- 519 E. Lee St. Enterprise, AL 36330
- 334-347-0333
- [email protected]
Paramedic - Enterprise
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PARAMEDIC JOB DESCRIPTION:
- Operates an emergency medical vehicle.
- Lifts, carries, and transports injured, sick or incapacitated persons from residential or accident scenes to medical facilities.
- Provides emergency medical treatment to injured, sick, or incapacitated persons.
- Communicates with professional medical personnel at emergency treatment facilities to obtain instructions regarding treatment and to arrange for reception of victims at medical treatment facilities.
- Obtains information from persons involved, examines victims and determines nature, extent, or magnitude of illness or injury to establish emergency medical procedures to be followed or need for additional assistance.
- Administers prescribed first-aid treatment at site of emergency or in specially equipped vehicles according to established medical protocols.
- Applies splints; administers oxygen or artificial resuscitation; treats and bandages wounds or abrasions; and performs other basic life support procedures.
- Stabilizes, immobilizes, lifts and moves victims from the scene of accident or catastrophe.
- Operates a specially equipped emergency medical vehicle in an assigned geographic area to respond to accidents or catastrophes and to transport injured or ill persons to a medical facility Inspects specially equipped emergency vehicle; cleans equipment to ensure its safe operation; and replenishes medical supplies, fuel, and fluids.
- External Cardiac Pacing
- 4 and 12 lead acquiring and interpreting
- Supraglottic and Endotracheal intubations.
- Nasogastric or Orogastric tube placement
- Needle Decompression
- Peripheral venipuncture (IV).
- Adult and pediatric intraosseous cannulation (IO).
- Administration of medications on the list approved by the State Board of Health for such use in the EMS setting as stated on the Paramedic Medication Formulary. Medications may be administered via the intravenous, intraosseous, intranasal, subcutaneous, intramuscular, oral, sublingual, and rectal routes; and, through inhalers and endotracheal tubes, if approved for such administration by the State Board of Health
- Within the constraints specified in the Office of EMS rules, administration of medications and maintenance of I.V. fluids for inter-hospital transfer patients
