EMT Basic - Full Time

Pafford•Meridian, MS

1d•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 to reduce morbidity and mortality. The role involves patient care, documentation, communication with physicians, transporting patients, operating emergency vehicles safely, maintaining equipment, and assisting with technical rescues. Additional duties include vehicle and living quarter maintenance, record keeping, and other assigned tasks. The work is performed under the general supervision of a supervisor who assigns shifts and scope of work. The incumbent must exercise judgment in applying guidelines and procedures, with work evaluated based on feedback from patients, medical staff, and others.

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.
Ability to perform technical medical skills with a high degree of accuracy.
Ability to understand and effectively deal with emotional and medical needs of victims of injuries, acute illnesses, or psychological emergencies.
Ability to maintain a professional and objective approach to the care of ill or injured persons.
Ability to learn new concepts in rescue and medical skills and techniques and in pre-hospital care.
Ability to perform a variety of limited mechanical work involved in the use, testing and maintenance of rescue and medical equipment.
Ability to direct the work of, and teach other personnel.
Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions and orders.
Ability to maintain a professional attitude when representing the Company.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, assisting agencies, hospital personnel, and the general public.
Ability to drive and operate emergency ambulance units.
Ability to author reports with narrative and numeric information.
Must maintain a high degree of academic and practical knowledge in emergency medicine.
Must 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.
Must be able to operate emergency medical vehicles.
Must be able to move medical equipment and extract injured persons from a wide variety of situations.
Must be able to 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.
Must be able to see, hear, and communicate with the injured party to perform a physical assessment.
Must wear Company issued uniforms while on duty.
Responsible for the maintenance and cleaning of uniforms, as well as all issued equipment.
Required to carry a Company issued pager/radio at all times in order to receive immediate notification of an assignment.

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.