Occupation

Emergency Medical Technicians

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

Also Known As: Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT), Ambulance Driver, Dispatcher, EMT Paramedic (Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic), EMT-B (Emergency Medical Technician- Basic), EMT-I/85, EMT-I/99, EMT-P +16 more

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Education & Training

Job Zone 3 Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Education: Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
Experience: Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
On-the-Job Training: Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

Technology & Tools

Hot Technologies

  • MEDITECH software
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  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
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Software (21)

  • Epocrates
  • HyperTox
  • Informed EMS Field Guide
  • Iterum eMedic
  • MedDataSolutions Regist*r
  • Medical Wizards ER & ICU ToolBox
  • Medical Wizards ER Suite
  • Medical Wizards Paramedics ToolBox
  • Microsoft operating system
  • Mosby's Drug Consult
  • PEPID EMS
  • Palmtree EMS Field Reference Guide
  • Palmtree Pocket EKG
  • Skyscape Rosen and Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult
  • Skyscape medical software
  • TechOnSoftware HazMatCE Pro

Tools & Equipment (99)

  • Adult Magill forceps
  • Adult non-rebreather oxygen masks
  • Adult stylets
  • Airway suction units
  • Ambulances
  • Bag valve mask BVM resuscitators
  • Battery-powered portable suction units
  • Blood pressure recorders
  • Blood tubes
  • Bulb syringes
  • Bulletproof vests
  • Cardboard splints
  • Catheters
  • Center punches/glass hammers
  • Child oxygen masks
  • Chock blocks
  • Cricothyrotomy kits
  • Curved adult blades
  • Curved pediatric blades
  • Desktop computers
  • Electrocardiography EKG units
  • Emergency medical services cervical collars
  • Endotracheal ET tube holddown devices
  • Endotracheal ET tubes
  • Epi-pens
  • Esophageal intubation detection devices
  • Esophageal tracheal airway devices
  • External pacers
  • Extrication devices
  • Fixed-oxygen equipment
  • Fixed-suction equipment
  • Full-spine immobilization devices
  • Glucometers
  • Hacksaws
  • Half-spine immobilization devices
  • Head immobilization devices
  • Infant oxygen masks
  • Infusion sets
  • Interlink syringe cannulas
  • Intraosseous kits
  • Intravenous IV cannulas
  • Intravenous IV pressure infusers
  • Intravenous IV pumps
  • Laryngoscopes
  • Limb restraints
  • Long arm boards
  • Lower extremity traction devices with ankle hitches
  • Mechanical stethoscopes
  • Meconium aspirators
  • Medical anti-shock trousers MAST
  • Medical suction catheters
  • Monitors
  • Multi-level wheeled cots
  • Nasopharyngeal airways
  • Nebulizers
  • Needles
  • Notebook computers
  • Obstetrical OB kits
  • Oropharyngeal airways
  • Oximeters
  • Oxygen nasal cannulae
  • Patient CO2 monitors
  • Patient restraints
  • Pleural decompression kits
  • Pneumatic anti-shock garments PASG
  • Pocket masks with one-way valves
  • Portable cardiac monitors
  • Portable oxygen equipment
  • Preload syringes
  • Pry bars
  • Restraint belts
  • Resuscitation devices
  • Rigid splints
  • Ring cutters
  • Saline locks
  • Scalp vein needles
  • Scalpels
  • Semiautomated or automatic external defibrillators AED
  • Short arm boards
  • Sledgehammers
  • Spinal immobilization equipment
  • Splints
  • Stair chairs
  • Straight adult blades
  • Straight pediatric blades
  • Straitjacket
  • Stretchers
  • Suction tubing
  • Syringes
  • Telemetry units
  • Tourniquets
  • Traction splints
  • Transtracheal jet insufflators
  • Triage tags
  • Two way radios
  • Valve mask resuscitators
  • Venoject needles
  • Vial access cannulas
  • Wall-mounted oxygen regulators

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