emergency medical technician

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

emergency medical technician emergency medical technicians EMT

Synonyms

paramedic[Appendix:Glossary
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