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L50B Emergency Medical Technician (Paramedic)

Current service use not established

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

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Overview

An emergency medical technician paramedic provides advanced emergency care and transportation for critical and emergent patients as part of an EMS response team under medical oversight. The paramedic delivers Advanced Life Support, Basic Life Support, Prehospital Trauma Life Support, and Tier IV Tactical Combat Casualty Care using basic and advanced ambulance equipment, approved protocol medications, and patient movement techniques.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Tier IV tactical combat casualty care
  • Protocol-approved emergency medication administration
  • EMS care with reach-back medical oversight
  • Emergency patient handling and movement

Civilian Career Paths

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Paramedics

L50B experience providing prehospital advanced life support, protocol-approved medications, and patient transport directly overlaps civilian paramedic work.

How to prepare: Ask your destination state's EMS office to review your current credentials and training for paramedic practice authorization. National Registry certification alone does not authorize practice.

What the civilian work involves
  • Administer drugs, orally or by injection, or perform intravenous procedures.
  • Administer first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings.
  • Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • MEDITECH software

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC L50B

    [1] NEC entry "L50B - Emergency Medical Technician (Paramedic)"; cached text line 8219; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Tier IV tactical combat casualty care, Protocol-approved emergency medication administration, EMS care with reach-back medical oversight, Emergency patient handling and movement, Paramedics (O*NET 29-2043.00)

  2. O*NET: Paramedics

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Paramedics (O*NET 29-2043.00)

  3. National Registry : Legal Differences Between Certification and Licensure

    [3] What if my state certifies, not licenses, EMS professionals?

    Supports: Paramedics (O*NET 29-2043.00)

Defense contractor jobs for L50B

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