Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics
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| Assess injuries, administer emergency medical care, and extricate trapped individuals. Transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.
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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.
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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.
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Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.
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- 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.
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$25,450.00/year
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$28,250.00/year
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1. Problem Sensitivity
2. Oral Expression
3. Static Strength
4. Deductive Reasoning
5. Oral Comprehension
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1. Assisting and Caring for Others
2. Updating & Using Job-Relevant Knowledge
3. Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
4. Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
5. Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
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1. Coordination
2. Service Orientation
3. Problem Identification
4. Judgment and Decision Making
5. Active Listening
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1. Consequence of Error
2. Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
3. Job-Required Social Interaction
4. Responsible for Others' Health & Safety
5. Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
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