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Arthur Hsieh
Art Hsieh, MA, NREMT-P is a highly experienced paramedic, clinician, and educator, helping hundreds of students prepare for and pass the national examination process. He is the director of a collegiate paramedic academy and editorial advisor of EMS1.com.
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Cheat Sheet / Updated 02-18-2022
This Cheat Sheet is a quick summary of facts you should know about becoming a certified emergency medical technician (EMT), including certification steps, computer adaptive testing, and exam preparation.Getting and maintaining an EMT certificationThe requirements for becoming a certified emergency medical technician (EMT) vary from state to state.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Toxicology is the study of toxic or poisonous substances and their effects on the body and a topic you should know for the EMT exam. The signs and symptoms associated with toxic exposure and poisoning range very widely, from simple annoyances to life-threatening conditions.
As an EMT, your primary goals are to ensure your own safety and identify the possibility of a toxic exposure while preserving the patient’s airway, breathing, and circulation.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Before you decide to study for and take the EMT exam, you should decide if you are fit for the job. Lifting and moving patients can be difficult. Unconscious patients are literally dead weight that is difficult to control. Injured patients may need to be immobilized to a long backboard and carried down several flights of stairs.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
The following practice questions are similar to the EMT exam’s questions about cardiology and resuscitation. Read each question carefully, and then select the answer choice that most correctly answers the question.
Sample questions
A 68-year-old male has chest pressure and shortness of breath after climbing a flight of stairs.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Practice exams are very helpful when preparing for the EMT exam. Take the time to take a practice exam under testing conditions before test day. This will help you identify knowledge gaps and increase your confidence.
Sample questions
Directions: Choose the best answer to each question. Mark the corresponding oval on the answer sheet.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
The EMT exam evaluates your ability to assess patients quickly and formulate a treatment plan even if you don’t have all the information yet. You can adopt certain assessment approaches that can rapidly identify signs that identify life-threatening situations or serious medical conditions.
Look at the Whole Patient
As an EMT student, it’s easy to get hung up on one finding.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
You will need to know about obstetrics and gynecology for the EMT exam. Obstetrics studies the pregnancy process, from fertilization to delivery. Gynecology is the study of diseases that can affect the reproductive system. Together, they represent a variety of conditions specific to the female.
The female reproductive system consists of several organs.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
The requirements for becoming a certified emergency medical technician (EMT) vary from state to state. However, several steps are common to the EMT certification process. They include the following steps:
Enroll in an EMT course.
Search on the web or go to your local emergency medical services (EMS) or fire station to find out where reputable EMT training programs are offered.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
The National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) began using computer adaptive testing (CAT) in January 2007. Prior to then, NREMT exams were paper based; an NREMT representative had to administer the test to a group of candidates. Answers were recorded by test-takers onto Scantron forms, which were collected by the NREMT representative and mailed to the NREMT.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
One responsibility that you have as an emergency medical technician (EMT) is to document your assessment and management of the patient. Such documentation can take time to complete if you write out everything that you found and performed. Medical abbreviations can help speed up the process.
You can use literally dozens of abbreviations; here are ten (or so) that are commonly used when documenting your assessment and care, plus a few symbols that you can use as shorthand for common words.
