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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 Room Technician”

Comfort and reassure patients.
Perform emergency diagnostic and treatment procedures, such as stomach suction, airway management, or heart monitoring, during ambulance ride.
Immobilize patient for placement on stretcher and ambulance transport, using backboard or other spinal immobilization device.
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.
Maintain vehicles and medical and communication equipment and replenish first aid equipment and supplies.
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.
Coordinate work with other emergency medical team members or police or fire department personnel.
Attend training classes to maintain certification licensure, keep abreast of new developments in the field, or maintain existing knowledge.
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.
Communicate with dispatchers or treatment center personnel to provide information about situation, to arrange reception of victims, or to receive instructions for further treatment.
Administer first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings.
Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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