emergency medical technician

noun

: emt

Examples of emergency medical technician in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The system covers corrections officers, police officers and firefighters but not emergency medical technicians. Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024 In the United States, users include personnel in the medical field — such as doctors and emergency medical technicians — and some nuclear power plant operators. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024 The Second Chance event, which started in 1994, celebrates National EMS Week and reunites heart attack survivors with paramedics, emergency medical technicians and firefighters who helped save their lives. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 May 2024 Advertisement In the United States, users include personnel in the medical field — such as doctors and emergency medical technicians — and some nuclear power plant operators. Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for emergency medical technician 

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Word History

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 4 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

emergency medical technician

noun
: emt

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