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  1. Partners, I am an officer & EMT on a fire dept. We have typically run an EMT-B class every couple of years for our new FF's. Background information for those who are unfamiliar with Illinois, there was a problem with the state's testing process and we didn't have an EMT class for a few years. Now they're up and running again but they are using the National Registry exam. Problem: Our first class through on the NR system, only 1 student passed. If you were the EMS coordinator or if you were responsible for oversight of the class (managing the instructors, responsible for the students, etc.) -- what questions would you ask, to try to understand why this happened, and what we can do to not have the same experience again? It certainly looks bad for the instructor, but, as an officer I believe it also makes the Dept look bad and puts future programs in jeopardy. It also hurt us by prolonging a staffing shortage. I would like input from other instructors on what could potentially cause such a failure rate and/or what questions to ask of the students and the lead instructor. The instructors are all experienced paramedics who have taught classes before with OK results. The students have complained that there were many many questions on the exam about AED's and they only glossed over AED usage in class. To me, questions about AED usage ought to be softball questions that can be hit out of the park....
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