Ability of Emergency Medical Technicians to Confirm Esophageal Tracheal Combitube Placement in a Canine Model

Factors Predicting Death Depression of Emergency Medical Technicians in Iran

Background: Psychological problems such as death depression can have adverse effects on Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) including reduced quality of medical services, job dissatisfaction, feelings of incompetence, depression, and reduced job values. Objective: This study aims to determine the factors predicting death depression of EMTs in Iran. Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectiona...

Emergency Medical Technicians’ Ethical ‎Challenges in the Pre-hospital Emergency ‎Services: A Review Article

Introduction: Due to the complexity, stressfulness, and the nature of the threatening situations of pre-hospital activities, Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) face many ethical challenges in making decisions and providing quick and accurate care to patients. The present study aimed to investigate the ethical challenges among pre-hospital actions. Methodology: To review all published studies,...

National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians.

National registry of emergency medical technicians.

Recruitment and retention of emergency medical technicians: a qualitative study.

Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are critical to out-of-hospital care, but maintaining staff can be difficult. The study objective was to identify factors that contribute to recruitment and retention of EMTs and paramedics. Information was drawn from three focus groups of EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate, and EMT-Paramedic personnel recruited from participants at an annual conference. Thoughts a...