From emergency ambulance driver to paramedic in emergency responses
20 of the 74 essential skills of a paramedic in emergency responses are already essential for a emergency ambulance driver — about 27% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from emergency ambulance driver in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 20
- skills carry over
- 54
- would be new
- 27%
- of the target job covered
- 74
- essential skills of a paramedic in emergency responses
What a paramedic in emergency responses does
Paramedics in emergency responses provide emergency care to sick, injured, and vulnerable persons in emergency medical situations, before and during transport to a medical facility. They implement and oversee the transfer of the patient in connection with transport. They provide assistance in acute situations, implement life-saving emergency measures, and monitor the performance of the transportation process. As allowed by national law they may also provide oxygen, certain drugs, the puncture of peripheral veins and infusion of crystalloid solutions and perform endotracheal intubation if needed for the immediate prevention of threats for the life or health of an emergency patient.
What carries over
20 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- emergency cases
- empathise with the healthcare user
- first aid
- human anatomy
- hygiene in a health care setting
- listen actively
- medical dispatch
- operate an emergency communication system
- operational tactics for emergency responses
- pathogenic microorganisms
- position patients undergoing interventions
- provide first aid
- tolerate stress
- transfer patients
- transfer patients to and from ambulance vehicles
- write reports on emergency cases
What would be new
54 skillsEssential for a paramedic in emergency responses and not for a emergency ambulance driver. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- accept own accountability
- adapt to emergency care environment
- address problems critically
- administer medication in emergency
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply first response
- apply organisational techniques
- assess nature of injury in emergency
- behavioural science
- brief hospital staff
- clinical science
- conduct physical examination in emergency
- contribute to continuity of health care
- cope with blood
- deal with emergency care situations
- defibrillation
- delegate emergency care
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- disorders of vital functions
- emergency medicine
- employ specific paramedic techniques in out-of-hospital care
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care system
- immobilise patients for emergency intervention
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- intravenous infusion
- intubation
- maintain order at scenes of accidents
- manage acute pain
- manage healthcare users' data
- manage major incidents
- manage patients with acute illnesses
- medical devices
- monitor basic patients signs
- observe confidentiality
- operate specialised equipment in emergency
- pharmacology
and 14 more
Other moves from emergency ambulance driver
2 roles- hospital porter15 skills in common
- nurse responsible for general care12 skills in common
← emergency ambulance driverparamedic in emergency responses →The other way round
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How far are you from being a paramedic in emergency responses?
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