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duties include CPR and First Aid Training, training for the Emergency Medical Technician Basic, Emergency Medical Technician Mining, and the First Responder for region wide ambulance services and fire departments.

Compliance assurance and manage the AHA Education Program at Raleigh General Hospital and conducted site visits at AHA Training Centers throughout West Virginia

Oversees the general operations of all ambulance services in southern WV providing programmatic support and technical assistance to the WV Office of EMS. Provides local EMS System appraisal, assists local EMS agencies with certification, recertification and continuing education processes, and acts a liaison with squads, medical directors, 911 centers, hospitals, and the WV OEMS Office.

job responsibilities included assisting in optimum operation of Region I Medical Command Center by establishing communications linkages and subsequently relaying all appropriate information to patient care participants. Responsible for total operations of the Command Center, including operation of equipment, processing of paperwork, reports, computer function, and quality care reviews. To maintain records including tapes, computer printouts, statistical data, quality assurance data, and base station logs, and to assist in requests for on scene and interfacility aero medical services.

Paramedic

includes training of EMT's and Paramedics needed to maintain certification. State licensure; recertification process - coordinated the preparation and maintenance of the ambulances and all office records that was necessary to receive a superior rating.

responsibilities but were not limited to continuing education training throughout the state to paramedics and EMT's need to maintain certification. Other interest were developing and maintaining educational programs for the community and emergency services personnel. These programs were developed and presented through the use of Microsoft Office, Presentations and PowerPoint slide presentations. Creation of advertising materials such as brochures, flyers, and newsletters to promote the attendance of personnel to the programs. Other duties included the coordination of courses offered, and presentation to personnel on the provider and management levels, and also state offered conferences.

duties included personnel education, personnel record keeping, personnel selection, dealing with personnel grievances, computer data base information, setting up and training personnel on newly installed Computer Aided Dispatch, public relations, and dispatching of emergency and non emergency calls.Paramedic; duties included direct patient care involving emergency and non-emergency situations which entailed transportation to and from physician offices and interpreting patient signs and symptoms in addition to proper patient care. Convalescent transportation and patient care from nursing care facilities to emergency room and physician offices and return as needed.Billing specialist; duties included direct billing to insurance companies as well as Medicare, Medicaid, Private Pay billing, primary and secondary billing, insurance company follow up and collection. Additionally accounts receivable, posting payments to proper patient accounts, account balancing, and direct deposits to the bank.

duties included answering the telephone and radios, pre-scheduling patient transfers, dispatching ambulances on emergency and non emergency calls, billing all charges incurred to patients, direct insurance company billing, collections, magistrate court follow up for collection accounts, and accounts receivable.

duties included performing physical therapy on patients as directed by physician, receptionist, scheduling of patients, filing, developing x-rays, performing physical exams on patients, billing insurance companies and follow up, collecting and posting monies due the clinic, typing physician reports, and payroll.