A majority of emergency medical technicians work as an EMT-Basic first and have experience attending to patients in an ambulance. Advanced training includes physiology and anatomy, heart monitoring, burns, shock, pharmacology and toxicology, and obstetrics and gynecology. Many students also take courses for an associate's degree.
Although most paramedics work on the road, hospital clinical internships allow students to see more patients than in the field. Students experience a variety of patient care situations which help develop clinical decision-making skills. Students rotate through critical care units, obstetrics and gynecology, operating rooms and the emergency room.
Field internships generally occur concurrently with classroom and hospital internships. Field internships are practicums that work closely with an evaluator to insure students develop the skills and experience necessary to work independently on an ambulance.Paramedics work with a physician online to give the best possible emergency care.