2 Years ago I started nursing school and at the same time I took the EMT class for two reasons. First for my fire department and second so I could gain pre-hospital experience as I wanted to work in the ED. I passed with flying colors and even helped out with the class, giving some aid to the students that were having trouble. I worked EMS soon as I passed and ran 2 24's a week while in school. Family issues caused me to stop my nursing and I focussed on Just EMS. I was planning on going for my medic at the beginning of this year when in late November, wife started to interview out of state(we lived in Pennsylvania). Wife got hired at hospital(she is a RN) in Minnesota. I decided to get my NREMT as that is what I needed to stay in EMS in MN. I was going to test in Pennsylvania when decided to just test here in MN instead. The move was really hard on us as all of us had bad cases of the flu. Having the knowledge and expericance I thought I had nothing to worry about. I went on Wednesday and took the test, it shut off at 76 and I thought I was fine. Checked on Thursday and BAM, said sorry you failed. I have read posts on here where some people make you think that your an idiot if you fail this. I do not get test anxiety, or think that I know everything. I believe that you learn something new almost everyday. I do believe that I failed because I read way too much into the questions. Having run on the rigs for almost 2 years gave me experience however it also taught me many things that are done completely different than you are taught during EMT class. People can say that EMT's are really nothing and that they don't need to know much. Well a GOOD EMT can make a bad medic look good, just like a bad EMT can make a good medic look bad. Looks like I am going to have to try again and this time I have to think back to my EMT class and not read too much into the questions.
Thanks for listening!!