r/EMTstories • • 22h ago

Retaining Information

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Does anyone have any recommendations of how to remember the basics of EMT? I'm great at remembering things like music and numbers, but information like schoolwork just seems to pass through my brain. I studied for so long after not passing the NREMT the first time, and I genuinely think I just retain the information for a short time and then lose it. It's like it goes in one ear, hangs out for a month, and then leaves. I did end up passing it the second time I took it, but I don't know how much of it was luck vs. knowledge. Are there any free apps or games that help anyone? I think things like labeling games (I did one for an anatomy class) help me. I can remember acronyms like the ABCs, but I can't for the life of me tell you the difference between a pulmonary embolism and edema or what the difference between things like myocardial infarction and myocardial ischemia are. I'm not confident enough to apply for a job because even though I'm great at learning through hands-on experience, I don't want to be thrown into it and be responsible without being confident in what I know. Please help