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How to Become an EMT

NCOAE

You’re thinking about becoming an EMT. Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) are trained professionals who provide care in critical and emergency situations. On the other hand, you could be called in to attend to the victim of a car accident or a shooting or a heart attack, drowning, mountaineering accident, or drug overdose.

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How to Become an EMT in New Jersey

Paramedic Training Spot

Learning how to become an EMT in New Jersey, or an Emergency Medical Technician to be specific, is not an overnight accomplishment. Not only are you training to be a Garden State EMT, you are studying to become Nationally Registered, which is a relatively new requirement for the state.

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ALS and BLS Medical Care: Which should I have at my event?

Paramedics Unlimited

EMTs provide comfort care, including treating minor wounds, scrapes, blisters, and burns; and they assist paramedics by providing basic life support, to enable paramedics to focus on more advanced treatments. They also perform basic evaluations such as checking blood pressure, pulse, lung sounds, respiratory rate, and blood glucose.

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Recerts and New Protocols

Peter Canning

For all the fancy changes over the year, the bottom line has always been to provide good CPR compressions and timely defibrillation. Here are some of the highlights: EMRs and EMTs may administer Naloxone IM in a dose of 0.4 EMTs may administer 0.3 Pediatric defibrillation doses should be 2j/kg, 4j/kg. mg via syringe.*

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