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emergency medical technician

emergency medical technician noun: an ambulance worker who works in patient stabilization and emergency transport. In some services, an EMT is a trainee who is not a paramedic; in other services, a paramedic is a senior-level EMT, sometimes called an EMT-P in contrast with an EMT-I, etc.

Noun

emergency medical technician (plural emergency medical technicians, abbreviation EMT)

  1. (emergency medical services) An ambulance worker who works in patient stabilization and emergency transport. In some services, an EMT is a trainee who is not a paramedic; in other services, a paramedic is a senior-level EMT, sometimes called an EMT-P in contrast with an EMT-I, etc.
    • Near-synonym: paramedic (sometimes broadly synonymous)
    Synonyms:
    paramedic[Appendix:Glossary

Synonyms of emergency medical technician

  • paramedic[Appendix:Glossary

Forms of emergency medical technician

pluralemergency medical technicians
abbreviationEMT

Questions about emergency medical technician

What does emergency medical technician mean?
Emergency medical technician means an ambulance worker who works in patient stabilization and emergency transport. In some services, an EMT is a trainee who is not a paramedic; in other services, a paramedic is a senior-level EMT, sometimes called an EMT-P in contrast with an EMT-I, etc.
What part of speech is emergency medical technician?
Emergency medical technician is a noun.
What is the plural of emergency medical technician?
The plural of emergency medical technician is emergency medical technicians.

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