Emergency Medical Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:

 

Emergency medical technician or EMTs, usually work in teams of two in specially design ambulance. They provide immediate life or limb saving medical treatment at the scene of accident and injuries as well as transport casualties to hospitals emergency rooms for further care. The job physically demanding and stressful. Emergency medical technicians often respond to:

·         Heart attacks

·         Gunshot woundings

·         Unscheduled childbirth

·         Drownings

·         Other serious medical emergencies

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

Educational Requirements:

Student must have a high school diploma ( in some areas GED certificates’ may be substituted) in order to become to an emergency medical technician . Driver 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 time in classroom and 10 hours in a hospital emergency room. Emergency medical technicians are required to pass state  licensing or certification tests and practice in counting education programs . Many emergency medical technicians earn associate degrees in their field.

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