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

• Emergency Medical Technician
• Paramedic

• Administer drugs, orally or by injection, and perform intravenous procedures under a physician's direction.
• Administer first-aid treatment and life-support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital setting.
• 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 and treatment center personnel to provide information about situation, to arrange reception of victims, and to receive instructions for further treatment.
• 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.
• 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 and treatment.
• Operate equipment such as electrocardiograms (EKGs), external defibrillators and bag-valve mask resuscitators in advanced life-support environments.
• Perform emergency diagnostic and treatment procedures, such as stomach suction, airway management or heart monitoring, during ambulance ride.

• administer injections
• administer medications or treatments
• analyze patient activity
• apply appropriate physical restraint
• communicate technical information
• drive emergency rescue or firefighting vehicles
• fit medical supportive devices
• follow infectious materials procedures
• follow life support procedures
• follow patient care procedures
• follow police or emergency radio regulations
• identify body response variations
• inventory medical supplies or instruments
• lift or transport ill or injured patients
• make presentations on health or medical issues
• observe patient condition
• obtain information from clients, customers, or patients
• operate emergency fire or rescue equipment
• prepare patient reports
• recognize physical or emotional abuse
• record medical history or data
• set up patient care equipment
• take vital signs
• understand properties or composition of drugs
• understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
• use emergency medical procedures
• use emergency medical treatment procedures
• use first aid procedures
• use hazardous materials information
• use health or sanitation standards
• use knowledge of investigation techniques
• use knowledge of medical terminology
• use local or regional geographical knowledge to transportation
• use rescue procedures
• use sanitation practices in health care settings
• use two-way radio or mobile phone
• work with persons with mental disabilities or illnesses