How Do You Become An Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)?
EMT’s or emergency medical technicians are people specially trained to offer emergency care. They offer first aid and stabilize the patient until he reaches the hospital. Until the 1960’s, the people who performed the role of today EMT were volunteers with only a short first aid training, but today, to become an EMT, you need to complete an EMT training program and be certified. While still in high school, take science, health and English courses, and obtain a driver’s license. To be admitted to an EMT program, you need to have a high-school diploma and a valid driver’s license. Enroll in an EMT training program. Usually they are taught in hospitals and community schools. The EMT training program is short ( no more than 3 months) and it trains you how to manage situations such as cardiac arrest, bleeding, fractures, respiratory obstruction. Become certified. All 50 states have certification requirements. There are three levels of competency for EMT’S:EMT-basic, EMT- intermediate, EMT-p
