Ambulance workers
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Posted 1 year ago
| Ambulance workers provide emergency health care to patients who are injured, sick, infirm, or otherwise physically or mentally impaired prior to and during transport to medical facilities. | |
| Tasks include – (a) assessing health status of persons involved in accidents, natural disasters and other emergency situations, and determining needs for immediate and specialized medical assistance; (b) performing medical procedures and administering drugs and other therapies according to protocol for emergency medical treatment, including resuscitating and defibrillating patients and operating life-support equipment; (c) monitoring changes in health status of patients during transport to and from medical, rehabilitation and other health care facilities; (d) providing information and training to community groups and essential service workers in first aid for initial care of an illness or injury; (e) attending and/or patrolling large-scale public gatherings and other events where health emergencies are more likely to occur; (f) recording information on patients’ conditions and treatments provided in medical records-keeping systems. | |