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		stavros on Sept 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Ap... I can never recall which is which. I assume paramedic is the better-credentialed?

JshWright on Sept 25, 2019 [–]

Yeah, technically they're all levels of EMT, but "EMT" generally refers to "EMT-Basic" (a few months of training, a couple nights a week). EMT-Paramedic is ~18 months of a couple nights a week, plus 1,000+ hours of clinical time.

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