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So here's an update, the state finally confirmed to NREMT that I passed my state practical and I am now NREMT-b certified. Now it is just supposed to be a waiting game on when I get my state license so I can actually get a job (it usually takes 3-4 weeks for your name to show up on the states license look-up, and then they send out the actual license early the next month.) However I think I have run into another problem , I searched my name to see if the state somehow put it up extremely early... And surprise, surprise my name is up on the site listing that my license is pending. (meaning it should get sent out in August as opposed to September as I thought.) The problem here is the license that is pending for me is an Emergency Medical Responder... NOT technician. Guess I will be on the phone tomorrow attempting to work this out, hopefully its just a simple clerical error and I can still get my license relatively early. I guess this is a nice welcome to becoming an EMT-B .

short update... just got off the phone with my instructer and she said it should be updated in a few days, I guess they were waiting on me passing the written part of the test to verify the practical portion. So i guess I will know in a few days if everything is going according to plan. Also I had taken the practicals the second week in June. *edit* Thanks for the encouragment Dwyane; and I plan on lurking about this website a bit, I had been looking for a good EMS forum and somehow I hadn't found this website until tonight. Also about the two month thing, the instructor was telling me that my state liscensure would take that long. Apperently they only send those out on the 10th of every month and I most likely missed the August deadline. So my state lisence wouldn't get sent out till September 10th. She said it is due to a backlog at the state level and them being understaffed aswell. Also my instructer is certainly working with me and gets back to me within a few hours of my calling. She told me that if it hadn't updated by thursday to call her and she would make sure it got sorted. I will be making calls periodically to the state once everything gets in, because from what I've learned in other experiences if you're a pain in the ass things will get done quicker.

I will certianly be calling first thing in the morning, thanks for the responses. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't crazy thinking that something seems to be dragging with the national cert not going through yet. This is my first time getting certified and heard some conflicting things so I was quite confused. Thanks for the help agian all, I'll post some updates when it's straightened out or if I happen to have another question.

Thanks for that, I plan on calling my instructer tomorrow. I just didn't know if anyone else had a similar situation to this. I talked to my instructer earlier today and they had said it was all just now waiting on the state to get my nremt stuff and then I will be state certified in a month or two. However reading the NREMT site it seems as though they are waiting to send my results to the state because they haven't recieved my psychomotor test yet. I didn't know if this hinges on the state and it's something that will get updated later or if there is a hold up at the NREMT and the state won't be sent any information till that is resolved. I live in CT btw. Agian just wanted to throw this out there as it's stressing me out a bit and just want to be able to get an EMT job/volunteering asap.

Hey everybody, I took the NREMT-B test and got cut off at question 70 or 71. Was a bit nervous but found out earlier today that i passed! Now here comes my question, when I read under where it says the NREMT exam is scored it says this... "Examination Scored Show All Congratulations on passing the NREMT National EMS Certification cognitive examination. Your passing results on the cognitive examination will remain valid for up to one year (twelve [12] months) from the date in which you took the examination, provided all other entry requirements of the NREMT are met. If you do not successfully complete both the psychomotor and cognitive examinations within 2 years of your EMT-Basic education, you will be required to repeat another, entire, state-approved EMT-Basic course and retake both the cognitive and psychomotor examinations. Perhaps you did not obtain NREMT's National EMS Certification because your psychomotor examination performance has not been reported to the NREMT by an appropriate agent or your passing results on the psychomotor examination are beyond the one year time limit. If you recently passed the state-approved psychomotor (practical) examination, your success must be reported to the NREMT by an appropriate agent. The instructor of your course will know the agent responsible to report your psychomotor examination success. If you know you passed the psychomotor examination, please contact him/her to expedite reporting of your results to the NREMT. If you were unsuccessful by either failing or needing to retest the psychomotor examination, you should contact your instructor to find an appropriate site to complete the psychomotor examination. Psychomotor examination sites must be approved by your state and can vary according to state policy. Only an approved agent can report the success of your psychomotor examination to the NREMT. All NREMT National EMS Certification materials will be mailed to your address of record found on your NREMT account after you pass both the cognitive and psychomotor examinations. You are responsible for keeping all NREMT account information current." Now my question here is, it doesn't specifically say they are sending out my NREMT certification in the mail like it has for others. It seems like it's saying I'm missing my pracitcals (though I have passed those and they should have that information.) Not sure if I'm just being paranoid but hoping someone who recently passed could give me some information on what the NREMT site said for them when they passed the cognitive exam. Thanks for any information, Alex