Emergency Medical Technician 1
Emergency Medical Technician 1 : Medicine. (First Aid; Med; Abb: EMT) An individual specially trained to render first aid and emergency care to victims of acute illness or injury on the scene and during transport to a medical care facility. Particularly applicable to ambulance and rescue squad personnel who work in communication with a physician. Note: In many jurisdictions an EMT is not trained nor qualified to act as a paramedic, q. v