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

Example Sentences

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

Born in Pasco, Gadd graduated from Kentlake High School before receiving an emergency medical technician certification, according to Patrol.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Jerry Carlson, an emergency medical technician, helped his family create a mock “Banned Books Reading Room” with crocheted blankets, a fake fireplace and shelves lined with banned volumes, and paper flames inserted into the pages.

From New York Times • Feb. 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

It was just shy of 6:52 a.m., minutes after dawn, when an emergency medical technician took the phone from Kaiserman.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel