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    Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and ambulance technician are terms used in some countries to denote a health care provider of emergency medical services.[1] EMTs are clinicians, trained to respond quickly to emergency situations regarding medical issues, traumatic injuries and accident scenes. Under the British system and those that are influenced by it, they are referred to as ambulance technicians (often shortened to techs), while in the American system and its influenced countries, they are referred to as emergency medical technicians. EMTs are most commonly found working in ambulances, but should not be confused with "ambulance drivers" or "ambulance attendants" – ambulance staff who in the past were not trained in emergency care or…

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    Emergency Medical Technician Career Emergency Medical Technician, commonly referred to as EMTs, are responsible for treating and transporting people in emergency medical situations. EMT units work mainly out of Ambulances in places where emergency medical services are required or at a high risk. There are multiple levels of EMTs, The lowest being EMT-Basic, then EMT-Intermediate, and the highest EMT-Paramedic. EMT units can be privately operated, publicly operated, and at times volunteer…

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    After taking a survey online about what career is right for me, one that came up that interested me was the job of an emergency medical technician (EMT) or paramedic. Like every other job out there, there are many requirements and expectations of either an EMT or a paramedic. The difference between and EMT and a paramedic is the number of hours of training, knowledge of more medications, and advancement. This particular field does not require much education compared to a surgeon, but it does…

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    An emergency medical technician (EMT) quickly wheels a patient into the emergency room. An emergency room surgeon responds immediately, rushing to his aid. The patient’s appendix has ruptured, requiring immediate surgery to prevent the spread of toxins in his body. In the operating room, the surgeon operates skillfully, methodically, and quickly to save the patient’s life. Surgeons literally have the power to save lives. A surgeon performs operations on people who have injuries or who have…

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    Emergency medical technician is also known as EMT. EMT respond to calls by or for people in medical distress and delivers emergency medical care. EMT are trained and skilled in a varied range of lifesaving techniques. They may also react to vehicles or industrial accidents, heart attacks, bodily injuries due to accidents or violence, cases of poisoning or drug overdose, childbirth, drowning, and circumstances concerning emotionally troubled individuals. EMTs are the first medical responders to…

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    Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics respond to emergencies, from someone who may be having a heart attack in her home to multi-vehicle accidents on the highway. EMTs are most frequently found in ambulances but some may provide care for patients being transported by air as well. They provide first-line medical or emergency care for sick and injured people at the scene, which may be in the person’s home, at an accident site or other places and while they are being transported to…

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    other words EMT or Emergency medical technician is currently one of the best career option in the nation. So if you want to pursue this line of business as a career, you should know there are many procedures included in the process but the foremost is that you complete ‘Emergency Medical Technician Training’ commonly refer as EMT training from a state approved well-reputed institutes or colleges. Like other states, the state of ARIZONA also provides necessary training course to the EMT…

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    It is understood that the purpose of this pilot project is to target a select group of high risk patients and use Mississippi Licensed Registered Nurses who are also Mississippi Certified Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedics (functioning under his/her RN license) to provide assessments in the home of physical environments, social interactions and activities, physical exams, development, implementation and evaluation of plans of care. As you…

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    wanted to be in the medical field, I want be able to experience the feeling of Adrenaline rush, I and had the passion to help people. But I didn’t really know what health career was my calling. During my junior year of high school, last year, I was in a health careers class, because I was exploring my interest trying to find out what I wanted to major in college and what my dream job really was. While I was in this class I found out that I love helping people more than I thought. I saw that I…

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    When a patient goes into a hospital, they expect the doctors to do an objective and professional job. From the moment, you begin working in the medical field, whether it is as a First Responder, an Emergency Medical Technician, or a Transplant Surgeon, you learn to not discriminate a patient for their gender, religion, ethnicity or the way they choose to live their life. As a doctor, I cannot break the bond I have built with my patients. If I do not do the job expected of me, and I set my needs…

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