United Kingdom
Emergency Medical Technician is a term that has only recently been introduced into the ambulance service in the United Kingdom. A number of National Health Service ambulance services are running EMT conversion courses for staff who were trained by the Institute of Healthcare Development (IHCD) as Ambulance Technicians and Assistant Ambulance Practitioners. Ambulance trusts such as the London Ambulance Service and the North West Ambulance Service are in the process of converting existing Ambulance Technicians into new roles as Emergency Medical Technician 1,2,3 or 4 based on their level of experience. IHCD Ambulance Technicians and Assistant Ambulance Practitioners still exist within other UK ambulance services, providing a similar level of care to the EMT with Emergency Care Assistants employed in some areas as support.
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