Have You Ever Thought Of Choosing Emergency Services Professions?

Does your life give you the pleasure you thought it would? Have you reached the level of satisfaction you had hoped to? If you find the answers to these questions somewhat not what you thought, you might consider a career in the Emergency Services profession. Believe that you are not the only person in the world who has had the same answers when looking into their lives and where they are in that life. Each of us is looking for something to make us feel vibrant, useful, and needed. Emergency Medical Services can give you such things but only with dedication and hard work. This profession can change your life as it has so many other men and women over the years. With a little training and a large amount of heart for the job, you can become one of the many levels of EMT or Emergency Medical Technician. There is a person out there who may need your help some day.

Once you choose to become a part of that special service of EMT, there are a few things you need to know. The Service is split into different levels of certification. The first one and the one most common is the regular EMT. You can choose to become state certified or nationally certified. One is just about the same as the other except with a little bit more study, you can be recognized by the National Registry of EMT’s and be able to work in more than one state. Not all states are compatible with your certification so you will need to check about requirements. If you are not planning on working anywhere but at home in your own state, a state EMT certification is the only thing necessary. The next level of EMT is known as the EMT-D. This certification grants you all that the EMT certification does but with one exception: it allows you to use a defibrillator on an unconscious cardiac arrest patient. These two levels are usually reserved for the fire service or for a simple rescue squad.

The next level of EMT is known as the intermediate level. This is the level where medication is introduced on a small scale and some procedures that were not allowed are. The amount of training and class hours will go up but this is necessary to prepare you for the stress and tension you are about to undergo. The final level of training in the EMT Services happens to be the Paramedic level. This brings with it a multitude of responsibilities including an extensive list of drugs you are now able to administer with doctors approval. The procedures you can now perform are no longer those that are simple in nature but have increased to a level that can only be described as “life saving emergency care”. This may mean opening an airway by inserting an inhibition tube or by giving an IV to a dehydrated patient. These two levels of EMT are found mostly in the ambulance services and hospital emergency rooms.

This profession is one of the best but you need to also consider that not everyone can handle it. There will be times when the blood or injuries may be too much for you to handle. Think on this before you take the time and effort to get your certification. If you choose to continue and are one of the special heroes that make a great EMT, GO FOR IT!