emergency medical technician

[ ih-mur-juhn-see med-i-kuhl tek-nish-uhn ]

noun

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

emergency medical technician

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of emergency medical technician¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

It was in a pizza restaurant, dressed in a single thin layer, sobbing, that an emergency medical technician approached her.

From Popular-Science

At one point, two other officers knelt on his back while another kept the growing crowd, including an off-duty firefighter and emergency medical technician, at bay.

From The Daily Beast

He had worked as an emergency medical technician here in the northernmost part of Los Angeles County for over a decade, but he still experienced the same thrum of adrenaline on urgent calls.

From ProPublica

Matthew Snyder, the second ambulance man, had barely finished Emergency Medical Technician school.

From The Daily Beast