emergency medical technician

noun

: emt

Examples of emergency medical technician in a Sentence

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She was appointed to the FDNY in March 1998 as an emergency medical technician and was promoted to paramedic in 2002 and to lieutenant in 2016. Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025 More recently, Sherman worked as an emergency medical technician who trained paramedics in CPR and first aid at the Los Angeles Police Academy. Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025 The lawyers agreed on five additional jurors Tuesday, including a man who works in a warehouse, a woman who works for Palatine Township and a young man who is going to college part-time and training to become an emergency medical technician. Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025 Between them, Local 3621 and Local 2507 represent thousands of FDNY emergency medical technicians, paramedics, fire inspectors and emergency response managers. Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for emergency medical technician

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First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of emergency medical technician was in 1980

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“Emergency medical technician.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20medical%20technician. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.

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emergency medical technician

noun
: emt

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