Emergency Medical Technician
Duties and Responsibilities:
Emergency medical technicians
or EMT’s usually work in teams of two in specially designed ambulances. They provide
immediate life or limb saving medical treatment at the scenes of accidents and
injuries as well as rooms for further care. The job is both physically
demanding and stressful. Emergency medical technicians often respond to
·
Automobile accidents
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Heart attacks
·
Gunshot wounding
·
Unscheduled childbirth
·
Drowning’s
·
Other serious medical
emergencies
Average Salary:
$25,000-$37,000
Education Requirements:
Students must a have a high
school diploma (in some areas GED certificates may be substituted) in order to
become an emergency medical technician. Driver’s education, health, and science
courses are strongly recommended and may be required enrolling in some training
programs.
Basic emergency medical
technician in training includes about 100-120 hours spent in the classroom and
10 hours in a hospital emergency room. Emergency medical technicians are
required to pass state licensing or certification tests and participate in
continuing education programs. Many emergency medical technicians earn
associate degrees in their field.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!
YES I WOULD LIKE TO BECOME ONE
BECAUSE IT LOOKS FUN
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