Will “Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

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

Also Known As…

• Paramedic
• Multi Care Technician (Multi Care Tech)
• Flight Paramedic
• First Responder
• EMT/Dispatcher (Emergency Medical Technician/Dispatcher)
• EMT, Paramedic (Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic)
• EMT Intermediate (Emergency Medical Technician, Intermediate)
• Emergency Medical Technician/Driver (EMT/DRIVER)
• Emergency Medical Technician, Basic (EMT, B)
• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
• Rescue Worker
• Medical Technician
• Healthcare Specialist
• Full-time Paramedic
• EMT/Paramedic (Emergency Medical Technician/Paramedic)
• EMT-P
• EMT-I/99
• EMT-I/85
• Emergency Room Technician
• Emergency Department Technician (ED Technician)
• Ambulance Driver-Paramedic

Tasks for “Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

• HyperTox
• Palmtree Pocket EKG
• Iterum eMedic
• Microsoft Word
• Palmtree EMS Field Reference Guide
• Microsoft Office
• Medical Wizards ER Suite
• MEDITECH software
• PEPID EMS
• Microsoft Excel
• Medical Wizards Paramedics ToolBox
• TechOnSoftware HazMatCE Pro
• Mosby's Drug Consult
• Skyscape Rosen and Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult
• Skyscape
• Medical Wizards ER & ICU ToolBox
• MedDataSolutions Regist*r
• Epocrates
• Informed EMS Field Guide