How do I avoid going through EMT class again in AIT?

My thoughts exactly SFC Bryan Stetzer. Group dynamics often will make or break a class.

Solid advice. Those who joined my class were taken into the fold, but I could see where this could be a potential issue. Plus, as a Guard soldier, unless you're steam rolling money, that's an extra six weeks of active duty pay and benefits.

On top of your comments, if you are really new or really old, taking it again in a paid Army status has zero to lose. I had to take PHTLS to get my paramedic license in Nevada (already paramedic in TX and NE) and as a Critical Care/ER RN with TNCC and ATCN, I kept that to myself and sat in the back and listened. I picked up 16hours of CEUs, made some new friends in NM, and am sure I am the better provider for it. I would say the last five years most of the classes I have taken I did not need to be successful but did them to be better.

MAJ Byron Oyler - Excellent points. That actually brings up something I was thinking about. Kind of an addendum to my earlier answer. Whether you take EMT or not, don't go in there with the "I already know this" know-it-all mentality. While I was an instructor, I taught both EMT and Whiskey (the combat medic piece). This was before they shifted the EMT to all civilians. During that time, we had several students with prior experience, either as EMTs or paramedics. On the one hand, this can be a great asset both to you and to your classmates. On the other, it can be an enormous problem. If you have that prior experience, do not use it to challenge or argue with the instructors. They are strictly bound by a Program of Instruction (POI), and they are required to adhere to it. The tests in turn are all based on the POI. Yes, we know there are other ways to do things. Yes, we know there may be better ways to do things. Yes, we know, that's not the way you were taught, or the way you did it back home, or the way your protocols specified. This is not our first rodeo, but we are required to teach it in accordance with the POI, and if you argue with the instructors, or, worse, go behind them and tell your classmates "they don't know what they're talking about", you're doing both the instructors and your classmates a disservice. It confuses them, and if your classmates listen to you over the instructors, they will fail the tests. If you truly don't understand or have a question, by all means ask. But don't use that as a way to challenge them. On the EMT side, most of them are not only prior combat medics, but also experienced paramedics. On the Whiskey side, they are all experienced medics, most with combat tours. They know what they're talking about, but are bound by the POI. Help them, and your classmates. Don't try to show everyone how smart you are. You'll just end up causing problems for them and yourself.