Emergency Medical Technician

A Emergency medical technician provides immediately on the scene medical care for patients that have been injured. Often times an emergency medical technician will work in an ambulance , clinics , hospitals , or emergency rooms .

Duties and Responsibilities : They must be able to control bleeding , splinting broken bones , and know how to use an automated defibrillators. They also will evaluate medical records and provide blood transfusion.

A few responsibilities are knowing cardiac monitoring , administering IV treatment and performing advanced airway techniques.

Salary : $31,7000

Education :  You must complete a certificate program in emergency medical technician training .  Must get a state license , also have hours of an emergency medical response , must have EMT training

Demand of profession : Emergency Medical responder 40 hours of training , EMT 110 hours of training , Advanced EMT  200-400 hours of training , paramedic more than 1,00 hours of training

Reflection : I learned so many different things about this profession as an EMT . There are a wide variety of duties and responsibilities within this profession . In my honest opinion I would not like to study this as a career because I want to major in criminology and that is a dream of mine that I will make true by hard work and determination .