Emergency Medical Technician
An EMT is a health professional whose primary focus is to respond to, assess and triage emergent, urgent, and non-urgent requests for medical care, and apply basic knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care and medical transportation to/from an emergency or health care facility. Depending on a patient’s needs and/or system resources, EMTs are sometimes the highest level of care a patient will receive during an ambulance transport. Many Fire Rescues responded to these emergencies as well with EMTs.
In general, EMTs:
- Function as part of a comprehensive EMS response, community, health, or public safety system with defined clinical protocols and medical oversight.
- Perform interventions with the basic equipment typically found on Ambulances or Fire Rescues to manage life threats, medical and psychological needs.
- Are an important link within the continuum of the emergency care system from an out-of-hospital response through the delivery of patients to definitive care.
This course consists of didactic hours and a field internship. Students could spend approximately: 150 to 180 hours completing the course and its requirements.
