Drive ambulance or assist ambulance driver in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons. Assist in lifting patients.
- Ambulance Attendant
- Ambulance Driver
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- Accompany and assist emergency medical technicians on calls.
- Administer first aid, such as bandaging, splinting, and administering oxygen.
- Drive ambulances or assist ambulance drivers in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons.
- Earn and maintain appropriate certifications.
- Place patients on stretchers and load stretchers into ambulances, usually with assistance from other attendants.
- Remove and replace soiled linens and equipment to maintain sanitary conditions.
- Replace supplies and disposable items on ambulances.
- Report facts concerning accidents or emergencies to hospital personnel or law enforcement officials.
- Restrain or shackle violent patients.
- administer injections
- administer medications or treatments
- apply appropriate physical restraint
- communicate details in protective services settings
- communicate technical information
- drive emergency rescue or firefighting vehicles
- follow infectious materials procedures
- follow life support procedures
- follow patient care procedures
- follow police or emergency radio regulations
- follow traffic laws
- inventory medical supplies or instruments
- lift or transport ill or injured patients
- move or fit heavy objects
- observe patient condition
- operate emergency fire or rescue equipment
- recognize physical or emotional abuse
- understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
- use emergency medical procedures
- use emergency medical treatment procedures
- use established traffic or transportation procedures
- use first aid procedures
- use hazardous materials information
- use health or sanitation standards
- use local or regional geographical knowledge to transportation
- use sanitation practices in health care settings
- use two-way radio or mobile phone
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