I'm currently working as an EMT in the US but I would love to work for a year or two in another country as an EMT or equivalent. What English-speaking places recognize a US EMT license? What countries or companies do you recommend? How long is the process to get the license transferred to that country's certifying agency? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Working as EMT in another country
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TransportJockey
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The U.S. EMT is not qualified to work anywhere else in the world.They are way too under trained
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There's a fair number of places where the US EMT compares pretty closely to local "ambulance attendants." Granted, they're typically not the ones providing patient care and serve more as a driver for their paramedic/RN/MD partner.
Still though, your EMT license as such isn't going to directly transfer to other countries. You'll likely have to go through the training again wherever you go.
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I didn't think, though, that they would take a us cert for reciprocity