Emergency Medical Technicians: a necessary resource

The role of the   Emergency Medical Technician emerges from the growing need for specialized medical doctors at hospitals, clinics and private hospitals. The EMT is a professional trained to   provide care to patients during interfacility transfers. Currently in Argentina, ambulances include in their crew a specialized doctor, a nurse and a pre-hospital operative technician in transport. But the profile of the EMT or paramedic does not exist as such.

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The role of the   Emergency Medical Technician emerges from the growing need for specialized medical doctors at hospitals, clinics and private hospitals. The EMT is a professional trained to   provide care to patients during interfacility transfers.
Currently in Argentina, ambulances include in their crew a specialized doctor, a nurse and a pre-hospital operative technician in transport. <strong>But the profile of the EMT or paramedic does not exist as such.