Career Details :: Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics
Description
Assess injuries, administer emergency medical care, and extricate trapped individuals. Transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.
Experience
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.
Education
These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.
Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.
Tasks
- Administers first-aid treatment and life-support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital setting.
- Monitors patient's condition, using electrocardiograph.
- Assists treatment center personnel to obtain and record victim's vital statistics and to administer emergency treatment.
- Communicates with treatment center personnel to arrange reception of victims and to receive instructions for further treatment.
- Maintains vehicles and medical and communication equipment and replenishes first-aid equipment and supplies.
- Drives mobile intensive-care unit to specified location, following instructions from emergency medical dispatcher.
- Assists treatment center personnel to obtain information relating to circumstances of emergency.
- Observes, records, and reports patient's condition and reactions to drugs and treatment to physician.
- Assists in removal and transport of victims to treatment center.
- Assesses nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.
Related Careers
- Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians
- Chiropractors
- Dentists, General
- Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants
- Radiation Therapists
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Assisting and Caring for Others
- Updating & Using Job-Relevant Knowledge
- Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Important Skills
- Coordination
- Service Orientation
- Problem Identification
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Active Listening
Frequent Work Context
- Consequence of Error
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Job-Required Social Interaction
- Responsible for Others' Health & Safety
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
Related Majors
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| Emergency Medical Services Management | [ add ] |
| Emergency Medicine | [ add ] |
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