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Job Description

Assess injuries, administer emergency medical care, and extricate trapped individuals. Transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2041.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 36,110.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 17.00
Currently, there are 244,960 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics”.

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Tasks for “Emergency Medical Technician, Basic (EMT, B)”

Attend training classes to maintain certification licensure, keep abreast of new developments in the field, or maintain existing knowledge.
Maintain vehicles and medical and communication equipment and replenish first aid equipment and supplies.
Coordinate work with other emergency medical team members or police or fire department personnel.
Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.
Communicate with dispatchers or treatment center personnel to provide information about situation, to arrange reception of victims, or to receive instructions for further treatment.
Comfort and reassure patients.
Immobilize patient for placement on stretcher and ambulance transport, using backboard or other spinal immobilization device.
Administer first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings.
Coordinate with treatment center personnel to obtain patients' vital statistics and medical history, to determine the circumstances of the emergency, and to administer emergency treatment.
Observe, record, and report to physician the patient's condition or injury, the treatment provided, and reactions to drugs or treatment.
Drive mobile intensive care unit to specified location, following instructions from emergency medical dispatcher.
Perform emergency diagnostic and treatment procedures, such as stomach suction, airway management, or heart monitoring, during ambulance ride.
Decontaminate ambulance interior following treatment of patient with infectious disease and report case to proper authorities.
Administer drugs, orally or by injection, or perform intravenous procedures under a physician's direction.
Operate equipment, such as electrocardiograms (EKGs), external defibrillators, or bag valve mask resuscitators, in advanced life support environments.

Related Technology & Tools

Battery-powered portable suction units
Long arm boards
Meconium aspirators
Notebook computers
Fixed-suction equipment
Nebulizers
Portable cardiac monitors
Emergency medical services cervical collars
Curved pediatric blades
Esophageal tracheal airway devices
Endotracheal ET tube holddown devices
Splints
Transtracheal jet insufflators
Child oxygen masks
Wall-mounted oxygen regulators
Medical anti-shock trousers MAST
External pacers
Catheters
Endotracheal ET tubes
Glucometers
Traction splints
Intravenous IV pumps
Spinal immobilization equipment
Infant oxygen masks
Obstetrical OB kits
Pry bars
Tourniquets
Syringes
Needles
Oximeters
Vial access cannulas
Two way radios
Scalpels
Sledgehammers
Straitjacket
Oxygen nasal cannulae
Saline locks
Chock blocks
Stretchers
Medical suction catheters
Bag valve mask BVM resuscitators
Pleural decompression kits
Head immobilization devices
Intravenous IV pressure infusers
Triage tags
Blood pressure recorders
Airway suction units
Curved adult blades
Straight adult blades
Lower extremity traction devices with ankle hitches
Short arm boards
Personal digital assistants PDA
Resuscitation devices
Patient restraints
Intravenous IV cannulas
Adult stylets
Straight pediatric blades
Vacutainer adapters
Rigid splints
Cricothyrotomy kits
Infusion sets
Venoject needles
Restraint belts
Valve mask resuscitators
Laryngoscopes
Epi-pens
Telemetry units
Preload syringes
Pneumatic anti-shock garments PASG
Stair chairs
Electrocardiography EKG units
Scalp vein needles
Ambulances
Full-spine immobilization devices
Center punches/glass hammers
Blood tubes
Suction tubing
Half-spine immobilization devices
Pocket masks with one-way valves
Adult non-rebreather oxygen masks
Bulletproof vests
Hacksaws
Portable oxygen equipment
Cardboard splints
Patient CO2 monitors
Nasopharyngeal airways
Monitors
Adult Magill forceps
Multi-level wheeled cots
Mechanical stethoscopes
Semiautomated or automatic external defibrillators AED
Interlink syringe cannulas
Extrication devices
Ring cutters
Oropharyngeal airways
Limb restraints
Bulb syringes
Intraosseous kits
Desktop computers
Fixed-oxygen equipment
Esophageal intubation detection devices

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