Emergency Medical Technician

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Summary

As an emergency response medical professional, you will provide immediate medical care to individuals affected by accidents, violence, and sudden illnesses such as cardiac arrests or strokes. You will deliver pre-hospital and intra-hospital advanced life support care until the patient is transferred to a medical facility.

Key Responsibilities

• Represent the ambulance service at public events, providing stand-by services as needed.
• Document assessments and treatments in patient care charting software thoroughly.
• Provide care to patients in crises, utilizing medical, traumatic, and therapeutic services.
• Work collaboratively as part of a two-member ambulance crew responding to emergency and non-emergency calls.
• Operate advanced life support equipment, including resuscitators and defibrillators.
• Assess injuries or illnesses and prioritize medical procedures, ensuring effective stabilization and transport of victims.
• Follow dispatcher instructions to safely and efficiently operate emergency vehicles to various locations.
• Administer medications through various methods under physician guidance.
• Communicate with medical personnel at receiving facilities to coordinate patient care.
• Decontaminate the ambulance after transporting patients with infectious diseases and report such cases to the appropriate authorities.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Physical Demands

This role requires the ability to lift over 50 lbs, push / pull up to 140 lbs, and carry 80 lbs short distances. Frequent physical activities include standing, walking, squatting, kneeling, crawling, climbing, and reaching overhead.

This job description outlines the primary duties, responsibilities, and requirements for the position. It aims to accurately reflect the current role; however, management may revise duties as needed to meet organizational requirements. Additional responsibilities may be assigned as required.

Lehigh Valley Health Network is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All employment opportunities are available without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or any other protected status as defined by law. Our personnel policies encompass recruitment, selection, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, and benefits.

Lehigh Valley Health Network does not accept unsolicited agency resumes.