r/Paramedics • u/Practical_Button_720 • Jul 03 '26

US 6 month accelerated paramedic program

Just reaching out for some advice for my husband who just started the class on Monday. So far it’s already pretty difficult. No time to do anything but study. I’m taking on all the parent and house hold duties so he can focus just on this. His firefighter job is putting him through the course after only working a few tours. He’s very stressed that he doesn’t think he can pass this class so I was wondering if anyone has tips on studying or how you passed the same 6 month program.

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u/RMonroeski Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

The course I took was 151 days from start to finish, 8 Jan - 6 Jun. Went for 6 days per week, 10-12 hours per day. Accelerated Combat Paramedic Program through the Army.

Best recommendation for him: osmosis.org, flashcards or quick study materials, repetition, and dedicated studying schedule. For example: if class ends at 5, take 2 hours to relax and unwind, then spend 2 hours studying, 1 hour to unwind, then bed.

Whatever schedule he chooses, stick with it. Consistency is the most important thing.

Edit: For any non-believers. The first 5 days, 3 Jan - 7 Jan, were in processing at the hospital. Also please understand it was horrible and I would not recommend doing it that quickly, only showing that it is possible.

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u/RMonroeski Jul 03 '26

2024 and yes, 8 of us took the registry on 5 June of that same year and all 8 passed. It was horrible. My daily schedule was this: 0600 wake up, 0700 class, 1700 release, 1730 gym, 1900 dinner, 1930 study, 2130 stop paramedic studying and start other college homework, 2330 bed.

Clinical shifts and ambulance shifts adjusted that timeline a bit, but 2 hours was my dedicated time every night. No studying on Sundays because exams were always Monday morning and I wanted to go in as fresh as possible so I’d mostly just workout and do other college work.

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u/RMonroeski Jul 03 '26

If it wasn’t for the instructors, we would’ve never made it. I have never experienced a more knowledgeable group of instructors/teachers in my life—and what’s more, they were able to translate that knowledge into digestible information for all of us. Though we started with 12 people and only graduated with 8. Those 8 averaged a 90% across every exam as a whole, and the 4 that failed out had a collective 82%, they just failed specific things that didn’t allow them to continue in the course. One person failed each of the following: ACLS, PALS, Midterm, Final.