EMT-B Study guide

[tatonka05]

Good morning,

After doing some research about study guides for the NREMT, I bought "EMT-Basic Review Manual for National Certification – American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS),, Stephen J. Rahm".

But it wasn't till I got home, that I realized that the info in it might be outdated by a few years. Should I still use this guide if it is based on the 1994 US DOT EMT-Basic National Standard Curriculum and 2005 Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC) guidelines for basic cardiac life support?

 

[STXmedic]

No. Not at all. One or two things have changed in the last 20 years.

 

[tatonka05]

No. Not at all. One or two things have changed in the last 20 years.

Is there an updated study guide out there that is good?

 

[J B]

I would recommend just sticking with whatever materials you have available for now (your class textbook and the study guide you already bought). Buying more books is probably a waste of money.

One month out from your scheduled test date, get a 1-month subscription at one of the online practice test sites (I like emtprep.com). Doing actual practice problems is the best way to prepare yourself for the EMT-B test, imo. It's expensive but will make a big difference if you use it regularly.

 

[tatonka05]

Thanks. I'll look into that emtprep.com, I just need some thing that I can use that will provide question that are more like the questions that will be on the NREMT.
I don't want to hindered myself by using an out of date study guide.

 

[J B]

Thanks. I'll look into that emtprep.com, I just need some thing that I can use that will provide question that are more like the questions that will be on the NREMT.
I don't want to hindered myself by using an out of date study guide.

I thought the questions on emtprep were pretty similar to the NREMT questions. You'll also take the NREMT written on a computer, so you may feel a bit more comfortable in that way as well.

 

[fm_emt]

Best study guide out there in my opinion is the current DOT EMT-Basic Curriculum.

Search for "Emergency Medical Technician-Basic: National Standard Curriculum" - it's the nhtsa.gov link with the PDF file. Seriously, it has a lot of great information in it.

 

[EMT B]

check out the stuff by Limmer Creative

 

[CFal]

Best study guide out there in my opinion is the current DOT EMT-Basic Curriculum.

Search for "Emergency Medical Technician-Basic: National Standard Curriculum" - it's the nhtsa.gov link with the PDF file. Seriously, it has a lot of great information in it.

The National Scope of Practice replaced the National Standard Curriculum

 

[CFal]

still pretty similar though