Well I just passed my written part of my EMT-Intermediate test yesterday...what a load off my sholders! Passed the practical part a few weeks back...wasn't worried about that, I don't mind the hands on, but I don't do well on written / computer based tests at all, but I knocked it out on the first try.
Our program here through the fire department was a year long with class two days a week starting last January and then starting in April we had several hundred hours of clinicals and ride along time we had to have finished by November. It all sucked, but I'm not an EMS guy, grew up on the fire side of things, but they are making us do it now. The whole process just cut into my golf, snowboarding, and all my other outdoor activites way too much, glad it's over!