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  2. Emergency medical dispatcher - Wikipedia

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    9-1-1 emergency dispatch center. An emergency medical dispatcher is a professional telecommunicator, tasked with the gathering of information related to medical emergencies, the provision of assistance and instructions by voice, prior to the arrival of emergency medical services (EMS), and the dispatching and support of EMS resources responding to an emergency call.

  3. Emergency medical technician - Wikipedia

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    An emergency medical technician (often, more simply, EMT) is a medical professional that provides emergency medical services. [1] [2] EMTs are most commonly found serving on ambulances and in fire departments in the US and Canada, as full-time and some part-time departments require their firefighters to at least be EMT certified.

  4. First responder - Wikipedia

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    First responders at the scene of a traffic accident in Hong Kong A Scottish Ambulance Service nontransporting EMS vehicle, referred to by markings on the vehicle as a "first responder" vehicle A first responder is a person with specialized training who is among the first to arrive and provide assistance or incident resolution at the scene of an ...

  5. Emergency medical responder - Wikipedia

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    Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) are people who are specially trained to provide out-of-hospital care in medical emergencies, typically before the arrival of an ambulance. Specifically used, an emergency medical responder is an EMS certification level used to describe a level of EMS provider below that of an emergency medical technician and ...

  6. Certified first responder - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, most statutory NHS ambulance services deploy paid first responders who drive dedicated rapid response vehicles. These are typically estate cars, MPVs or 4x4s, are liveried with high-visibility ambulance markings, and fitted with blue flashing lights and sirens. These vehicles are generally single-crewed, by a paramedic ...

  7. List of professional driver types - Wikipedia

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    A professional driver is someone who is paid to ... Chauffeur; Delivery (commerce) Emergency medical technician (ambulance driver) Motorman (tram/streetcar driver ...

  8. Emergency medical services - Wikipedia

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    Many countries employ ambulance staff who only carry out non-emergency patient transport duties (which can include stretcher or wheelchair cases). Dependent on the provider (and resources available), they may be trained in first aid or extended skills such as use of an AED , oxygen therapy, pain relief and other live-saving or palliative skills.

  9. Paramedic - Wikipedia

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    Not all ambulance personnel are paramedics, although the term is sometimes used informally to refer to any ambulance personnel. In some English-speaking countries, there is an official distinction between paramedics and emergency medical technicians (or emergency care assistants ), in which paramedics have additional educational requirements ...