Emergency Medical Technician
Duties and Responsibilities
Emergency medical technicians or EMTs usually work in teams of two
specially designed ambulances. They provide immediate life or limb saving medical
treatment at the scenes of accidents and injuries as well as transport
casualties to hospital emergency rooms for further care the job is both
physically demanding and stressful. Emergency medical technicians often respond
to
Ø Automobile
accidents
Ø Heart attacks
Ø Gunshot wounding
Ø Unscheduled
childbirth
Ø Drowning
Ø Other serious
medical experiences
Average Salary: $25,000-$37,500
Educational Requirement’s
Students must have a high school diploma (in some areas
of GED certificates may be substituted) in order to become and emergency
medical technician. Driver’s education health and science courses are strongly
recommended and may be required before enrolling in some training programs.
Basic emergency
medical technician training includes about 100-200 hours spent in the classroom.
Emergency medical technicians are required to pass state licensing or
certification test and participate in continuing education programs. Many
emergency medical technicians earn associates degree in the field.
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