Paramedic

Hybrid-based
ONET: 29-2043.00

2

Years

49

Skills

1556h

Related instructions

4000h

On-the-job training
Classroom instruction topics
  • Emergency Medical Technician
  • Emergency Vehicle Operator
  • Basic Anatomy & Physiology
  • Paramedic Initial and Clinical
  • Paramedic Clinical
  • Traffic Incident Management
On-the-job training
  • Safety
    • Safely drive an emergency medical vehicle in adverse conditions and according to motor vehicle laws
    • Cleans and sanitizes ambulance and equipment daily, ensures they are in proper and good working order, makes routine adjustments, but reports other than minor defects for specialized attention
  • Maintain medical services vehicle and supplies
    • Inspects and tests ambulances and their emergency equipment, maintaining proper inventory of equipment and supplies
    • Cleans and sanitizes ambulance and equipment daily, ensures they are in proper and good working order, makes routine adjustments, but reports other than minor defects for specialized attention
    • knowledge of equipment and supplies employed in emergency care of patients and accident victims
  • Patient evaluation
    • Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.
    • Observe, record, and report to physician the patient's condition or injury, the treatment provided, and reactions to drugs or treatment.
    • Comfort and reassure patients
  • Records management and communication
    • Accurately record services provided on required forms
    • Knowledge of county geography and locations of roads and streets
    • Respond quickly and calmly in emergncies and stressful situations
    • Maintain confidentiality of patient contact
    • Work with co-workers, law enforcement personnel, fire, medical personnel, patients and the general public
    • Knowledge of intravenous therapy and skill in recognizing adverse conditions
  • Medical emergency for serious and life-threatening clinical situation
    • Establishes an intravenous or intraosseous line in a peripheral vein and administer any intravenous solution approved by the Board of Medical Examiners for use by EMT-Ps.
    • Obtains blood for laboratory analysis
    • Administers parenterally, orally, sublingual, or topically any of the drugs approved by the Board of Medical Examiners for use by EMT-Ps
    • Performs pulmonary ventilation by means of an endotracheal tube and/or perform cricothyrotomy for relief of upper airway obstruction.
    • Performs defibrillation or cardioversion
    • Uses gas-powered or hand-powered nebulizers
    • Decompress a tension pneumothorax by use of a catheter-flutter-valve device.
    • Uses positive end expiratory pressure respirators
    • Performs gastric suction by intubation
    • Performs urinary catheterization
    • Performs external cardiac pacing
  • Administer intravenous medications
    • Establishes an intravenous or intraosseous line in a peripheral vein
    • Administer any intravenous solution
    • Administer drugs, orally or by injection, or perform intravenous procedures
  • Pulseless non-breathing patient clinical situation
    • Performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation
    • Defibrillation
    • Pulmonary ventilation by means of an endotracheal tube
    • Administer appropriate cardiac drugs prior to contacting the sponsor hospital
  • Ability to perform the following procedures as the situation requires
    • Patient assessment;
    • Basic life support techniques in accordance with the American Heart Association or American Red Cross including airway management and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
    • Oxygen administration
    • Hemorrhage control
    • Treatment for shock
    • Bandaging and dressing soft tissue injuries
    • Application of military anti-shock trousers
    • Splinting fractures and dislocations
    • Treatment of injuries to the head, face, eye, neck, and spine
    • Treatment of injuries to the chest, abdomen and genitalia
    • Provision of basic life support for medical injuries
    • Assisting in normal and abnormal childbirth
    • Treatment of injuries as a result of exposure to heat and cold
    • Treatment of burns
    • Lifting and moving patients for transfer to a medical facility
    • Extrication of patients from confined areas
    • Patient assessment
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Headquarters location
Morganton, NC (28655)
Phone
(828) 448-3500
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