NR Exam vs. NY State Exam

[EMTuKnowMe]

Is anyone familiar enough with both exams to give an accurate comparison of the two with respect to difficulty, topics covered, etc? Thanks.

[xselerate]

I used the NR review to study for the NYS exam and I got high 90's both times I took the NYS exam. The major difference is the numbers (nitro for NR requires minimum of 100 systolic, for NYS it's 120). If you can get the numbers like that figured out you will do good on one if you did good on the other.

[FormerEMSLT297]

I took NYS Medic refresher in may 2005 then took NR medic in june 2005.. the big difference is NR has alot more ALS on it... ive been taking NY medic tests since 1986 and the trend is usually to leave most of the ALS questions except for some very basic ekg stuff to the regional REMAC tests and just test the basic BLS ans ALS knowledge.. NR has alot more medication and scenario questions on it... having never taken NR medic before I sugest you get the Brady book essentials of paramedic care WORKBOOK.. I used this for my study guide and passed the NR first shot, even though I hear that alot of people fail the first time.

[FormerEMSLT297]

the brady work book has alot of test questions in it that are right out of NR... read the questions and you will see them again on the registry test