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EMT, or Emergency Medical Technician, is the blanket term. There are several levels of EMTs. The nationally accepted levels are as follows: EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate (85), EMT-Basic Advanced, EMT-Intermediate (99), EMT-Paramedic. You often hear about "Paramedics" as though everyone on an ambulance is a Paramedic, but in reality, EMT-Bs are the most common responders. EMT's will respond out of a station or a fire department, and they typically cover a much smaller area. EMT-Paramedics might respond to more rural areas from farther away, depending on the local and financial availability of Paramedics within an area.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoEMT-B is Emergency Medical Technician Basic
EMT-P is Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic
Paramedics scope of practice is traditionally more detailed and larger, as they are allowed to push drugs, run IV's.
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What is the difference between GMT and EMT?
GMT is Greenwich Mean Time is a time zone located in Europe and EMT stands for Early Morning Time.
What is the difference between an EMT and RN?
The amount of training. First Responder is the 1st certification level followed by (2nd) Basic Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), (3rd), Intermediate EMT and finally Paramedic. Of course, what they can do at each level varies with First Responder providing only basic emergency care.
What is the difference between emt and paramedic?
Let's break this down to the US version. There's are 3 levels of pre-hospital care in the US. The EMT system in the US is changing, it used to be: EMT-B(Basic), EMT-I(Intermediate) and EMT-P(Paramedic). This system is changing in most states to EMR, EMT, and EMT-P. The EMT is the mid level of pre-hospital care. This level usually requires about a year to a year and a half of college education and training. An EMT-I(EMT) can do some more advanced skills then the EMT-B(EMR) such as basic cardiac monitoring, cricothyrotomy and more medications. ALL levels of pre-hospital care are considered EMTs, but only the EMT-P is a Paramedic. The Paramedic is the most advanced level of EMT and requires about 2 years or college education and training. The Paramedic may do everything the EMT can do plus intubation, 12 lead ECG, administer 20 medications(depends on protocol) and more. Paramedics are Advanced Life Support(ALS) providers, the EMT-B is Basic Life Support(BLS) and the EMT-I is sort of a mix. Hopefully this helped answer your question. It's OK to call a Paramedic an EMT but you can't call a EMT a Paramedic.
What are the Ranks in the EMS?
cfr - first responder emt b - basic emt cc - critical care emt p - paramedic
What is the difference between a B A and a B S?
no answer
What is the difference between MCCB Type B C and D?
what is the difference between utilization category A and B of MCCB's
If the difference between A and B what are the values of A and B?
100
Difference between B-tree and B tree?
b-tree
What is EMT-B certification?
EMT-B is A Emergency Medical Technician level Basic. They provide care at scenes of emergency and provide care during a ambulance transport.
What is the difference between b. and .b.?
one has .. and one has . its unequal
What are difference between grade a b and c material?
The main difference is in between grade A,B & C IS THE CARBON CONTAIN OF THE MATERIALS.
What can an EMT do for cardiac arrest?
EMT-B: CPR, AED, BVM EMT-I/A: CPR, AED, BVM Push some drugs. Depending on state, cardiovert EMT-P: CPR, AED, BVM, Push drugs, cardiovert
