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Originally Posted by karl_1052
What is the difference?
Up here there are only paramedics.
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EMT is Emergency Medical Technician. It'd be like the difference between a Radiology Technician and a Radiologist.
Here are classes for EMT 1 (which most firefighters have training in) and it's a certificate program.
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Introduction to the EMT Profession EMS 1101 4
Patient Assessment for the EMT EMS 1103 2
Airway Management for the EMT EMS 1105 2
Medical and Behavioral Emergencies for the EMT EMS 1107 3
Assessment & Management Across the Lifespan-EMT EMS 1109 2
Trauma Emergencies & WMD Response EMS 1111 4
Clinical Applications for the EMT Basic EMS 1113 1
Practical Applications for the EMT Basic EMS 1115 2
Pharmacology and Shock/Trauma EMT - intermediate EMS 1201 3
Clinical Applications for the EMT-Intermediate I EMS 1203 1
Clinical Applications for the EMT-Intermediate II EMS 1205 1
Practical Applications for the EMT-Intermediate EMS 1207 2
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Then classes for paramedics where you come out with an associates degree...
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Area I - Humanities/Fine Arts
Composition and Rhetoric ENG 1101 5
Literature and Composition OR ENG 1102 5
Introduction to Humanities OR HUM 1101 (5)
Art Appreciation OR ART 1101 (5)
Music Appreciation MUS 1101 (5)
Public Speaking SPC 1101 5
Area II - Social/Behavioral Sciences (Choose TWO of the following)
Principles of Macroeconomics ECO 2105 5
Principles of Microeconomics ECO 2106 (5)
Introductory Psychology PSY 1101 (5)
Abnormal Psychology PSY 2250 (5)
Human Development PSY 2103 (5)
Introduction to Sociology SOC 1101 (5)
Area III - Natural Sciences/Mathematics
Anatomy and Physiology I BIO 2113 5
Anatomy and Physiology II BIO 2114 5
Choose ONE of the following
College Algebra MAT 1111 5
Math Modeling MAT 1101 (5)
Quantitative Skills and Reasoning MAT 1100 (6)
Essential Technical Courses 64
Introduction to Microcomputers SCT 100 3
Introduction to Paramedic Profession EMS 126 3
Patient Assessment EMS 127 4
Applied Physiology & Pathophysiology EMS 128 3
Pharmacology EMS 129 4
Respiratory Emergencies EMS 130 5
Trauma EMS 131 5
Cardiology I EMS 132 5
Cardiology II EMS 133 4
Medical Emergencies EMS 134 5
Maternal/Pediatric Emergencies EMS 135 5
Special Patients EMS 136 2
Clinical Applications for the EMT-Paramedic I EMS 210 2
Clinical Applications for the EMT-Paramedic II EMS 211 2
Clinical Applications for the EMT-Paramedic III EMS 212 2
Clinical Applications for the EMT-Paramedic IV EMS 213 2
Clinical Applications for the EMT-Paramedic V EMS 214 2
Clinical Applications for the EMT-Paramedic VI EMS 215 1
Summative Evaluations EMS 201 5
Total Hours 104
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EMTs are trained in basic life saving procedures or say moving a person with a broken neck. Even if a fully stocked ambulance was there, they may not have been able to do much.