Emergency Medical Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Emergency medical technicians, or EMTs, usually work in teams of two in specially designed ambulances. They provide immediate life and limb saving medical treatment at the scenes of accidents and injuries as well as transport causalities to hospitals emergency rooms for further care. The job is both psychically demanding and stressful. Emergency medical technicians respond to:

·         Gunshots wounding.

·         Automobiles accidents.

·         Drowning.

·         Unscheduled childbirth.

·         & etc.

Average Yearly Salary: $25,000-$37,500

Education: There are three different levels of Emergency Medical Technician. Each level has its own training. To become a basic EMT you must have a high school degree and finish ETM training.  In order to become an Intermediate EMT you must complete 200-400 EMT training hours.

v  Do you think you would like to be an Emergency Medical Technician? Why? Why not?

I wouldn't want to become an Emergency Medical Technician because it looks like a lot of work. It’s a really stressful job to work in. One mistake could mean a persons death.