Jobs / Healthcare / 29-2042.00
Emergency Medical Technicians
Assess injuries and illnesses and administer basic emergency medical care. May transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.
- US jobs
- 180,510
- Median wage
- $44,470 a year
- Job family
- Healthcare
Can agents do the work of emergency medical technicians?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Healthcare: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: MedAgentBench, 69.7% of tasks completed.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 19%Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient careNot measured
- 17%Administer emergency medical treatmentNot measured
- 8%Analyze health or medical dataNot measured
- 8%Maintain current knowledge in area of expertiseNot measured
- 8%Provide support or encouragement to othersNot measured
- 8%Clean medical equipment or facilitiesNot measured
- 8%Operate transportation equipment or vehiclesNot measured
- 8%Assist healthcare practitioners during medical proceduresNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in healthcare, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Administer first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings.
- Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.
- Attend training classes to maintain certification licensure, keep abreast of new developments in the field, or maintain existing knowledge.
- Comfort and reassure patients.
- Communicate with dispatchers or treatment center personnel to provide information about situation, to arrange reception of survivors, or to receive instructions for further treatment.
- Coordinate work with other emergency medical team members or police or fire department personnel.
- Decontaminate ambulance interior following treatment of patient with infectious disease, and report case to proper authorities.
- Drive mobile intensive care unit to specified location, following instructions from emergency medical dispatcher.
- Immobilize patient for placement on stretcher and ambulance transport, using backboard or other spinal immobilization device.
- Maintain vehicles and medical and communication equipment, and replenish first aid equipment and supplies.
- Observe, record, and report to physician the patient's condition or injury, the treatment provided, and reactions to drugs or treatment.
- Perform emergency diagnostic and treatment procedures, such as stomach suction, airway management, or heart monitoring, during ambulance ride.
Other job titles for this occupation (25)
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) · First Responder · Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) · Ambulance Driver · Dispatcher · Emergency Department Technician (ED Technician) · Emergency Medical Driver · Emergency Medical Responder · Emergency Medical Technician - Basic (EMT-B) · Emergency Room Technician · EMT Paramedic (Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic) · EMT-B (Emergency Medical Technician- Basic) · EMT-I/85 · EMT-I/99 · EMT-P · Health Care Specialist · Healthcare Specialist · Medical Driver · Medical Equipment Delivery Driver · Medical Technician · Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Driver · Onsite Medical Representative (Onsite Medical Rep) · Paramedic · Rescue Technician (Rescue Tech) · Rescue Worker