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I was just curious, so no, I'm not someone who "must be another one who failed". I'm an EMT-S and I still have a semester of medic classes and then the externship to complete. We recently changed program administrators and the new muckty-muck is singing the praises of every program in the state except ours. Our class is small, has been taught by long time respected active road medics (the same ones since its inception twenty odd years ago) and has traditionally had a high pass rate. Their students include some of the folks I look to as my mentors and role models. His most adored program produces students that seem unable to pass the registry and, if the externship students they've sent our service for third rides are any indication, this go round won't be much different. I don't know that the registry is the be all, end all but if he's using that as his standard I'd like some statistics to put up in refutation.

Can anyone tell me how to go about getting the NREMT-P pass rates for paramedic training programs in Michigan?

I, too am wading my way through cardiology classes right now. I am lucky to have some excellent instructors who told us to find an interpretation text we could get with and work with it -- no particular text was required. I have Dubin but I really like Garcia better. Other folks in my class opted for Page's twelve lead book, which I also have and refer to in conjunction with Garcia. I think it depends on your style of learning and obsessiveness level.

Thanks to everyone for the input. I was piecing together the likely possibilities and you helped me out. I was just wondering if there were something more specific that I had missed somehow!

I'm doing my medic drug cards and I found reference to D50 being used for "refractory cardiac arrest (controversial)". Other than that simple notation I have found nothing to tell me why is useful, why it is controversial, etc... And I have looked. And looked. And looked some more. Can anyone help me out on this?

Thanks!

Petoskey -- not the ends of the earth but you can see them from here!

I just started but it is 15 months, two or three nights a week plus one semester of internship (275 hours), about $4000 not including books and ACLS/PHTLS sessions.

Good luck! I just finished my EMT-B training (with an awesome instructor -- I passed my Registry on the first try) and got hired on with the local ambulance service.

Remember: study, study, study and always volunteer for the scenarios.

Have fun!