← Career directory · Transportation and moving things
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians
Gives emergency medical care on the scene and on the way to the hospital.
Read the full guide
EMTs and paramedics answer 911 calls, treat injuries and sudden illness, and keep patients stable on the way to the hospital. Paramedics do more advanced care, such as giving medicines and reading heart monitors. Many also work as firefighters.
Open the paramedic or emt guide
The guide checks the courses against your plan, with things to try each year. Free account needed.
High school courses that build toward it
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.
- Child Development · Career and Technical
Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.
- Psychology · Social Studies
Builds psychology, which this job uses.
- Anatomy and Physiology · Science
Builds health and medicine, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.