3. Responding to 911 calls for emergency
medical assistance, such as cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR), bandaging a wound, or
administering oxygen.
Assessing a patient’s condition, taking vital
signs and determining a course of treatment.
Using backboards and restraints to keep
patients still and safe in an ambulance for
transport.
Helping transfer patients to the emergency
department of a healthcare facility and
reporting their observations and treatments to
the staff.
Maintaining composure in critical and
stressful situations.
4. Detection: Understanding the
problem, identifying the
dangers, ensure safety.
Transfer to Definitive
Reporting: The call for
Care: Appropriate
professional help is
specialized care is
made.
provided at the hospital.
Care in Transit: Patient Response: The first
is transported to hospital rescuers provide care to
by ambulance while the extent of their
treatment is continued. abilities.
On Scene Care: EMS
personnel arrive and provide
immediate care.
5. EMTs experience a much larger than average number of work-related injuries or
illnesses. They are required to do considerable kneeling, bending, and lifting while
caring for and moving patients.
They may be exposed to contagious diseases, such as hepatitis B and HIV.
Sometimes they can be injured by mentally unstable or combative patients.
During a 24 hour shift, its not unusual to work straight through without much food or
sleep.
6.
7. National
Registry Exam
100 hours of
EMT
didactic
Certificate of
Completion
10 hours of
clinical
Certifications Needed
State EMT License Driver License
CPR Card Ambulance Driver Permit
Medical Examiner’s State Ambulance Driver
Certificate Certificate
8. AMBULANCE COMPANY EMERGENCY ROOM
You can work alongside nurses and You can work alongside the Fire
doctors. Department assisting with 911
Under supervision, you may be able calls.
to perform certain treatments You transport patients to the
outside of your scope of practice. hospital, and transport patients
More hands on with advanced care. back home.
You transport patients to medical
appointments such as dialysis.
9. Chart Title
$53,000
60000
$30,700
40000
$25.50
$19,900 ER Technician
20000 $14.77
Interfacility Transport
$9.56
911 Companies
0
Salary Hourly
Wage
911 Companies Interfacility Transport ER Technician
10. Employment for EMTs is expected to grow faster than the average
for all occupations through 2016. Job prospects should be
good, particularly in cities and private ambulance services.
Full-time paid EMTs will be needed to replace unpaid volunteers
due to the training and large time commitment.
Demand will increase for EMTs due to the aging population of the
baby boom generation.
Many job openings will arise from growth and from the need to
replace workers who leave the occupation because of the limited
potential for advancement.
11. -The National Association of State EMS Officials is the lead
national organization for EMS, a respected voice for national
EMS policy with comprehensive concern and commitment for
the development of effective, integrated, community-
based, universal and consistent EMS systems.
-To serve as the National EMS Certification organization by
providing a valid, uniform process to assess the knowledge
and skills required for competent practice by EMS
professionals throughout their careers and by maintaining a
registry of certification status.
-The National Association of Emergency Medical
Technicians represent and serve EMS
practitioners, including paramedics, emergency medical
technicians and emergency medical responders, through
advocacy, educational programs and research.
12. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational
Outlook Handbook, 2012-13 Edition, EMTs and Paramedics, on the
Internet at http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/emts-and-paramedics.htm
CareerOneStop. Occupation Profile: EMTs and Paramedics. 2011.
http://www.careerinfonet.org/occ_rep.asp?optstatus=011000000&soccode
=292041&id=1&nodeid=2&stfips=06&search=Go
O*Net OnLine. Summary Report for: EMTs and Paramedics. 2011.
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/29-2041.00
EMS1.com. EMS 101: 5 important EMT responsibilities. 8 November 2011.
http://www.ems1.com/careers/articles/1178726-5-important-EMT-
responsibilities/
Wikipedia. "Star of Life." 26 September 2012. Wikipedia: The Free
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