Emergency Medical Technician
Fort Hood Ems
Fort Hood Texas
1) Administered first-aid treatment and life-support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital and clinical settings.2) Performed advanced life-support and operated equipment such as EKGs, external defibrillators, bag-valve mask resuscitators.3) Assessed nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.4) Maintained vehicles, medical, and communication equipment, and replenished first-aid equipment and supplies.5) Observed, recorded, and relayed patient's conditions or injuries, treatment provided, and reactions to drugs and treatment to physicians.6) Performed emergency diagnostic and treatment procedures, such as airway management, heart monitoring, and stomach suction transport.7) Administered drugs, orally or by injection, and performed intravenous procedures under physician's directions.8) Comforted and reassured patients.9) Coordinated work with other emergency medical team members, police, and fire department personnel.10) Communicated with dispatchers and treatment center personnel to report information about situation, arrange reception of patients, and relay instructions for further treatment.11) Immobilized patients for placement on stretcher and ambulance transport, using backboards and other spinal immobilization devices.12) Decontaminated ambulance interior following treatment of patient with infectious disease and report cases to proper authorities.13) Drove mobile intensive care unit to specified locations and followed instructions from emergency medical dispatcher.14) Coordinated with treatment center personnel to obtain patients' vital statistics and medical history, to determine the circumstances of the emergency, and to administer emergency treatment.