US levels of EMS personnel training[1]
| Current Name
|
Former Name
|
Training Requirements[2]
|
Authorized Skills
|
| Emergency Medical Responder |
First Responder |
~60 |
- Basic first aid and airway management (including OPA and BVM)
- AED use
- Epi-pen
|
| Emergency Medical Technician |
EMT - Basic |
~150-200 |
- Basic first aid and airway management (including OPA/NPA and BVM)
- Assist patients in taking home meds
- Limited medication administration (ASA, oral glucose, etc per medical director)
- Oxygen administration
- Monitoring vitals
|
| Advanced Emergency Medical Technician |
EMT - Intermediate |
~300-450 |
- Begin IVs/IOs
- Limited IV medication administration
- Cardiac monitoring and 12-lead ECG
- Airway management (including Supraglottic airway but NOT endotracheal tube)
|
| Paramedic |
EMT - Paramedic |
1000-2000 |
- Begin IVs
- IV medication administration
- Cardiac monitoring and 12-lead ECG
- Manual defibrillation and cardioversion
- Transcutaneous pacing
- Advanced Airway including endotracheal tube
- Needle cricothyrotomy
- Needle Chest Decompression
- Chest tube monitoring
|
See Also
References
- ↑ National EMS Scope of Practice Model
- ↑ National EMS Education Standards
