Ambulance Driver speculates about Jesus’ career as an EMT:
Personally, I think Jesus was the first EMT. Case in point:
“And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.” – Matthew 4:23
Note that it says nothing about people bringing the sick to Jesus. Jesus went out among the people, healing the sick. Since biblical historians pretty much agree that Jesus was a carpenter, not a doctor making house calls, I’d posit that EMS was his part-time, volunteer gig. Aside from being the bartender and caterer that everyone wanted for their wedding, that is.
Plus, Jesus had the first field resuscitation. Although his response time sucked, he obviously had the medic chops to get the save, even with a 48 hour down time for the patient in question – all before the invention of CPR or defibrillators, no less.
I think that’s pushing it. He was obviously a rural family doctor. As they didn’t have OHIP at the time, he had to freelance with his carpentry.