Illinois EMT-I state exam

[kdietman87]

Has anyone taken the Illinois EMT-I state exam this year? I heard it was horribly difficult and didn't even remotely align with national cirriculum. I'm going to take it at the end of the month and I was just wondering what other people thought about it so that I could study for it. Thanks

[emsdave]

I don't know what part of Illinois you are from, but in our curriculum, Springfield & central Illinois the EMT-I as been eliminated.

The paramedic program as adopted the changes to combine the EMT-I in with the EMT-P program. Anyone with an EMT-I license will have to take the EMT-P program or drop down to an EMT-B. From my understanding this will be a trend in Illinois. Good Luck with your test.

[stripandflipper]

I travelled 300 miles to take the first EMT I test in 2 years offered by the state of Illinois. After waiting 2 years for the test I had studied for I took a test yhat was based more on difinitive care than emergancy care, had more questions related to corral snake bites than cardiac patients. The State is required by law to have test results back within 30 days.today is day 29 and I still dont have the results. I am pretty sure that I have failed , however I never bothered to learn treatments that would occur in th ER. I beleive that must paramedics would fail this test.