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Emergency Medical Technician - Basic

EMT-Basic (EMT-B) is considered the entry-level point for the majority of EMS providers in Maine. A person must be licensed (at least) as an EMT-B in order to provide unsupervised care in the patient compartment of an ambulance.

The EMT-B curriculum includes medical emergencies, trauma emergencies, pediatrics, obstetrics, EMS operations, special patient populations, and others. The Maine Spinal Assessment Program is also included in the EMT-B curriculum. EMT-B students must also complete observational clinical time in the hospital Emergency Department (ED) and an EMS agency “ride-along”. Licensed EMT-Bs may perform the following skills:

• Oxygen administration
• Use of basic airway devices
• CPR
• Use of an AED
• Emergency childbirth
• Spinal immobilization
• Application of simple extremity splints and traction splints
• Vital signs, patient physical assessment and history taking
• Care for amputated parts
• Control bleeding
• Dealing with special patient populations (pediatrics, geriatrics)
• Assist the patient with self-administration of the patient’s own prescribed medications – limited to nitroglycerin, EpiPen, or metered-dose inhalers as directed by On-line Medical Control (OLMC)
• Administration of Aspirin with On-line Medical Control (OLMC) direction to patients experiencing ischemic type chest pain
• Administration of oral glucose preparations to the conscious patient experiencing a diabetic emergency