Emergency Medical Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:

Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic (EMT-B) respond to emergency calls to provide efficient and immediate care to the critically ill and injured, and to transport the patient to a medical facility. After given a call the Emergency Medical Technician makes its way to the appointed address or location where the call came from.

The EMT-B:

·         Knows how to function in uncommon situations.

·         They have a basic understand of people when in stress and methods to ensure safety

·         Understands basic medical-legal principles

·         Complies with regulations on the handling of the deceased, notifies authorities and arranges for protection of property and evidence at the scene.

When they arrive to the location of crash or illness they would park the ambulance in a safe location to avoid additional injury. If there are more patients they will call for more help if necessary. The EMT-B determines the renders emergency medical and or trauma care, to adults, children and infants based on assessment.

Average Yearly Salary: $33,000 - $51,000

Education Requirements:

The EMT-B has three components to be required. Didactic which includes 120 hours of hands-on skills training, the clinical/field ride along which includes a minimum of 24 hours observation and at least a minimum of 10 patient contacts and final testing will include 4 – 8 hours.

I wouldn’t mind being an EMT. I get to see some action and once I drop of the patient to the hospital it is no longer in my hands. I’m also afraid of performing surgeries so I wouldn’t like to see things get cut open so being an EMT I still get to help safe people’s lives but I wouldn’t have to face my fear of cutting or seeing someone get cut open.