Volunteer EMT's and Rescue Squads

EMS is more than just anonymous emergency workers that magically appear when you call 9-1-1.  An EMT takes highly specialized courses to get their certification including 100's of hours of classroom and hands on training.  Learning everything from taking vital signs like blood pressures, pulses and lung sounds to handling trauma injuries and psychiatric emergencies EMT's must be prepared for anything when they jump into their ambulance and respond to your emergency at a moment's notice. 

 

   

Many people don't realize that the EMT that responds to your emergency may be your neighbor, someone who lives in your community and volunteers their time and ability with your local volunteer rescue squad.  They wake up in the middle of the night even though they have a career job to go to the next day, they leave dinner with their families and drop what they are doing because they are that dedicated.

EMT's Earn Their Star Of Life




EMT EMS Shirts and Gift Ideas

Emergency Medical Technician Gear Bags and Apparel 

Emergency Medical Technicians offer their gifts of care in many different types of emergency situations.  Many volunteer EMT's go on to become career EMT'S, paramedics or Fire Rescue crews and still take the time to volunteer their expertise and personal time with their local volunteer rescue squads.

Your local volunteer rescue squad needs you.  Even if you have never thought of joining before or have never had any medical experience, consider calling your local rescue squad to learn more about volunteer opportunities in your community.



EMT Class Get School Certified

EMT's also known as Emergency Medical Technicians, are the first responders to emergencies like motor vehicle accidents, heart attacks and other medical emergencies. EMTs deliver basic medical treatment on the scene and transport patients to the hospital, where they report to the information about the patients to the Emergency Room nurses and physicians. EMTs must pass a certified training program and be certified by the state. They can then advance to the intermediate level and eventually if they choose to, they can advance to the paramedic level. 

EMT's of East Windsor Township Rescue Squads at the Scene of an MVA, NJ



EMT courses usually take over 180 hours to complete. Those hours will be spent learning to asses patients conditions, performing CPR, dealing with blood loss including everything from bandaging wounds to caring for a patient in Shock.  EMS students learn to manage respiratory problems and even how to deliver babies.  There are hundreds of hours in classroom lectures and you want to be sure you take great notes during the classes and when you go home and study.

   

After successfully completing this class, students still need to take and pass the licensed exam for certified emergency medical technicians before they can wear the EMT Star of Life.

      

       

The EMT-Basic class includes hours in the classroom and in the field. Students are required to have a high school diploma or GED to enroll.  They will learn to monitor vitals like taking a pulse and reading a blood pressure under emergency conditions, high pressure situations and even while in a moving ambulance.  Many EMT's and Paramedics buy their own blood pressure cuffs, stethoscopes and even First Aid Kits to have on hand both on duty and off.

Gift Ideas For Student EMT's and Paramedics


Wear your EMT badge, patches and star of life t-shirts with pride, you have worked hard to earn it and will mean so much to so many people

  

EMT's never stop learning.  After they receive their certification they will always keep training to keep their skills sharp, they will take Continuing Education Courses to keep their certification valid and to keep bringing the finest care to their patients no matter what Emergency they are facing day and night.

EMT For Life

EMT For Life says it all. Serving with a volunteer rescue squad or career EMS job means it becomes part of their lives, always studying to learn more, always responding and always being prepared to help others. They are EMT's for your life too.

 

Featured EMT For Life Showcase

EMT and Paramedic Gifts

EMS Week or known also as National Emergency Medical Services Week is time set aside to honor the pride and dedication of EMT's, Paramedics and Emergency Medicine's front line personnel.  Responding in an ambulance, medic vehicle or fire engine any time of day or night providing lifesaving healthcare to people in need.

   

EMS t-shirts, patches, badges and uniforms not only serve as identification on the scene of an emergency, the are a symbol of pride to both career and volunteer rescue squad personnel.

    

EMT's always reach out to their community providing care for the young and old, medically ill, trauma injuries and psychological emergencies with skill, compassion and dedication.  EMS Week is a great time for community members, organizations, businesses and employers to say Thank You to EMT's and Medics for the great job they do every day.

Some great gift ideas for EMT's and Paramedics are not just t-shirts and sweatshirts but also some great Star of Life custom gifts like bags for their gear and equipment, coffee and travel mugs with rescue logos, EMS theme jewelry and key rings or even an EMS theme clock for home or office is a fun gift idea for your favorite emergency healthcare provider.

Some of our favorite gift ideas:

   

    

     

Say thanks in personalized way this year, to those who are there for you in your time of need every hour of every day, all year long.

Keep Calm and EMS



EMT's, Firefighters and Emergency Workers

Emergency Medical Technicians work together with firefighters, police and paramedics to deliver the finest emergency medical healthcare to their patients and transport them to hospitals and trauma centers that will treat them further.  When an emergency, disaster, fire or hazardous incident occurs interagency communications and Incident Command brings together the finest EMT's, Medics, Firefighters and Police Officers both volunteer and career, all serving with dedication and care to protect their communities.

East Windsor NJ Rescue Squads #1 and #2 working with Fire Rescue Crews from
Hightstown Engine Co #1 at the "scene" of a Motor Vehicle Crash 

 

East Windsor Rescue Squads #1 and #2 EMT's work with
Hightstown Engine Co #1 firefighters at an MVA with multiple
victims trapped.

All of the EMT's and firefighters in the photos above are volunteers in East Windsor, NJ and Hightstown, NJ representing the thousands of volunteer Rescue Squads and Fire Depts throughout the nation.

Learn more about these emergency volunteers and their Depts at:

East Windsor Rescue Squad #1

East Windsor Rescue Squad #2

Hightstown Engine Company #1

Thanks to Cindy Rashkin, Fire Photographer for Plainsboro Fire Dept in Plainsboro, NJ

Thanks to all EMT's and firefighters whether in t-shirts or bunker gear for their gifts of care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.