An Emergency Medical Technician is a doctor or clinician who is trained to quickly respond to medical emergencies such as traumatic injuries or accidents. EMT courses are usually between 3 weeks to 11 weeks (though it depends on the learner’s speed in learning). Becoming an Emergency Medical Technician requires a specific education level: Completion of […]
How can you Advance your Career as an EMT
An Emergency Medical Technician in literal terms is a life saver! He or she is the first one to arrive at an emergency situation and make a patient & their families feel better instantly. The work of Emergency Medical Technicians is to try their best to keep a patient alive till they can arrive at […]
A Day in the Life of an Emergency Medical Technician
An Emergency Medical Technician is an exceptional human being ready to take on the most life threatening jobs ever and that is (in most situations) keeping someone alive! An EMT is skilled to provide first aid care for any emergency situation until the ambulance can arrive to take the patient to a hospital for further […]
Become a Paramedic in 2018
A paramedic is well trained to provide medical support to stabilize a patient enough to be transported to a hospital and to provide continued care in route to the hospital. If you’d like to become a paramedic, there are many life saving procedures they can carry out, though the specifics will depend on the state […]
How to Become a Flight Paramedic – Requirements and Salary
A flight paramedic is a specialized paramedic who can carry out advanced life support procedures for people being transported to hospitals via medical helicopters. Anyone who wishes to work as a flight paramedic, will first need to be certified as a general paramedic and they may need to have worked in that field prior to […]
EMT Scholarships and Grants
There are many scholarship and grant opportunities for EMT-Paramedics. Some of these scholarship and grant options will be enough to cover all or much of the cost of your education and training. First Responder Parent EMT Scholarships If you have a parent who works or worked as a first responder and you have decided to […]