Paramedic

Overview

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES - This is paraprofessional, entry-level Paramedic work, providing basic and advanced life support, and transporting sick and injured patients. Work involves driving to and from the scene, providing patient care as directed by a paramedic and within the medical protocols and standards established by the EMS Medical Director, documenting activities, and providing other assistance as needed.

• Checks vehicle for supplies and equipment. Maintains inventory control. Advises paramedic and/or EMT partner and logistics personnel of equipment and supplies needed.
• Maintains vehicle in full operational readiness in compliance with state and division standards, insuring supplies, cleanliness, and preventive maintenance.
• Assists in maintaining ambulance in efficient operating condition. Cleans the ambulance after each emergency call. Conducts medical inventory and inspection of supplies. Restocks the emergency vehicle with regard to supplies and equipment.
• Receives dispatch instructions by radio or telephone. Communicates over radio and telephone with dispatch operations, hospital staff, and representatives of other public safety organizations.
• Operates an ambulance expeditiously and safely through traffic in accordance with defensive driving techniques and various weather conditions. Adheres to traffic regulations governing emergency vehicle operation. Drives the emergency vehicle to and from accident scenes and hospitals.
• Assists paramedics and EMTs in establishing priority for emergency care; initiates basic and advanced life support procedures according to established standing orders and medical protocols.
• Follows and performs work consistent with Standard Operating Guidelines, standing orders and medical protocols.
• Communicates effectively with patients, family members, bystanders, team members, public safety staff, first responders, dispatchers, and radio operators.
• Assesses patient condition. Administers a variety of basic life support medical treatments accurately and as rapidly as possible, using techniques such as patient assessment, CPR, splinting, obstetrical assistance, bandaging, administration of oxygen, and other techniques described in the Paramedic Training Course curriculum. Uses other techniques which have been approved and are performed under conditions specified by rules of the Florida Department of Health.
  
  Administers a variety of advanced life support medical treatment through the use of techniques such as endotracheal intubation, the administration of drugs or intravenous fluids, telemetry, cardiac monitoring, and cardiac defibrillation.
• Administers emergency care while transporting patient in ambulance. Assists EMT and/or paramedic in delivering patient to emergency room.
• Completes required forms and reports, documenting patient care and other matters as required.
• Attends seminars, workshops and training sessions as required.
• Provides for the security of controlled substances and witnesses the proper disposal of controlled substances.
• When assigned, provides facility to facility transports, both locally and outside of Leon County, Florida.

• Assists with community events such as educating the public on injury prevention, bicycle safety, car seat safety, emergency medical procedures and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
• Performs miscellaneous duties and administrative tasks such as facility cleaning, general housekeeping, and scheduling maintenance.
• May be required to be on twenty-four hour call and/or regularly work on various shifts, weekends, and/or holidays as deemed necessary.
• In the event of a declared state of emergency, employees in this classification may be called to work during days or hours other than those for which they are regularly scheduled.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Independent judgment is required in the application of medical services in accordance to established standards. Employee must apply principles of emergency medicine and common sense understanding to carry out detailed and involved written or oral instructions. Employee must comprehend and interpret information received and observed.

Supervision Received - Duties range from defined to somewhat defined and involves judgment and the application of established standards. Supervised by Charge Paramedic.

Supervision Of Others - None.

Work requires interaction with the sick and injured, medical staff, and public safety staff.

Rescue vehicle, stretcher, and medical equipment.

Work is performed indoors and outdoors. Work environmental factors include exposure to adverse weather conditions including rain, heat, cold, wind, et cetera. May work in conditions of poor lighting and high levels of noise. May be exposed to moving mechanical parts. Work involves risk of infection or contamination from injured people, hostile/violent…