I've been watching reruns of a favorite old tv show: Emergency. The two main characters are firefighters who are paramedics. I started wondering what happened to paramedics once ambulances started carrying EMTs. Are they still around, or did they just go back to being 'plain' firefighters?
That made me wonder: what's the difference between paramedics amd EMTs. So I looked it up. It apparently is how much training they get. What surprised me is that one article I read seems to say that paramedics actually have more training than EMTs. And there are several 'levels' of EMTs as well.
I found an article by an actual firefighter: I work as a firefighter/paramedic and the majority of the calls we are dispatched to are for emergency medical aid.
Here is part of what he explained:
An EMT, who may or may not be a paramedic, will usually work out of an ambulance, though most firefighters are also trained and function as EMTs and Paramedics.
EMTs are, normally, the first group of people to attend an incident. Many times the first responders on-scene will be firefighters, that are also EMTs or Paramedics.
If you want more info, here is the link to that article:
https://firefighterinsider.com/ems-vs-emt-whats-the-difference/
I found it quite interesting.
