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This is correct but CPR questions if I remember correctly took up a good part of it.

[FFEMT84 2]

Don't read into the questions and go over old tests you took in class. Know number for vital signs CPR Burns. Also patient Assesment CUPS, SAMPLE and all the other abbreviations you were taught in class. Take your time. You can Do it!

Good Luck

[Guest alsfirefighter]

Best thing is to stay calm and be confident. As a few have already said, know what the steps are for treating certain conditions. Take your time, read the question thoroughly so you don't make stupid mistakes. They often love questions that say things like "of all the following, which action would NOT," or of the following answers which is the best choice of action. Its those little words if you miss them cost you a question here or there.

[WAS967 97]

dont waste your money on review books, none of the review books actually cover NYS material. Any tests youve taken in your class are not NYS based because the DOH doesnt release NYS test questions to study from, so CICs can only use questions resembeling them. All anyone can say is know the protocol like the back of your hand and review your text book.

A lot of CICs use question pools from the books they use Mosby/Brady/etc and any GOOD CIC would make sure that questions correspond to NYS Protocols and the NYS Curriculum. There are several cases where the material in both the books and the test pools contradict the NYS Protocols/Curriculum and CICs are responsible to make sure that students learn the material according to the curriculum NOT the book.

CPR does have a few questions on the EMT test but it's definatly NOT 80%. I'd say closer to 5% at most. Just remember that the NYS EMT test uses the 2000 guidelines so don't take a 2005 guideline class until AFTER you take the test to avoid confusion.

Edited April 16, 2006 by WAS967

[DaveTFD 0]

66Alpha1 is right, there is no good study guide you can buy for the test. the best way to go into the test is calm and confident and if you arent already doing it, see if you can get on site scoring because it will make you feel better when you know if you passed or failed right after the test.

a good portion of the test is knowing correct stable vital signs for different age groups. make sure you review that and know what normal vital signs there are for adults, children, and infants. also review your obgyn questions because there usually are a good amount of questions on that. cpr is really not on there that much, you might catch 1 or 2 questions on it.

burns and care for burns will be on there too so look over notes on that.

other than that, READ YOUR QUESTIONS CAREFULLY! the state is known for making wording hard on this test so read the question 2-3 times and then answer. you get a lot of time for the test so take your time

good luck to you, really its not that bad of a test so dont let your nerves get to you