FIREFIGHTER (PARAMEDIC)

Duties

You will administer medications and solutions orally or intravenously under the direction of standing orders or of an off-site physician.

You will interpret an electrocardiogram (EKG) for a patient with an unstable heartbeat to determine future medical treatment.

You will provide invasive airway procedures (e.g., needle or surgical cricothyrotomy, pleural decompression, endotracheal intubation, nasal intubation).

You will enter confined spaces to perform patient care, rescue and recovery.

You will extract a trapped patient to prevent further harm during removal.