| An emergency medical technician (EMT) is an | | | | a personal assessment of his or her disposition |
| integral part of the emergency response team of | | | | and abilities. |
| any city, and because they are quite often the | | | | Pursuing EMT certification will ultimately prove to |
| first responders in an emergency medical | | | | be fruitless if an individual cannot feel comfortable |
| situation, their training has become more in depth | | | | in the high-stress, intense environment so |
| and their role more clearly defined. | | | | frequently experienced by EMS professionals. An |
| There is sometimes confusion between the | | | | EMT is regularly expected able to make critical life |
| classifications of EMTs versus Paramedics, but it is | | | | and death decisions at the spur of the moment, |
| relatively easy to define and categorize each one | | | | and may have to manage high levels of intensity |
| so that a person considering EMT training will be | | | | for long periods of time. If a work environment |
| prepared to make the right curriculum choices. A | | | | like this seems too intense, perhaps a person is |
| person considering EMT training, and perhaps | | | | not the right fit for such a career. |
| thereafter paramedic training, should first perform | | | | |