emergency medical technician

American  

[ih-mur-juhn-see med-i-kuhl tek-nish-uhn] / ɪˈmɜr dʒən si ˈmɛd ɪ kəl tɛkˌnɪʃ ən /

noun

1. a person who is specially trained and certified to give emergency medical care to patients before they reach a healthcare facility. EMT

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emergency medical technician British  

noun

1. EMT. a member of the emergency services who is trained to provide basic emergency medical care before a patient is taken to a hospital

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Etymology

Origin of emergency medical technician

First recorded in 1950–55

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Example Sentences

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emergency medical technician

They also struggled to dispatch vehicles because they couldn’t use GPS, said Matt Zavadsky, an emergency medical technician in Fort Worth, Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Ms Coffey's illness forced her to stop working as an emergency medical technician.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024

He studied to become an emergency medical technician and, in 2019, got a job with his local fire department.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

He eventually worked for a local hospital, going back to school to get certified as a lab assistant and emergency medical technician.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2023

Again, the emergency medical technician offered a choice of two nearby hospitals—neither of which had state permission to do angioplasty, the procedure Jean Miele received.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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