Paramedic - Night shift

About the role

Provides emergency patient care on an Advanced Life Support (ALS) level to decrease loss of life and ease pain and suffering. Responds to emergency calls and renders appropriate care with 100% compliance and accuracy as directed, needed, or necessary.

Responsibilities

• Obtain and monitor vital signs for detrimental trends
• Administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Initiate airway care and oxygen therapy via the most appropriate delivery device
• Perform appropriate control of external hemorrhage and apply bandaging
• Stabilize and immobilize a suspected fracture
• Attend to an emergency childbirth situation
• Perform an emergency rescue when indicated
• Respond to a call promptly, without hesitation and in compliance with the PA Motor Vehicle Code
• Initiate intravenous therapy in a peripheral vein and obtain a blood sample for analysis
• Provide pulmonary ventilation by oral or nasal endotracheal intubation
• Prepare and administer an approved medication via IV, IM, SL, SQ, or ETT
• Monitor and interpret cardiac activity via a monitor
• Perform emergency cardioversion/defibrillation
• Perform external transthoracic pacing
• Perform an emergency cricothyrotomy or needle decompression; perform another skill as directed by Medical Command