Emergency Medical Technicians
"Emergency Medical Technicians" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Paramedical personnel trained to provide basic emergency care and life support under the supervision of physicians and/or nurses. These services may be carried out at the site of the emergency, in the ambulance, or in a health care institution.
| Descriptor ID |
D004634
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.526.373.250 M01.526.485.067.150 N02.360.067.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Emergency Medical Technicians- Emergency Medical Technicians
- Technician, Emergency Medical
- Medical Technician, Emergency
- Paramedics, Emergency
- Emergency Paramedic
- Emergency Paramedics
- Paramedic, Emergency
- Emergency Medicine Technicians
- Emergency Medicine Technician
- Technician, Emergency Medicine
- Technicians, Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Medical Technician
- Medical Technicians, Emergency
- Technicians, Emergency Medical
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Emergency Medical Technicians" by people in Profiles.
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Factors Associated with EMS Clinician Preparedness to Provide Care for Patients with Limited English Proficiency. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2026; 30(4):500-505.
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Diagnosis of stroke by emergency medical dispatchers and its impact on the prehospital care of patients. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2013 Nov; 22(8):e610-4.
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Rescuer fatigue during actual in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation with audiovisual feedback: a prospective multicenter study. Resuscitation. 2009 Sep; 80(9):981-4.
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Pauses in chest compression and inappropriate shocks: a comparison of manual and semi-automatic defibrillation attempts. Resuscitation. 2007 May; 73(2):212-20.
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Clinical and hemodynamic comparison of 15:2 and 30:2 compression-to-ventilation ratios for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Crit Care Med. 2006 May; 34(5):1444-9.
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Over-the-head cardiopulmonary resuscitation improves efficacy in basic life support performed by professional medical personnel with a single rescuer: a simulation study. Anesth Analg. 2005 Jul; 101(1):200-5, table of contents.
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Homeless people's trust and interactions with police and paramedics. J Urban Health. 2004 Dec; 81(4):596-605.
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Medicine. Stroke--tPA and the clinic. Science. 2003 Sep 19; 301(5640):1677.
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Initiating an ergonomic analysis. A process for jobs with highly variable tasks. AAOHN J. 2000 Sep; 48(9):423-9.
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Characteristics of prehospital cardiac arrest patients in Japan and determinant factors for survival. Am J Emerg Med. 1998 Mar; 16(2):209-13.