EMT-B National Standard Review Self-Test (2nd Edition)

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Summary: Makes local testing VERY easy!!!
Review: After going over this Review before taking my EMT-B final exam, the testing was a breeze including the practical. It made everything fall into place in doing an overall patient assessment regardless of the conditions.
For the written test this is an absolute must. The study guides provided state by state are overall fairly good but leave much to be desired unless you have excellent memorization skills.
Sample tests are provided in the back of the book and allow you to find out before testing what areas you may be weak or need to study on further.
I strongly disagree with the other reviews that say it does not prepare you well for the National Test. For the EMT-B level it's perfect, if your going for NREMT-P it is not up to that level so for the Paramedic level you'll need to get the Paramedic book instead. For NREMT-B this is a must have for your tools list!!

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Summary: Not anything like the National Registry test
Review: I bought this study guide after one of my instructors recommended it and used it as my main study guide. I took my NR yesterday. Ouch. The NR is NOTHING like the questions in this review self-test guide. The NR contains a LOT of scenarios, and many of the questions do not represent an "obvious" answer.
In addition to not helping much with the actual test, this study guide has multiple INCORRECT answers. Frustrating.
Save your money and just get behind your main EMT book instead!

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Summary: Not Very Much Like the National Board Exam
Review: I recently used this book to prepare for the EMT-B National Board exam. Although the book is a very good review, especially of the Brady book, the typical questions of the book were not at all similar to those found in the current exam. I found the average exam's questions much harder, and they usually had only one obvious "wrong" answer. The book presents questions with 5 possible answers (vs. the exam's 4) and 3 are usually obviously wrong. Again, a good review, but not necessarily a good preparation for the EMT-B exam.

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Summary: Not Very Much Like the National Board Exam
Review: I recently used this book to prepare for the EMT-B National Board exam. Although the book is a very good review, especially of the Brady book, the typical questions of the book were not at all similar to those found in the current exam. I found the average exam's questions much harder, and they usually had only one obvious "wrong" answer. The book presents questions with 5 possible answers (vs. the exam's 4) and 3 are usually obviously wrong. Again, a good review, but not necessarily a good preparation for the EMT-B exam.

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Summary: Excellent Study Aid
Review: This book was a great deal of help for me and a few of my classmates during our EMT-B class. We would get together and go over the case studies that were in the book, as well as going over the test questions. We all scored well on out state boards and are now all practicing EMT-B's on a volunteer rescue squad.

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Summary: Excellent Study Aid
Review: This book was a great deal of help for me and a few of my classmates during our EMT-B class. We would get together and go over the case studies that were in the book, as well as going over the test questions. We all scored well on out state boards and are now all practicing EMT-B's on a volunteer rescue squad.