Hermit MMood said:
1) emt is a technician in the hospital, what exactly do you do? how do you compare it with emd, and the other courses.
2) how old do you have to be in order to take the course
3) what "major" would it be under if you were to find it on a college website?
1.a) EMT's are technicians, but not limited to hospitals. Paramedics are EMT's and they ride ambulances along with EMT-B's and EMT-I's.
b.)An EMD mean's emergency medical dispatcher, they are trained to recieve emergency phone calls, dispatch emergency crews, help crews with directions, and provide emergency life support instructions over the phone.
Technically, the EMT and EMD classes are really not affiliated with universities.
c.)Each state is in charge of licensing but you can get nationally licensed too. Many states are now requiring national licensing since if you are nationally licensed you can be state certified in any state you live in, while limited by repricocity. Some college/universities offer the class, but they can not license you (Your state has to).
d.) Additionally, many people must test into their regional system once licensed by their state.
2.) You must be 18 to take the exams to be licensed. You can take the class at whatever age you want, but most people won't let you take the class unless you will at least nearly 18. (It would be pointless to take it early because you would forget alot before you took the exam and you would have to keep up your CE hours even without the license.
3.) I've seen the EMT courses under "Allied Health Proffessions" at a couple junior colleges, but I can't vouch for where it would be at your local college or university. My university doesn't even offer the class though.