Emergency Medical Technicians

Assess injuries and illnesses and administer basic emergency medical care. May transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.

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Interest Profile (RIASEC)

Common Job Titles

Key Tasks

Administer first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings.

Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.

Attend training classes to maintain certification licensure, keep abreast of new developments in the field, or maintain existing knowledge.

Comfort and reassure patients.

Communicate with dispatchers or treatment center personnel to provide information about situation, to arrange reception of survivors, or to receive instructions for further treatment.

Coordinate work with other emergency medical team members or police or fire department personnel.

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.

Immobilize patient for placement on stretcher and ambulance transport, using backboard or other spinal immobilization device.

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 or treatment.

Perform emergency diagnostic and treatment procedures, such as stomach suction, airway management, or heart monitoring, during ambulance ride.

Technology Skills

Medical software

MedDataSolutions Regist*r
MEDITECH software

Presentation software

Microsoft PowerPoint

Information retrieval or search software

Epocrates
HyperTox
Skyscape Rosen and Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult
TechOnSoftware HazMatCE Pro

Spreadsheet software

Microsoft Excel

Office suite software

Microsoft Office software

Operating system software

Microsoft operating system

Word processing software

Microsoft Word

Tools and Equipment

Intubation laryngoscopes

Curved adult blades
Laryngoscopes
Straight adult blades
Straight pediatric blades

Mobile medical services spine boards

Extrication devices
Full-spine immobilization devices
Half-spine immobilization devices
Spinal immobilization equipment

Mobile medical services litter

Multi-level wheeled cots
Stair chairs
Stretchers

Orthopedic splint systems

Cardboard splints
Rigid splints
Splints

Medical oxygen masks or parts

Adult non-rebreather oxygen masks
Child oxygen masks
Infant oxygen masks

Mobile medical services suction antichoke devices

Airway suction units
Battery-powered portable suction units
Fixed-suction equipment

Intravenous infusion pumps for general use

Intravenous IV pressure infusers
Intravenous IV pumps

Medical gas cylinders or related devices

Fixed-oxygen equipment
Portable oxygen equipment

Traction splint sets

Lower extremity traction devices with ankle hitches
Traction splints

Intravenous or arterial arm boards

Long arm boards
Short arm boards

Mobile resuscitator or aspirator kits

Pocket masks with one-way valves
Resuscitation devices

Resuscitation masks

Bag valve mask BVM resuscitators
Valve mask resuscitators

Mobile medical service anti shock garments

Medical anti-shock trousers MAST
Pneumatic anti-shock garments PASG

Hypodermic injection apparatus

Epi-pens
Preload syringes

Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles

Semiautomated or automatic external defibrillators AED

Needleless intravenous injection syringe sets or injection cannulas

Interlink syringe cannulas

Glucose monitors or meters

Glucometers

Cardiac pacemaker generators or cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers CRT-P

External pacers

Irrigation or suction handpieces or cannulas or tips or catheters

Medical suction catheters

Medical aspiration or irrigation syringes

Bulb syringes

Restraint vests and jackets

Straitjacket

Pulse oximeter units

Oximeters

Blood collection needles

Venoject needles

Finger ring removers or cutters

Ring cutters

Needleless vial or bag withdrawal cannulas or adapters or decanters

Vial access cannulas

Mobile medical services triage tags

Triage tags

Bullet proof vests

Bulletproof vests

Torso and belt restraints

Restraint belts

Esophageal tubes

Esophageal tracheal airway devices

Intravenous catheters

Intravenous IV cannulas

Nasopharyngeal tubes or airways

Nasopharyngeal airways

Mobile medical service intravenous IV kits

Intraosseous kits

Medical acoustic stethoscopes

Mechanical stethoscopes

Chest tube kits

Pleural decompression kits

Extremity restraints

Limb restraints

Endotracheal tubes

Endotracheal ET tubes

Cardiac output CO monitoring units

Portable cardiac monitors

Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines

Scalpels

Pharyngeal airways or airways kits

Oropharyngeal airways

Hypodermic needle

Needles

Intubation stylets

Adult stylets

Peripherally inserted central catheters PICC

Catheters

Intravenous or arterial tubing adapter or connector

Saline locks

Multiparameter vital sign units

Monitors

Glass cutters

Center punches/glass hammers

Intubation forceps

Adult Magill forceps

Medical or surgical suction tubings

Suction tubing

Sledge hammer

Sledgehammers

Mobile medical services obstetrics kits

Obstetrical OB kits

Mobile medical services tourniquet or clamp

Tourniquets

Mobile medical services cervical or extrication collars

Emergency medical services cervical collars

Blood pressure recording units

Blood pressure recorders

Analgesic infusion sets or kits

Infusion sets

Flow sensors or regulators or components

Wall-mounted oxygen regulators

Respiratory aspirator products

Meconium aspirators

Winged infusion needle set

Scalp vein needles

Intubation gauges or guides

Esophageal intubation detection devices

Non vacuum blood collection tubes or containers

Blood tubes

Mobile medical services head immobilizers

Head immobilization devices

Medical syringes without needle

Syringes

Patient stabilization or fall prevention devices

Patient restraints

Wheel chocks

Chock blocks

Mobile medical services non-suction antichoke devices

Cricothyrotomy kits

Artificial airway holders

Endotracheal ET tube holddown devices

Patient carbon dioxide detectors

Patient CO2 monitors

Medical nasal cannulas

Oxygen nasal cannulae

Oxygen insufflators

Transtracheal jet insufflators

Electrocardiography EKG transmitters or telemetry devices

Telemetry units

Hacksaw

Hacksaws

Two way radios

Electrocardiography EKG units

Pry bars

Nebulizers

Notebook computers

Ambulances

Desktop computers

Detailed Work Activities

Inform medical professionals regarding patient conditions and care.

Treat medical emergencies.

Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals.

Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.

Drive vehicles to transport individuals or equipment.

Interact with patients to build rapport or provide emotional support.

Maintain inventory of medical supplies or equipment.

Maintain medical equipment or instruments.

Maintain medical or professional knowledge.

Monitor patient progress or responses to treatments.

Position patients for treatment or examination.

Record patient medical histories.

Sterilize medical equipment or instruments.

Job Zone

Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.

SVP Range: (6.0 to < 7.0)