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paramedic

Category: Health Care — Specialization
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Job Description/Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include providing medical care for and treatment of ill or critically ill and injured patients.  Following strict rules and guidelines, you’ll be expected to administer appropriate emergency care and, when necessary, transport the patient.  You must also be proficient in analyzing situations, determining necessary safety precautions — including those for communicable diseases — and evaluating patient needs; communicating treatment and care plans to the appropriate medical facility; initiating treatment, up to and including basic and/or advanced life support procedures.

Qualifications/Skills
You will be expected to take patients’ vital signs; document all incidents accurately and completely; assess the effect of treatments provided to patients and establish the appropriate level of contact with medical control personnel to discuss ongoing and/or further treatment, as necessary; interpret physicians’ instructions regarding treatment for patients; notify physicians of patients’ conditions and reactions to drugs and treatments, and of other significant incidents; operate medical equipment used on EMS ambulance vehicles; and help transfer patients to the emergency department, report your observations and actions to staff, and provide additional emergency treatment.  Be advised this position requires considerable kneeling, bending, and heavy lifting.

Education/Background
High school diploma or equivalent required.  (Specialized Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred.)  Must obtain certification, depending on the position level, in EMT (emergency medical training) or EMTP (emergency medical training — paramedic) or, in certain states, CRT (cardiac response training).  Must have expert knowledge of the techniques, procedures, principles, and practices of the local Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system and the ability to apply them under a variety of circumstances.

Training in emergency skills, such as managing respiratory, trauma, and cardiac emergencies and patient assessment.  Training commonly includes 35 to 55 hours of additional instruction beyond EMT-Basic coursework and covers patient assessment, as well as the use of advanced airway devices and intravenous fluids.

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Job Description

paramedic

Category: Health Care — Specialization
Reports To:      

Job Description
Responsibilities focus on providing medical care for and treatment of ill or critically ill and injured patients.  Paramedics typically are dispatched to the scene by a 911 operator and often work with police and fire department personnel.  Following strict rules and guidelines, they give appropriate emergency care and, when necessary, transport the patient.  Emergency treatments for more complicated problems are carried out under the direction of medical doctors.

Qualifications
•	High school diploma or equivalent required.  (Specialized Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree preferred.)

•	Must obtain certification, depending on the position level, in EMT (emergency medical training) or EMTP (emergency medical training — paramedic) or, in certain states, CRT (cardiac response training).

•	Must have expert knowledge of the techniques, procedures, principles, and practices of the local Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system and the ability to apply them under a variety of circumstances.

•	Training in emergency skills, such as managing respiratory, trauma, and cardiac emergencies and patient assessment.  Training commonly includes 35 to 55 hours of additional instruction beyond EMT-Basic coursework and covers patient assessment, as well as the use of advanced airway devices and intravenous fluids.

	Note: The National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) registers EMS providers at four levels: First Responder, EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate, and EMT-Paramedic.  Some states, however, do their own certification and use numeric ratings from 1 to 4 to distinguish levels of proficiency.  All 50 states possess a certification procedure.

	To maintain certification, EMTs and paramedics must re-register, usually every two years.  In order to re-register, an individual must be working as an EMT or paramedic and meet a continuing education requirement.

•	Must be able to do a considerable amount of kneeling, bending, and heavy lifting.

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Duties
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of Job	Exemption
Classification	Duty	Essential Function	
     %	Non-Exempt	Analyzes situations, determines necessary safety precautions — including those for communicable diseases — and evaluates patient needs.	Y / N	
     %	Non-Exempt	Takes vital signs to detect deviations from the norm and to assess the conditions of patients.	Y / N	
     %	Non-Exempt	Conducts patient assessments, assigning a priority to each patient (triage).	Y / N	
     %	Non-Exempt	Documents all incidents accurately and completely.  Files appropriate reports to meet state health services requirements on communicable diseases.	Y / N	
     %	Non-Exempt	Communicates treatment, care, and transport plans to the appropriate medical facility, according to policies and EMS standards.	Y / N	
     %	Non-Exempt	Initiates treatment, up to and including basic and/or advanced life support procedures, according to standing orders and as defined by protocols.	Y / N	
     %	Non-Exempt	Assesses the effect of treatments provided to patients and establishes the appropriate level of contact with medical control personnel to discuss ongoing and/or further treatment, as necessary.	Y / N	
     %	Non-Exempt	Interprets physicians’ instructions regarding treatment for patients.	Y / N	
     %	Non-Exempt	Notifies physicians of patients’ conditions and reactions to drugs and treatments, and of other significant incidents.	Y / N	
     %	Non-Exempt	Operates medical equipment used on EMS ambulance vehicles (up to the level of EMS training).	Y / N	
     %	Non-Exempt	Helps transfer patients to the emergency department, reports their observations and actions to staff, and may provide additional emergency treatment.	Y / N	
     %	Non-Exempt	Maintains confidentiality of information, as required.	Y / N	
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Exemption Analysis
The duties and level of required education do not qualify this occupation for Learned Professional (541.301) exemption.  Also, the new regs specifically designate this position as non-exempt (541.3(b)(1)).

Category Decision
The duties and responsibilities for this position have been analyzed.	
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On that basis, this position has been judged to be        Exempt          Non-Exempt.	

Interview Questions

paramedic

Category: Health Care — Specialization
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	Tell me about the single toughest assignment you ever had.
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	What part of your work have you found the most frustrating or unsatisfying?
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	What part of your paramedic work has given you the greatest feeling of achievement and satisfaction?
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	What was the hardest spur-of-the-moment decision you had to make in the last year?  What made it so difficult?
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	What was the best decision you ever made?  What were the alternatives?  How did you go about making it?
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	Have you ever had trouble learning a new machine or procedure?  How did you deal with that situation?
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	What makes you stand out among your peers in your profession?
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	How do you keep abreast of all the changes in the health care emergency field?
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	How long did you have to study before you took your (specific license) exam?  How many times did you take the test?
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	Evaluate: While a quick learner doesn’t automatically translate into a successful paramedic, it’s an indication of strong interest in succeeding.
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