![]() It can be daunting and stressful to be cooped up studying for such a big exam. Nothing is more isolating than studying alone. Write down your plan and study schedule and then get to it! Finishing all of the questions in a question bank or all of the videos in a prep program will take you a lot farther than doing some sections in multiple formats. ![]() Make sure you are studying every day and that you give yourself enough time to cover all the content in any resource you use. After a little exploring, pick a plan and stick with it. Do you enjoy videos? Doing questions? Reading the text? Take some time to explore what options are out there but don’t get hung up on finding the perfect resource. We used the education standards to create our video course to make sure we covered all of the important material that might be on the exam.Įveryone learns differently, so the best way for you to study is most likely different than someone else’s. This is a complete list of all concepts that can be tested. If you go to and choose your level of education (EMT, AEMT, or Paramedic), you will see the “Education Standards” on the left side of the screen. The NREMT website has complete outlines of everything that could be tested. 85% of questions in each section are about adult patients and 15% are about pediatric patients. About 20% of questions are on Airway Ventilation, 20% Cardiology, 15% Trauma, 30% Medical, and 15% EMS operations. Airway/Ventilation 2) Cardiology 3) Trauma 4) Medical and 5) EMS operations. The NREMT cognitive exam includes questions in 5 areas of knowledge. If you really want to know if you are going to do well, you need to be confident you studied correctly. The trick is to simply take each question one at a time and do your best. The takeaway?… There is no way of knowing how you are doing when you are actually taking the exam. This means that as you take the exam, the computer makes the questions harder or easier depending on if you are getting the questions right or not. If you don’t know what that means you are definitely not alone. The National Registry is a Cognitive Adaptive Exam. But you don’t have to be one of those! These 5 things to do right now to pass the NREMT cognitive exam will put you on the path to 1st-time success! 1- Understand the cognitive exam This means that almost 1/3 of students fail their first try. Not only does this provide you the opportunity to see what other people would do in a similar situation but also reinforces your understanding of the material.Unfortunately, the NREMT cognitive exam passing rate is only 70%. ![]() In addition, you will have the opportunity to practice peer review on the care plans that your fellow learners put together. The next couple of weeks are designed to stretch your knowledge and guide you to apply it to potentially real patient presentations. To accomplish this, there will be videos from prior courses to review, links to the national registry patient care checklists, and you will use these resources to complete a series of patient care scenarios that challenge you to apply what you have learned over the past 5 courses. We want you to be able to apply your knowledge! I think many of you have experienced in school or other training the difference between knowing the information needed to pass a test and being able to apply that information to a real life problem. More than anything else, however, our greatest hope is that we have given you the knowledge and tools to provide high quality patient care once you are certified as an EMT or once you achieve whatever level of patient care provider you aspire to. ![]() We do hope that at the completion of this course that you feel more prepared to take the skills portion as well as the written portion of the national registry exam. The title for this course is a little bit misleading. Welcome to your final course in Become and EMT! Prepare for the National Registry exam. ![]()
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