An EMT faces a plethora of challenges on a daily basis. From every day issues at home to live saving techniques on the field, Emergency Medical Technicians and paramedics carry a lot of stress on their shoulders each and every day. How can a human carry such a burden of stress and anxiety each day without cracking under such an immense amount of pressure? To be able to care about one's own family as well as each individual that one attends to is truly an outstanding feat. As a major in EMT, it frightens me to know how much stress I will have to burden on a daily basis. From family time, children extracurricular activities and daily chores to gruesome scenes, death and saving lives, EMT will cause me to push my personal feelings deep down and
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This is why there is intensive training in order to become an EMT so I can feel confident on the field in action. There are three levels of an EMT: EMT-Basic training that covers the basics in emergency medical services and require one hundred hours of training in urgent care situations, EMT-Intermediate training that focus on more in depth instruction of life support care and include three hundred to three hundred and fifty hours of classroom and clinical instruction. Finally, there EMT-Paramedic training which is the highest level of emergency service training. This course can take up to two years and goes over information such as emergency specific training, medical terminology, emergency service management as well as …show more content…
Mr. Santa Maria recalls his every day routine of riding the subway and grabbing a donut or roll with coffee when he realized what disaster had occurred. He proceeded into St. Vincent hospital when after a few minutes he was notified of the second tower burning. "This is when fear hits". As a New York City paramedic, Mr. Santa Maria has seen it all and has never been afraid to face each disaster up until September 11th. "We were in control, always. But this was different. On September 11th, 2001, someone else was holding the cards and we were back on our heels trying to initiate a plan, something that might work and, by sheer luck alone, something that would not get anyone else
This is why there is intensive training in order to become an EMT so I can feel confident on the field in action. There are three levels of an EMT: EMT-Basic training that covers the basics in emergency medical services and require one hundred hours of training in urgent care situations, EMT-Intermediate training that focus on more in depth instruction of life support care and include three hundred to three hundred and fifty hours of classroom and clinical instruction. Finally, there EMT-Paramedic training which is the highest level of emergency service training. This course can take up to two years and goes over information such as emergency specific training, medical terminology, emergency service management as well as …show more content…
Mr. Santa Maria recalls his every day routine of riding the subway and grabbing a donut or roll with coffee when he realized what disaster had occurred. He proceeded into St. Vincent hospital when after a few minutes he was notified of the second tower burning. "This is when fear hits". As a New York City paramedic, Mr. Santa Maria has seen it all and has never been afraid to face each disaster up until September 11th. "We were in control, always. But this was different. On September 11th, 2001, someone else was holding the cards and we were back on our heels trying to initiate a plan, something that might work and, by sheer luck alone, something that would not get anyone else