Emt B Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Completion of a State of Kansas approved Emergency Medical Technician – Basic Training course
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information and questions from residents, family members, medical staff, and other employees and the general public.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Current Kansas approved EMT certification
• Current Kansas Driver’s license

Nice To Haves

• Current Kansas approved ACLS and PALS certification

Responsibilities

• Administer first-aid treatment and life-support care to sick or injured persons in pre-hospital setting.
• Perform emergency diagnostic and treatment procedures, such as airway management or heart monitoring, during ambulance ride.
• Observe, record, and report to physician the patient's condition or injury, the treatment provided, and reactions to drugs and treatment.
• Immobilize patient for placement on stretcher and ambulance transport, using backboard or another immobilization device.
• Maintain vehicles and medical and communication equipment, and replenish first-aid equipment and supplies.
• Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.
• Communicate with dispatchers and treatment center personnel to provide information about situation, to arrange reception of victims, and to receive instructions for further treatment.
• Comfort and reassure patients.
• Decontaminate ambulance interior following treatment of patient with infectious disease and report case to proper authorities.
• Operate equipment such as electrocardiograms (EKGs), external defibrillators and bag-valve mask resuscitators in basic life-support environments.
• Drive ambulances to specified location, following instructions from emergency medical dispatcher.
• Coordinate with treatment center personnel to obtain patients vital statistics and medical history, to determine the circumstances of the emergency, and to administer emergency treatment.
• Coordinate work with other emergency medical team members and police and fire department personnel.
• Attend training classes to maintain certification licensure, keep abreast of new developments in the field, or maintain existing knowledge.
• Follow the CHS Code of Conduct and work within the personnel and department-based policies.