Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
An Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) provides out of hospital emergency medical care and transportation for patients who access the emergency medical services (EMS) system.
EMTs have the basic knowledge and skills necessary to provide basic level care and safely transport patients ranging from non-emergency and routine medical transports to life threatening emergencies.
Emergency Medical Technicians function as part of a comprehensive EMS response system, under medical oversight and typically with advanced level care resources.
Emergency Medical Technicians perform basic interventions with the basic equipment typically found on a basic life support ambulance.
Emergency Medical Technicians are a critical link between the scene of an emergency and the health care system.
EMT’s function as part of a comprehensive Emergency Medical Service (EMS) response, under medical oversight. EMT’s perform interventions with basic and advanced equipment typically found on an ambulance.