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Exactly What Is It That an EMT Does?

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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. Many EMTs work on a 911 emergency response ambulance. That means they must learn how to assess and administer for each of those conditions.

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6 Things You Won’t Learn in EMS School

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This blog post was written by Collin Heller, an EMT-B at Mile High Ambulance in an effort to help his fellow colleagues. In EMS, we focus on the bad, we look for the bad in our patients because it’s our job to fix it. We slammed 2 of Narcan on this last guy, you should’ve seen the amount of puke.”

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How to Become an EMT in New Jersey

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Each state has their own challenges, as well as guidelines and laws, to practicing as an EMT, although with the National Registry becoming the norm, EMS will soon have similar protocols throughout the nation. In fact, in 1927, the town of Belmar was one of the the first established volunteer ambulance services in the nation.

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