EMT or Paramedic | 36 hours per week | Superior Ambulance

A Brief Overview

Provides emergency medical treatment and transports ill or injured persons. Responsible for performance of patient care activities, documentation, daily routine operations, continuous quality improvement activities, participation in educational programs and in services as well as performance of miscellaneous related duties. Effectively interacts with the patient, significant others, and other health team members while maintaining high standards of professional care. Provides high quality emergency medical services to the following customer populations: Public; Patients; Allied emergency personnel; Students doing field internships.

What you will do

• Administer drugs within the EMT scope of practice by all available routes of medication administration following proper procedures and protocols under a physician's direction.
• Administer first-aid treatment and life-support care to sick or injured persons in pre-hospital setting.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

EMT:

• One Year Certificate from College or Tech School Graduation from a national EMT Program Required and
• H.S. Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) Required
• 1-3 years EMS at any level Preferred
• EMT Basic Required
• National EMT Preferred
• Driver's License Required

Paramedic:

• Paramedic Iowa Dept of Public Health (IDPH) (United States of America) Upon Hire Required
• Driver's License Upon Hire Required
• National Paramedic Upon Hire Preferred
• 1-3 years' Experience in EMS at any level Required
• Basic Cardiac Life Support & First Aid - American Heart Association Upon Hire Required
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support - American Heart Association within 30 Days Required
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support - American Heart Association within 1 Year Required
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program - American Academy of Pediatrics within 1-1/2 Yrs Required