Emergency medical services training levels: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:17, 24 January 2015

Levels of EMS personnel training
Current Name	Former Name	Training Requirements	Authorized Skills
Emergency Medical Responder	First Responder	<100	AEDs
Emergency Medical Technician	EMT - Basic	100	Basic First Aid Assist pts in taking home meds
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician	EMT - Intermediate	130	Begin IVs IV meds Cardiac monitoring EKGs Advanced Airway
Paramedic	EMT - Advanced	700-1000	Begin IVs IV meds Cardiac monitoring EKGs Manual Defib External Pacing Advanced Airway Needle Chest Decompression

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 ! scope="col" | '''Authorized Skills'''
 |-
-| Emergency Medical Responder||First Responder||<100||AEDs
+| Emergency Medical Responder||First Responder||<100||
+*AEDs
 |-
-| Emergency Medical Technician||EMT - Basic||100||*Basic First Aid
+| Emergency Medical Technician||EMT - Basic||100||
+*Basic First Aid
 *Assist pts in taking home meds
 |-
-| Advanced Emergency Medical Technician||EMT - Intermediate||130||Begin IVs, IV meds, Cardiac monitoring, EKGs, Advanced Airway
+| Advanced Emergency Medical Technician||EMT - Intermediate||130||
+*Begin IVs
+*IV meds
+*Cardiac monitoring
+*EKGs
+*Advanced Airway
 |-
-| Paramedic||EMT - Advanced||700-1000||Begin IVs, IV meds, Cardiac monitoring, EKGs, Manual Defib, External Pacing, Advanced Airway, Needle Chest Decompression
+| Paramedic||EMT - Advanced||700-1000||
+*Begin IVs
+*IV meds
+*Cardiac monitoring
+*EKGs
+*Manual Defib
+*External Pacing
+*Advanced Airway
+*Needle Chest Decompression
 |}