How to perform a primary assessment on a trauma patient
The primary assessment finds and fixes immediate life threats. Follow your local protocols.
7 steps →How-to guides
Emergency Medical Technician How-To Guides
Step-by-step guides to common emergency medical technician tasks: the practical side of the job.
Common emergency medical technician tasks
Step-by-step overviews of tasks emergency medical technicians perform regularly. Use them to understand the job, prepare for training or refresh your memory.
How to use an AED during CPR
Early defibrillation dramatically improves survival from sudden cardiac arrest.
6 steps →How to apply a tourniquet
Tourniquets stop life-threatening bleeding from an arm or leg when direct pressure isn’t enough.
7 steps →Before you practice
Learn every core task
Our Emergency Medical Technician training walks through these procedures and more, alongside vocabulary, safety and career-launch lessons.