emergency medical technician

noun

: emt

Examples of emergency medical technician in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Today, emergency rooms nationwide rely on ambulances staffed by emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics (those who have achieved the highest level of EMT training) to keep patients alive en route to hospitals. Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025 Rath and Matthew Cushman, a Raytown paramedic, travel the Kansas City region as a pair, holding trainings for cops, firefighters, emergency medical technicians and others on how to effectively respond to overdose calls. Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2025 Over the course of that morning on May 9, Hillman, her partner James Ramirez, firefighters from two counties, emergency medical technicians and veterinarians would fight to protect the horses from the bees, believed to be Africanized honey bees — known as killer bees. Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 16 May 2025 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. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for emergency medical technician

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of emergency medical technician was in 1980

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Emergency medical technician.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20medical%20technician. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

Medical Definition

emergency medical technician

noun
: emt

More from Merriam-Webster on emergency medical technician

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!