Emergency Medical Technicians

Does not pass

• Administer first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings.

  physical work, outside the screen · 8.3% of the role's time · $640M

• Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.

  physical work, outside the screen · 8.3% of the role's time · $640M

• Attend training classes to maintain certification licensure, keep abreast of new developments in the field, or maintain existing knowledge.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked · 8.3% of the role's time · $640M

• Comfort and reassure patients.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 8.3% of the role's time · $640M · waiting on a check

• Communicate with dispatchers or treatment center personnel to provide information about situation, to arrange reception of survivors, or to receive instructions for further treatment.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 8.3% of the role's time · $640M

• Coordinate work with other emergency medical team members or police or fire department personnel.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 8.3% of the role's time · $640M

• Decontaminate ambulance interior following treatment of patient with infectious disease, and report case to proper authorities.

  physical work, outside the screen · 8.3% of the role's time · $640M

• Drive mobile intensive care unit to specified location, following instructions from emergency medical dispatcher.

  physical work, outside the screen · 8.3% of the role's time · $640M

• Immobilize patient for placement on stretcher and ambulance transport, using backboard or other spinal immobilization device.

  physical work, outside the screen · 8.3% of the role's time · $640M

• Maintain vehicles and medical and communication equipment, and replenish first aid equipment and supplies.

  physical work, outside the screen · 8.3% of the role's time · $640M

• Observe, record, and report to physician the patient's condition or injury, the treatment provided, and reactions to drugs or treatment.

  physical work, outside the screen · 8.3% of the role's time · $640M

• Perform emergency diagnostic and treatment procedures, such as stomach suction, airway management, or heart monitoring, during ambulance ride.

  physical work, outside the screen · 8.3% of the role's time · $640M