Emergency Medical Technician

Emergency Medical Technician

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Emergency medical technicians, or EMT usually work in teams of two in specially designed ambulances. They provide immediate life or limb saving medical treatment at the scene of accidents injuries as well as transport casualties to hospital emergency rooms for further care. Emergency medical technicians usually respond to:

·      Automobile accidents

·      Heart attacks

·      Gunshot wounding

·       Drowning’s

 Average Salary: $25,000 - $37,500

Educational Requirements:

Students must have a high school diploma (in some areas GED certificates may be substituted) in order to become an 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 100-120 hours spent in the classroom and 10 hours in a hospital emergency room. Emergency medical technicians are required to pass a state licensing or certification tests and participate in continuing educational programs. Many emergency medical technicians earn associate degrees in their fields.

I wouldn't want to be an Emergency medical Technician mostly because of all the stress that they have to carry.

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