emergency medical technician

emergency medical technician

Emergency medical technicians are often assigned to ambulances, though they may also have their own emergency vehicles. Upon arrival at a site where an emergency occurs, EMTs must quickly determine what has happened and the proper action to take to save the person or persons who need help. People's lives often depend on the quick reaction and competent care of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics, EMTs with additional advanced training to perform more difficult pre-hospital medical procedures. Incidents as varied as automobile accidents, heart attacks, drownings, childbirth, and gunshot wounds all require immediate medical attention. Emergency medical technicians and paramedics provide this vital attention as they care for and transport the sick or injured to a medical facility. Full- and part-time paid EMTs and paramedics are employed in a number of industries. Formal training and certification is needed to become an EMT or paramedic.

EMT-Intermediate training requirements vary from State to State. Applicants can opt to receive training in EMT-Shock Trauma, where the caregiver learns to start intravenous fluids and give certain medications, or in EMT-Cardiac, which includes learning heart rhythms and administering advanced medications.

Training for emergency medical technicians commonly includes 35 to 55 hours of additional instruction beyond EMT-Basic coursework and covers patient assessment, as well as the use of advanced airway devices and intravenous fluids. Prerequisites for taking the EMT-Intermediate examination include registration as an EMT-Basic, required classroom work, and a specified amount of clinical experience. courtesy U.S. Department of Labor

Resources :

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos101.htm - Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics jobs, salary, education.

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