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  2. Emergency medical responder levels by U.S. state - Wikipedia

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    The use of the terms "EMT-Intermediate/85" and "EMT-Intermediate/99" denotes use of the NHTSA EMT-Intermediate 1985 curriculum and the EMT-Intermediate 1999 curriculum respectively. In addition, not all states use the "EMT" prefix for all levels (e.g. Texas uses EMT-Paramedic and Licensed Paramedic).

  3. Emergency medical responder - Wikipedia

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    EMTs are the next level of providers. Within the United States, there are three common levels of EMS personnel, each with an increased scope of practice: EMT, advanced EMT, paramedic, and critical care paramedic. Critical care paramedics have the most training of these levels. Paramedics and critical care paramedics perform advanced life ...

  4. Emergency medical services in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Paramedic (see Paramedics in the United States): Paramedic is specialist health care provider, autonomous practitioner , providing advanced assessment and management skills, various invasive skills, and extensive pharmacology interventions, Paramedic is the highest level in EMS and its extension to the emergency physician . [45]

  5. 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.

  6. Paramedic - Wikipedia

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    A paramedic is a healthcare professional trained in the medical model, whose main role has historically been to respond to emergency calls for medical help outside of a hospital. Paramedics work as part of the emergency medical services (EMS), most often in ambulances. They also have roles in emergency medicine, primary care, transfer medicine ...

  7. List of EMS provider credentials - Wikipedia

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    An EMS provider's post-nominal (listed after the name) credentials usually follow his or her name in this order: Highest earned academic degree in or related to medicine, (e.g. "MD") Highest licensure or certification (e.g. "NRP")

  8. Advanced emergency medical technician - Wikipedia

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    Iowa EMT-basics can administer EpiPen per protocol, insert a combitube, and set up and maintain (but not start) an IV that is non-medicated as well as all other basic skills. EMT-Intermediates can establish IVs in addition to the EMT-basic skills. An Iowa paramedic is a NREMT-intermediate/99 and is not the highest level of care in Iowa.

  9. Emergency medical services - Wikipedia

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    Emergency medical services (EMS), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care. [1]