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Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and ambulance technician are terms used in some countries to denote a health care provider of emergency medical services.

EMTs are clinicians, trained to respond quickly to emergency situations regarding medical issues, traumatic injuries and accident scenes.

Under the British system and those that are influenced by it, they are referred to as ambulance technicians (often shortened to techs), while in the American system and its influenced countries, they are referred to as emergency medical technicians.

A paramedic is a healthcare professional, predominantly in the pre-hospital and out-of-hospital environment, and working mainly as part of emergency medical services (EMS), such as on an ambulance.

The scope of practice of a paramedic will vary between countries, but generally includes autonomous decision making around the emergency care of patients.

In some countries 'Paramedic' is a protected title and accountable to a professional regulatory body.

For the more current term, see Emergency medical responder.

A certified first responder (Also called an Emergency Medical Responder, Medical First Responder, or First Responder) is a person who has completed a course and received certification in providing pre-hospital care for medical emergencies.

Certified individuals should have received much more instruction than someone who is trained in basic first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) but they are not necessarily a substitute for more advanced emergency medical care rendered by emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics.

First responders typically provide advanced first aid level care, CPR, and automated external defibrillator (AED) usage.

The term "certified first responder" is not to be confused with "first responder", which is a term referring to the first medically trained responder to arrive on scene (police, fire, EMS).

Many police officers and firefighters must be at least certified first responders.

This is the required level of training.

Some police officers and firefighters obtain more training to become emergency medical technicians or paramedics.

Medical equipment (also known as armamentarium) is designed to aid in the diagnosis, monitoring or treatment of medical conditions.

Emergency medical services, also known as ambulance services or paramedic services (abbreviated to the initialism EMS, EMAS, EMARS or SAMU in some countries), are a type of emergency service dedicated to providing out-of-hospital acute medical care, transport to definitive care, and other medical transport to patients with illnesses and injuries which prevent the patient from transporting themselves.

Emergency medical services may also be locally known as a paramedic service, a first aid squad, FAST squad, emergency squad, rescue squad, ambulance squad, ambulance service, ambulance corps, or life squad.