(EMT-B)
The Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) exists in many countries and is a health care provider trained to provide pre-hospital emergency medical care. EMTs are divided into numerous levels depending on location and are trained to assist higher level EMTs, paramedics, and other medical personnel (e.g. physicians and nurses). EMTs provide patient care in accordance with protocols and guidelines established by physician medical directors. Once thought of as only an ambulance driver" or "attendant," modern EMTs perform a wide variety of medical procedures and responds to many types of emergency calls. The procedures that EMTs may perform at his or her certification level differ by country and by US state and are set by their system's medical director in accordance with local laws.