Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) are the entry-level certification/licensure for the EMS system.  EMTs are dispatched to provide out of hospital emergency care and transportation for critical and emergent patients who access the EMS system.

EMTs have basic knowledge and skills necessary to stabilize and safely transport patients.  Here are some of the responsibilities of an EMT:  assessing various patients in emergent situations, be able to manage a patient’s airway, perform CPR and utilize semi-automatic defibrillators (AED), hemorrhage control, non-invasive shock treatment, fracture and spinal stabilization, emergency childbirth, and administration of some medications.