Advanced Care Paramedic

Responsibilities:

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