Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) care for people who are sick or injured in emergency situations. The lives of people depend on the rapid reaction and care of EMTs. EMTs respond to emergencies, provide medical services on site, and transport victims to hospitals.
Emergency medical technicians work indoors and outdoors, rain or shine. They do a lot of physical work that may be stressful, because it often involves suffering patients and life or death situations.
To become an EMT, all stares require students have to complete a training program, receive a post-secondary non-degree award, and obtain a professional license. The average annual pay for EMTs was $30,360, or $14.60 per hour in 2010. In that same year, there were around 226,500 EMT jobs. The employment rate for EMTs is expected to grow by 33% by 2020.
References: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Healthcare/EMTs-and-paramedics.htm ; picture from Yahoo images.
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