Ambulance
Technician Job Descriptions
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Ambulance technicians respond to accidents and emergency calls,
as well as a series of planned and unplanned non-emergency
cases.
As technical support paramedic ambulance for assessment, diagnosis
and treatment of patients, and during the journey to hospital.
You may have to use the lifesaving skills as part of their
daily work.
After a call, you would have little warning of the exact circumstances
of the emergency situation that could attend. The situations
can vary from helping someone to bed after a fall, a major
traffic accident. In the scene, who will decide if it is safe
to move a patient and what type of emergency treatment is
most appropriate.
His work includes the stabilization of the patient's condition,
which could involve:
· Obtain a basic history individual, family and patient's
social
· Make an assessment of their needs
· Make a risk assessment, identifying the difference between
living and non-life-threatening
· Interpretation and recording of observations (weight, difficulty
breathing, fatigue, edema / fluid retention).
You can also carry out certain treatments before taking patients
to hospital, for example:
· Management of respiratory tract with special devices such
as suction units
· Support the breathing
· Control of bleeding, while maintaining circulation with
cardio pulmonary resuscitation
· Make use of semi-automatic defibrillators to stabilize irregular
heartbeats
· Application of special license plates for the neck and limbs
· Healing the wounds to prevent infection and spread of the
disease.
Key Skills
· a genuine desire to help and care for others
· good spoken and written communication skills
· good listening skills
· the ability to use communication and computerised
systems
· the ability to manage and respond to a changing workload
· a responsible attitude to work and good team working
skills
· the ability to drive under emergency conditions
· good decision making skills and the ability to remain
calm under pressure
· an understanding of patient confidentiality
· The ability to demonstrate safe manual handling skills.
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