emergency medical technician
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of emergency medical technician
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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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
"This is a very severe scene," emergency medical technician Yakir Talkar said in a statement describing Arad, adding there were "many wounded with varying degrees of injury".
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
California bars people with a felony conviction from receiving an emergency medical technician, or EMT, certification for a decade after their release from prison.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025
Born in Pasco, he graduated from Kentlake High School before receiving an emergency medical technician certification, the State Patrol said in a news release.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024
Killian, a coal miner who moonlights as an emergency medical technician for the Healy Volunteer Fire Department, had a two- way radio on the Argo.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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