Basic E.M.T - PRN

Responsibilities

• Operates emergency services in response to requests for emergency service within the designed coverage area and comply with all states and local laws governing the operation of emergency vehicles.
• Ensures that the emergency vehicles are clean, organized, properly maintained, and appropriately stocked with medical supplies necessary to respond to emergency situations.
• Responds to requests from emergency services and establishes and maintains two-way communication with Emergency Service personnel in route to the emergency scene and returning to the Emergency Department, communicating to department staff estimated arrival times and patient vital statistics.
• Assess the emergency scene once on site and evaluate and stabilize ill or injured patients within the scope of parameters established by state law.
• Performs emergency vehicle extractions and disentanglement as needed.
• Assess the patients’ medical condition, obtain a medical history, and communicate that assessment and history to the medical control physician ensuring the understanding of the medical event.
• Provides basic first aid and treatment, take and records patient vital signs, oxygen levels, and other pertinent medical data and information.
• Documents of medical history, vital signs, other pertinent information and assessment findings on appropriate form for inclusion in the patients’ medical record.
• Applies basic sterile and isolation techniques in the treatment of patients and administers IV therapy based on patient condition and as directed by medical control physician.
• Administers drugs and medications consistent with the EMT certification.
• Loads patient into the emergency vehicle once stabilized and transport to the Emergency Department and provides emergency care and treatment while in transit under the direction of a physician.
• Assists in the transportation of patients into and out of the Emergency Department and between various departments in the hospital.
• Assists Emergency Department physicians and nurses as requested in the treatment of patients.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of emergency equipment used in the care of patients.
• Affixes in training new technicians.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.