Emergency medical technician

Duties and responsibilities:

    Emergency medical technicians or EMT’S usually work in teams of two in specially designed ambulances. They prove immediate life or limb saving medical treatment at the scenes of accidents and injuries as well as transport causalities to hospitals emergency for further care. The job is both physically demanding and stressful. Emergency medical technicians often respond to:

• ·        Automobile accidents
• ·        Heart attack
• ·        Gunshot wounding
• ·        Unscheduled childbirth
• ·        Drowning
• ·        Other serious medical emergencies

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

Education requirements:

     Students must have a high school diploma (in some areas GED certification may be submitted) in order to become an emergency medical technicians. 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 spend in the class room and 10 hours in a hospital emergency room. Emergency medical technicians are required to pass a state licensed or certification tests and participate in continuing education programs. Many emergency medical technicians earn associate degree in their field.

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