"EMT-Basic" or write it out, "Emergency Medical Technician-Basic"?

[rosiepoo_unowho]

Hello All,

 

I'm so thankful for this forum, what a great resource as I work through CASPA.

 

My first question is, when filling out secondaries or my experience descriptions, should I use the abbreviated "EMT-Basic" or write the position out entirely, "Emergency Medical Technician-Basic"?

 

The same question would go for CNA, PA, MA, etc... should I just avoid abbreviating any of these anywhere in the application?

 

Thanks much!

[Guest HanSolo]

Best practice is to write it out fully once with the abbreviation in parentheses after, then just say the abbreviation from then on. However, if you're working against a short word or character count, no need to write out the whole thing. I wouldn't even add "basic." NREMT phased that out. It's just EMT now. 

[rosiepoo_unowho]

Best practice is to write it out fully once with the abbreviation in parentheses after, then just say the abbreviation from then on. However, if you're working against a short word or character count, no need to write out the whole thing. I wouldn't even add "basic." NREMT phased that out. It's just EMT now. 

Awesome, I will go ahead write it out fully once with the abbreviation in parentheses after, and just "EMT" from then on. Thanks so much.

[rev ronin]

Meh.  Everyone reading your application should know what an EMT is.  I'm not sure it makes a difference.

[Allegro]

^ This. Unless you have some very obscure abbreviation that requires explanation, your ADCOMs know what a CNA, EMT, etc stand for.