Paramedic (Remote Area Clinic / Industrial Clinic)

Overview

Paramedic (Remote Area Clinic / Industrial Clinic)

About the job Paramedic (Remote Area Clinic / Industrial Clinic)

Job Overview

A Paramedic EMT is the junior member of a two-person ambulance crew and supports the doctor or nurse medic. A Paramedic EMT is typically one of the first healthcare professionals to arrive at the scene of an emergency.

• Driving and staffing ambulances and other emergency vehicles
• Conducting daily shift vehicle and medical stock audits
• Keeping an accurate record in the ambulance log book
• Keeping the vehicles in a clean and roadworthy condition
• Responding to emergency calls
• Assists in stabilizing and assessing patients
• Providing emergency treatment; monitoring, assists in providing pain relief and intravenous infusions
• Dressing wounds / injuries
• Using specialist equipment including AEDs and defibrillators
• Transporting patients to hospital and continuing to assist in providing treatment while in transit
• Communicating effectively with patients and their relatives / friends
• Teaching and training members of the public to use first aid
• Maintaining a clean driving license with no traffic violations

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