Unitek EMT
JULY 5, 2024
Exploring the critical role of EMTs in the opioid crisis The opioid crisis continues to escalate, devastating communities across the nation and straining public health resources. With overdose rates […] The post EMTs and the Opioid Crisis: Frontline Responses and Interventions appeared first on Unitek EMT.
NCOAE
MARCH 8, 2021
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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NCOAE
NOVEMBER 13, 2021
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.
Paramedic Training Spot
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
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.
Peter Canning
OCTOBER 30, 2023
We’re dispatched to an overdose on Ashley Street. An EMT is already wheeling the stretcher down a short alley where his partner is kneeling by the dumpster. Good job,” I say to the young EMT. I have done many overdoses like this one of homeless people who were in fact down alleys and behind dumpsters. You found him.”
Paramedics Unlimited
APRIL 19, 2018
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.
Peter Canning
JANUARY 15, 2024
They treated me like s**t the time I overdosed. One day I was dispatched to an overdose. An EMT was already wheeling the stretcher down a short alley where his partner knelt by the dumpster. Thought I’d check behind the dumpster,” the EMT said to me. The young EMT did and it helped us find this lost soul.
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