emergency medical technician

noun

: emt

Examples of emergency medical technician in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The department has increasingly relied on emergency medical technicians rather than paramedics amid a shrinking pool of qualified applicants and difficulties competing on salaries. — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

Instead of being staffed by two firefighters trained as paramedics, ambulances will now only have one paramedic and one emergency medical technician, which costs less money. — James Taylor, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Under the new model, the department has already hired 14 single-role paramedics and emergency medical technicians, Lawlor said. — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026

The district already has a partnership with Silicon Valley Career Technical Education, where students can get certifications to be a pharmacy technician, welder or emergency medical technician. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for emergency medical technician

• abolition
• acquisition
• admonition
• ammunition
• apparition
• apposition
• coalition
• competition
• composition
• definition
• deglutition
• demolition

Medical Definition

emergency medical technician

noun

: emt