Forest Hill, MD30+ days ago
Essential Duties: • Communicates with dispatchers or treatment center personnel to provide information about situation, to arrange reception of patients, or to receive instructions for further treatment; • Maintains vehicles, medical and communication equipment to ensure they are in proper working order, replenishes first aid equipment and supplies with particular attention to medication, fluids and other material subject to expiration; • Operates equipment, such as electrocardiograms (EKGs), external defibrillators, or bag valve mask resuscitators, in advanced life support environments; • Administers first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings; • Administers drugs, orally or by injection, or performs intravenous procedures under a physicians direction; • Assesses nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures; • Completes all patient care documentation prior to the end of the shift; • Responds to Quality Assurance (QA) messages in timely manner; • Observes, records, and reports to physician the patients condition or injury, the treatment provided, and reactions to drugs or treatment; • Immobilizes patient for placement on stretcher and ambulance transport, using backboard or other spinal immobilization device; • Decontaminates vehicle interior following treatment of patient with infectious disease, reports such cases to proper authorities; • Operates assigned vehicles in safe manner and in accordance with applicable traffic laws; • Coordinates work with other emergency medical team members or police or fire department personnel. Certifications, Licensures, and Examinations: • Maryland Licensed Paramedic (Required); • Emergency Medical Technician - Intermediate Certification (Required); • Certification in Hazmat Operations (CHO); • Current ALS Certification (Required); • Valid Certification in Emergency Medical Dispatch; • Rescue Technician Certified; • Certified National Registered Paramedic (CNRP).