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Student Topics, Tips and Tricks

You’re required to learn and remember massive amounts of clinical information. Our Tips and Tricks are a series of articles and great tools to reinforce that material and help you remember it when it counts. From clinical insights to test preparation tips, you’ll learn more here.

What Does Mechanism Of Injury Tell Us?

EMS loves mechanism of injury. The excitement of pulling up to a big crash, examining the forces that cause injuries other crews wish they responded to. Yes, we love mechanism of injury.

There is one pesky problem with mechanism of injury: It isn’t that reliable.

What If I Fail The NREMT?

People fail the NREMT for a lot of reasons. An off-day. A reading issue. Anxiety. Waiting too long to test. Many people fail because they’ve never taken a test that had questions like the NREMT’s. And there’s always the possibility that they just don’t know the information they need to be an EMT, AEMT or paramedic. Let’s take a closer look at some of these issues and how to fix them.

When A Stroke Is Not A Stroke: A Case Study

By Christopher Ebright Stroke is a significant cause of mortality and morbidity in the United States, ranking fifth among all causes of death.1,2 According to the American Heart Association, every 3 minutes and 42 seconds someone dies of a stroke, accounting for approximately 1 of every 19 deaths. Additionally, 62% of stroke deaths occur in the […]

Why Can’t I Pass The NREMT?

By Dan Limmer I am asked this question several times each week in emails and my weekly live online study sessions. I ask each of these frustrated candidates a series of questions. These questions require some serious introspection. The questions allow me to advise students on how to best proceed to pass the NREMT. There are three […]

You’ve Failed the NREMT Three Times. Now What?

We get a lot of calls and emails from people who have failed the NREMT. We seem to get more from people who have failed the NREMT three times. They are about to take a refresher class and come to us for advice. Our Chief Knowledge Office Dan Limmer answers their questions – and we wanted to share some of his advice.