Will “EMS First Responder (Emergency Medical Services First Responder)” be Automated?

Core Skills & Abilities

• Perform minor maintenance on emergency medical services vehicles, such as ambulances.

• Earn and maintain appropriate certifications.

• Replace supplies and disposable items on ambulances.

• Report facts concerning accidents or emergencies to hospital personnel or law enforcement officials.

• Clean and wash rigs, ambulances, or equipment.

• Administer first aid, such as bandaging, splinting, or administering oxygen.

• Place patients on stretchers, and load stretchers into ambulances, usually with assistance from other attendants.

• Restrain or shackle violent patients.

• Drive ambulances or assist ambulance drivers in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons.

• Accompany and assist emergency medical technicians on calls.

• Remove and replace soiled linens or equipment to maintain sanitary conditions.