Emergency Medical Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Your duty as an EMT depends on the level you are in. The higher your level is the more responsibilities you will have. For example if you are in the Basic Level your duties are controlling bleeding, bandaging injuries,  splinting broken bones, and using AEDs. The next level is intermediate and in this level your duties are cardiac monitoring, administering IV treatment, and performing advanced airway techniques along with the duties of the basic level. The final and highest level is paramedic and your duties are evaluating medical records, providing blood transfusion, and performing nasogastric intubation along with the jobs of the basic and intermediate level.

Salary: $32,495- $41,340

Education:  Some states ask you to take a certificate program in EMT training in order to quality in state or national state exams. Basic and intermediate training can be completed in about 6 months, but paramedic training takes up to 1-2 years to complete. You also need a license to be able to work in a state, but depending in the state you may also need to take a certification through NREMT plus the state board certification. Once you have your license you need to earn continuing education credits to maintain your credentials.

Demand: The increase in accidents, car crashes, natural disasters, and etc will continue to rise the demand for EMT. EMT are the ones who are always there when there is an accident and people are becoming more careless so the demand is growing.

Reflection: EMT are always there when there is an emergency and thanks to them we get to hospital before anything bad happens to us. They are the ones who make sure we are ok and don’t die. Their job is very important and we really need them. I wouldn’t be one, I will like to be one, but I wouldn’t go for that career. I just don’t like it that much to actually decide to become one.