Emergency medical technician

Duties and responsibilities:

Emergency medical technicians, or EMTs, usually work in teams if two in specially design ambulances. They provide immediate life or limb saving medical treatment at the scenes if accidents and injuries as well as transport casualties to hospital emergency rooms for further care. The job is both physically demanding and stressful. Emergency medical technicians often respond to:

ØAutomobile accidents

Ø Heart attacks

Ø Gunshot wounds

Ø Unscheduled childbirth

Ø Drowning’s

Ø Other serious medical emergencies

Average salary: $25,000 - $37,000

Educational requirements:

Students must have a high school diploma (in some areas GED certificates may be substituted) in order to become an emergency medical technician. Driver’s education, health, and science courses are strongly recommended and may be required before enrolling in some training programs.

Basic emergency medical technicians training includes about 100-120 hours spent in the classroom and 10 hours in a hospital emergency room. Emergency medical technicians are required to pass a state licensing or certification tests and participate in continuing education programs. Many emergency medical technicians earn associate degree in their field.

No i think dont think so becuase i dont want to be pressures when another persons life is in my hand.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!