Advanced Care Paramedic

Responsibilities:

• Driving the ambulance and/or other emergency vehicles.
• Responding to emergency calls and radio transmissions.
• Assessing patients on the scene and making preliminary diagnoses.
• Providing emergency medical treatment, including administering medication, pain relief, intravenous infusions, and dressing wounds/injuries.
• Employing specialist equipment, such as ventilators and defibrillators, when needed.
• Transporting patients to the emergency department of healthcare facilities, such as hospitals.
• Monitoring and tending to patients while in transit.
• Communicating with medical staff at healthcare facilities in order to provide patient information, including medical condition and treatment plan.
• Writing and submitting accurate incident and patient reports.
• Cleaning the ambulance/emergency vehicle and maintaining medical equipment.