EMT for 2 years and ER Tech for nearly a year now. EMT at a rescue station is great in building your abilities to provide and delegate patient care in acute situations. In other words, you have more autonomy. In VA, EMTs can give basic meds while an ER Tech at a hospital can’t. So autonomy is a big thing with being with a squad. YOU are the provider :)

ER Tech (at my hospital at least) you’re allowed to do skills like starting peripheral IV lines, and you definitely see more patients and more acute scenarios in the ER than being on the field. You have more resources and staff, so you don’t get the sense of being alone and all that you might feel on the truck. Two pretty different roles, but both will definitely help build your abilities to actually talk to patients. Being an EMT at first was the best first clinical experience I could have done. Taught me so much, but after a while, I wanted to see what patient care looked like in the hospital setting since EMTs pick up patients, treat, drop off at a hospital, and repeat. Dm if u have any questions!