Assess injuries, administer emergency medical care, and extricate trapped individuals. Transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.

Other names for Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics: Ambulance Driver-Paramedic, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Emergency Medical Technician - Basic (EMT - B), Emergency Medical Technician - Intermediate (EMT - I), Emergency Medical Technician / Driver (EMT/DRIVER), Emergency Medical Technician / Firefighter (EMT / Firefighter), Emergency Room Technician, Emergency Vehicle Operator, EMT/Dispatcher (Emergency Medical Technician/Dispatcher), EMT/Paramedic (Emergency Medical Technician/Paramedic), Fire Fighter / First Responder, Fire Fighter / Paramedic, Fire Fighter First Responder, Firefighter/EMT (Firefighter/Emergency Medical Technician), Firefighter/Paramedic, First Responder, Flight Paramedic, Multi Care Technician (Multi Care Tech), Paramedic, Paramedic Supervisor, Rescue Worker,

• Administer first-aid treatment and life-support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital setting.
• Operate equipment such as electrocardiograms (EKGs), external defibrillators and bag-valve mask resuscitators in advanced life-support environments.
• Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.
• Maintain vehicles and medical and communication equipment, and replenish first-aid equipment and supplies.
• Observe, record, and report to physician the patient's condition or injury, the treatment provided, and reactions to drugs and treatment.
• Perform emergency diagnostic and treatment procedures, such as stomach suction, airway management or heart monitoring, during ambulance ride.
• Administer drugs, orally or by injection, and perform intravenous procedures under a physician's direction.
• Comfort and reassure patients.
• Coordinate work with other emergency medical team members and police and fire department personnel.
• Communicate with dispatchers and treatment center personnel to provide information about situation, to arrange reception of victims, and to receive instructions for further treatment.
• Immobilize patient for placement on stretcher and ambulance transport, using backboard or other spinal immobilization device.
• Decontaminate ambulance interior following treatment of patient with infectious disease and report case to proper authorities.
• Drive mobile intensive care unit 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.

• Glass cutters
• Emergency medical services cervical or extrication collars
• Medical oxygen masks or parts
• Wheel chocks
• Patient carbon dioxide detectors
• Emergency medical services tracheal tube or cricothyrotomy kits
• Laryngoscopes or accessories
• Laryngoscopes or accessories
• Desktop computers
• Electrocardiography EKG units
• Artificial airway holders
• Endotracheal tubes
• Hypodermic injection apparatus or accessories
• Intubation gauges or guides
• Esophageal tubes
• Cardiac pacemaker generators or implantable defibrillators or accessories
• Spine boards
• Medical gas cylinders or related devices
• Emergency medical services suction units or accessories
• Spine boards
• Glucose monitors or meters
• Saws
• Spine boards
• Emergency medical services head immobilizers
• Medical oxygen masks or parts
• Analgesic infusion sets or kits
• Needleless intraveneous injection syringe sets or injection cannulas
• Emergency medical services intravenous IV kits
• Intravenous or arterial cannulas or accessories
• Intravenous infusion pumps for general use
• Laryngoscopes or accessories
• Intubation forceps
• Medical oxygen masks or parts
• Intubation stylets
• Emergency medical services suction units or accessories
• Ambulances
• Resuscitation masks or accessories
• Emergency medical services suction units or accessories
• Blood pressure recording units
• Non vacuum blood collection tubes or containers
• Medical aspiration or irrigation syringes
• Bullet proof vests
• Orthopedic splint systems
• Peripheral intravenous catheters for general use
• Extremity restraints
• Intravenous or arterial arm boards
• Traction splint sets
• Respiratory aspirator products or accessories
• Anti shock garments
• Medical suction cannulas or tubes or accessories
• Transport or mobile multiparameter vital sign units or accessories
• Emergency response litters or stretchers or accessories
• Nasopharyngeal tubes
• Nebulizers or accessories
• Hypodermic needles
• Notebook computers
• Emergency medical services obstetrics kits
• Pharyngeal airways
• Pulse oximeter units
• Medical nasal cannulae
• Patient stabilization or fall prevention devices or accessories
• Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
• Pleural cavity drainage unit or accessories
• Anti shock garments
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR protective shields or masks
• Cardiac output CO monitoring units or accessories
• Medical gas cylinders or related devices
• Hypodermic injection apparatus or accessories
• Intravenous infusion pumps for general use
• Pry bars
• Torso and belt restraints
• Emergency resuscitator or aspirator kits
• Orthopedic splint systems
• Finger ring removers
• Intravenous or arterial tubing adapters or connectors or locks or caps or protectors
• Butterfly needles
• Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines or accessories
• Automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles
• Intravenous or arterial arm boards
• Hammers
• Spine boards
• Orthopedic splint systems
• Emergency response litters or stretchers or accessories
• Mechanical stethoscopes or accessories
• Laryngoscopes or accessories
• Laryngoscopes or accessories
• Restraint vests and jackets
• Emergency response litters or stretchers or accessories
• Suction tube or tubing
• Hypodermic injection apparatus or accessories
• Electrocardiography EKG transmitter or telemetry or accessories
• Emergency medical services tourniquets or clamps
• Traction splint sets
• Oxygen insufflator or its accessories
• Emergency medical services triage tags
• Two way radios
• Needleless vial or bag withdrawal cannulas or adapters or decanters
• Resuscitation masks or accessories
• Blood collection needles
• Needleless vial or bag withdrawal cannulas or adapters or decanters
• Flow sensors or regulators or components

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