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Exactly What Is It That an EMT Does?

NCOAE

Regardless of the frequency with which you see them, you may be wondering — what exactly does an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) do? EMTs are not just “ambulance drivers,” although that’s certainly a critical part of their occupation. For EMTs and patients, an ambulance is more than transportation to the hospital.

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From the President’s Desk: HEMS in Cork

Irish College of Paramedics

Whilst we respect the opinion of other professions we feel it is important to provide an Irish perspective on behalf of members of the Irish College of Paramedics - Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) Paramedics, and Advanced Paramedics (APs). In Sweden and the Netherlands, ambulances are staffed by nurses and paramedics.

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Fake it 'Til You Make It… and other diseases you pretend to know

FOAMfrat

Upon arrival at the scene, the patient’s mother greeted my EMT partner and I at the front door and escorted us to the living room, where the patient was found supine on the couch, being tended to by her father. My father, an emergency physician, gifted me a medical dictionary when I enrolled in EMT school.

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NREMT Practice Test

BoostPrep

Our EMT test questions will give you a better idea of what will be on your exam. EMT Airway, Respiration, & Ventilation Practice Test Time limit: 0 Quiz Summary 0 of 10 Questions completed Questions: Information You have already completed the quiz before. For more help and full-length practice tests, check out our EMT prep course.

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Maintaining Resilience and Mental Health in the EMS Profession

NCOAE

The suicide rate among emergency medical service (EMS) professionals rose a shocking 38 percent since 2009, according to a study published in the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. As an emergency medical technician (EMT) or paramedic, you typically work a five-day rotation of 12-hour shifts (days or nights).

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First Responders & First Responses

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Paramedic

Working as a paramedic, medic, EMT, prehospital care provider or any other type of first responder differs vastly from any other role in those first seconds or minutes of arrival. Each advises him to go to the emergency department because he's feeling worse as time passes and has begun to vomit. How much will it cost?

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Postpartum Hemorrhage: The Chapter We Skipped.

FOAMfrat

Here is the case: You are dispatched to a private residence (Paramedic/EMT crew configuration) for a female patient who gave birth at home and is now hemorrhaging. When I reflect on my EMT education (14 years ago) and my paramedic education (10 years ago), I genuinely don’t remember learning about postpartum hemorrhage (PPH).

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