Emergency Medical Technicians

Duties and Responsibilities:

Emergency medical technicians, or EMTs, usually work in teams of two in specially designed ambulances. They provide immediate life or limb saving medical treatment at the scences of accident and injuries as well as transport casualties to hospital emergency rooms for further care. The job is both physical demanding and stressful. Emergency medical technicians often respond to:

Ø Automobile accidents

Ø Heart attacks

Ø gunshot wounding

Ø Unscheduled childbirth

Ø Drowning’s

Ø Other serious medical emergency

Average salary: $25,000-$37,500

Educational Requirements:

Students must have a high diploma (in some areas GED certifications may be substituted) in order to become an emergency medical technicians. Drivers education, health, and may be required before enrolling in some training programs.

Basic emergency medical technician training includes about 100-120 hours spent in the class room. Emergency medical technicians are required to pass state licensing or certificate tests and participate in continuing education programs. Many emergency medical technicians earn associate degree in their field.

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