EMT Advanced

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

Provide Advanced Life Support including medical evaluation, treatment, and stabilization of the critically ill and injured; respond to emergency rescue situations involving potential loss of life or bodily injury; maintain control, manage and direct patient care at the scene of a pre‑hospital emergency; provide training and instruction to lesser trained personnel; perform other duties as required.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB:

• Provides and directs fast, efficient Advanced Life Support to the ill and injured utilizing all basic and advanced abilities and techniques, including but not limited to the placement of peripheral and intra‑osseous lines, supra‑glottic airways, endotracheal intubations, fluid and drug therapy, and AED use including defibrillation.
• Recognizes and understands a medical emergency and makes reasonable and acceptable differential diagnosis.
• Performs critical physical examinations.
• Understands and anticipates the pharmacological treatment of critically ill and injured patients.
• Understands and anticipates potentially life‑threatening presentation of non‑cardiac emergencies and institutes appropriate emergency therapy where essential for the preservation of life.
• Deals with medical and emotional needs of any victim of acute injury or illness with the goal of reducing mortality and morbidity.
• Responsible for managing and directing all first responders at the scene of a medical emergency.
• Responsible for quality patient‑care as established by the Company.
• Issues standardized reports of patient information and care for the receiver.
• Maintains effective communication with physicians on duty at the hospital to relate patient condition and obtain orders for transport.
• Follows standard written protocols when a physician cannot be contacted.
• Transports the ill and injured to institutions of medical care.
• Operates emergency vehicles in a safe manner under all conditions.
• Maintains and cleans equipment.
• Properly completes patient statistics and medical information forms for administrative use.
• Performs technical rescues in removing victims from varied terrain and circumstances.
• Follows standard operating policies and procedures as developed and directed by the Company.

ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED:

• Cleans and maintains vehicles.
• Cleans and maintains living quarters.
• Maintains records of vehicles, supplies, training and daily work.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must possess and maintain AEMT or EMT‑Intermediate Licensure.
• CPR for Health Care Provider.
• Good knowledge of street systems, addresses and physical layout of the area, and of rescue equipment and the emergency medical equipment used in Advanced Life Support.
• Good ability to perform technical medical skills with a high degree of accuracy.
• Understand and effectively deal with emotional and medical needs of victims of injuries, acute illnesses, or psychological emergencies.
• Maintain a professional and objective approach to the care of ill or injured persons.
• Learn new concepts in rescue and medical skills and techniques and in pre‑hospital care.
• Perform a variety of limited mechanical work involved in the use, testing and maintenance of rescue and medical equipment.
• Direct the work of and teach other personnel.
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions and orders.
• Maintain a professional attitude when representing the Company.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, assisting agencies, hospital personnel and the general public.
• Drive and operate emergency ambulance units.
• Author reports with narrative and numeric information.
• Maintain a high degree of academic and practical knowledge in emergency medicine and attend required continuing education, classes, courses and seminars both on and off duty to maintain annual certification as required by state.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

The work requires the incumbent to operate emergency medical vehicles, move medical equipment and extract injured persons from a wide variety of situations. The work may involve vehicular, industrial and residential accidents, injuries or illnesses and can occur anywhere in the coverage area. The incumbent must be able to carry or help carry a person from the site of the injury to the mode of transportation (vehicle or helicopter) and attend the injured party to the hospital. To perform a physical assessment of the injured party, the incumbent must see, hear, and communicate with the injured party.

PLEASE NOTE:

Pafford Emergency Medical Services reserves the right, at the discretion of the appropriate appointing authority, to waive any of the minimum qualifications for those applicants whose general or specific qualifications would otherwise qualify the applicant for the position or lead the appointing authority to believe that the applicant is capable of performing the assigned duties and fulfilling the assigned responsibilities.