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Emergency Medical Technicians

  • Bright Outlook
  • Rapid Growth

Assess injuries and illnesses and administer basic emergency medical care. May transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.

What you’d do

  • Administer first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings.
  • Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.
  • Attend training classes to maintain certification licensure, keep abreast of new developments in the field, or maintain existing knowledge.
  • Comfort and reassure patients.
  • Communicate with dispatchers or treatment center personnel to provide information about situation, to arrange reception of survivors, or to receive instructions for further treatment.
  • Coordinate work with other emergency medical team members or police or fire department personnel.
  • Decontaminate ambulance interior following treatment of patient with infectious disease, and report case to proper authorities.
  • Drive mobile intensive care unit to specified location, following instructions from emergency medical dispatcher.

How to get there

Medium preparation: usually vocational school, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree

Also called

  • Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
  • First Responder

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