EMT BASIC - Full Time

Pafford EMS•Tupelo, MS

22d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time position for an EMT Basic responsible for recognizing and understanding medical emergencies, performing physical examinations, and providing emergency therapy for the preservation of life. The role involves dealing with the medical and emotional needs of patients, ensuring quality patient care as established by the Company, and maintaining effective communication with physicians. Responsibilities include filing reports, operating emergency vehicles safely, cleaning and maintaining equipment, and assisting in technical rescues. Additional duties may include vehicle and living quarters maintenance, record keeping, and other related tasks as assigned. The work is performed under the general scope of assignments made by a supervisor, requiring judgment in applying guidelines and adherence to procedures, policies, and medical orders.

Requirements

Must possess and maintain EMT / EMT-B certification.
Must possess and maintain CPR for the Health Care Provider certification.
Good knowledge of the street systems, addresses and physical layout of the area.
Good knowledge of the rescue equipment and the emergency medical equipment used in Advanced Life Support.
Perform technical medical skills with a high degree of accuracy.
Understand and effectively deal with emotional and medical needs of victims of injuries, acute illnesses, or psychological emergencies.
Maintain a professional and objective approach to the care of ill or injured persons.
Learn new concepts in rescue and medical skills and techniques and in pre-hospital care.
Perform a variety of limited mechanical work involved in the use, testing and maintenance of rescue and medical equipment.
Direct the work of, and teach other personnel.
Understand and follow oral and written instructions and orders.
Maintain a professional attitude when representing the Company.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, assisting agencies, hospital personnel, and the general public.
Drive and operate emergency ambulance units.
Author reports with narrative and numeric information.
Maintain a high degree of academic and practical knowledge in emergency medicine.
Attend sufficient continuing education classes, courses, and seminars both on and off duty to maintain annual certification, as required by the state in which you will be working.
Operate emergency medical vehicles.
Move medical equipment.
Extract injured persons from a wide variety of situations (vehicular, industrial and residential accidents, injuries or illness).
Carry or help carry someone from the site of the injury to the mode of transportation (vehicle/helicopter) and attend the injured party to the hospital.
See, hear, and communicate with the injured party to perform a physical assessment.
Wear Company issued uniforms while on duty.
Responsible for the maintenance and cleaning of uniforms.
Responsible for the maintenance and cleaning of all issued equipment.
Carry a Company issued pager/radio at all times.

Responsibilities

Recognizes and understands a medical emergency and makes reasonable and acceptable differential diagnosis.
Performs physical examinations.
Understands and anticipates potentially life-threatening presentation of non-cardiac emergencies and institutes appropriate emergency therapy where essential for the preservation of life.
Deals with medical and emotional needs of any victim of acute illness or injury with the goal of reducing morbidity and mortality.
Responsible for quality patient-care as established by the Company.
Files standardized reports of patient information and care for the use of receiving hospital and administration, including nature of request for aid, pertinent past history, therapy provided diagnosis, disposition and sufficient patient information for billing purposes.
Maintains effective communication with physician on duty at hospital to relate patient condition and obtain orders for treatment.
Follows standard written protocols when a physician cannot be contacted.
Transports the ill and injured to institutions of medical care.
Operates emergency vehicles in a safe manner under all conditions.
Cleans and maintains equipment.
Properly completes patient statistics and medical information forms for administrative use.
Assists technical rescues in removing victims from varied terrain and circumstances.
Follows standard operating policies and procedures as developed and directed by the Company.
Cleans and maintains (minor maintenance) vehicles.
Cleans and maintains living quarters.
Maintains records of vehicles, supplies, training and daily work.
Performs other related duties as assigned.