Emergency Medical Technicians & Paramedics
Also called:
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Paramedic, Emergency Medical Technician - Basic (EMT - B), Firefighter/EMT (Firefighter/Emergency Medical Technician)
see titles from the Air Force, Army, or Navy.
Aerospace Medical Service Apprentice; Aerospace Medical Service Apprentice, Neurology; Aerospace Medical Service Craftsman; Aerospace Medical Service Craftsman, Independent Duty Medical Technician; Aerospace Medical Service Helper; Aerospace Medical Service Helper, Neurology; Aerospace Medical Service Journeyman; Aerospace Medical Service Journeyman, Independent Duty Medical Technician; Aerospace Medical Service Journeyman, Neurology; Aerospace Medical Service Superintendent
Health Care Specialist; Special Forces Medical Sergeant
Field Medical Service Technician; Fleet Marine Force Reconnaissance Independent Duty Corpsman; Medical Deep Sea Diving Technician; Naval Special Warfare Medic; Search and Rescue Medical Technician
What they do:
Assess injuries, administer emergency medical care, and extricate trapped individuals. Transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.
On the job, you would:
- Administer first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings.
- Perform emergency diagnostic and treatment procedures, such as stomach suction, airway management, or heart monitoring, during ambulance ride.
- Observe, record, and report to physician the patient's condition or injury, the treatment provided, and reactions to drugs or treatment.
Health
- medicine and dentistry
- therapy and counseling
Business
- customer service
- human resources (HR)
Arts and Humanities
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
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Basic Skills
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Social
- looking for ways to help people
- understanding people's reactions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Hand and Finger Use
- keep your arm or hand steady
- put together small parts with your fingers
Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Visual Understanding
- quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
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People interested in this work like activities that include
helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Self Control
- Stress Tolerance
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
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You might use software like this on the job:
Information retrieval or search software
- Epocrates software
- HyperTox
Medical software
- MedDataSolutions Regist*r
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some college or
high school diploma
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$30,710
per year, on average
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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In the military:
see titles from the Air Force, Army, or Navy.
