Emergency Medical Technician

Emergency Medical Technician

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Emergency medical technicians are the first responders to an accident who provide life-saving care and transport to a hospital. There are three progressive levels of education for EMTs that include coursework and on-the-job training. The most highly trained emergency medical technicians are called paramedics, while Emergency Medical Technicians have the least training, and Emergency Medical Technicians -Intermediates fall in the middle.

• Automobile accidents
• Heart attacks
• Gunshot woundings
• Unscheduled childbirth
• Drownings
• Other serious medical emergencies

Average Salary:$25,000-$37,000

Education:

Students must have a high school diploma in order to become an emergency medical technician. The requirements are a driver's education, health, and science courses are strongly recommended and may be required before enrolling in some training programs. Emergency medical technician training includes about 100-120 hours spent in the classroom and 10 hours in a hospital emergency room.  Emergency medical technicians are must pass state licensing or certification tests and participate in continuing education programs in order to be an emergency medical technician.

Answer:

Do you think you would like to be an emergency medical technician? Why? Why not?

I would like to be an emergency medical technician because I get to save someone life and help them get better or save them from dying.