主要内容
联系EMS项目
- 卫生专业中心,2053-2059
- (479) 619 - 4255
- ems@nwacc.edu
- M-Th, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
物理的要求
In emergency medical situations, a paramedic takes the leadership role and assumes responsibility for applying specific knowledge and skills related to basic and advanced life support to patients. The paramedic provides advanced life support to patients under supervision of a physician and directs lower level EMTs to assist based on their levels of competency within their scope of practice.
In order to successfully perform the job of a paramedic, the following physical demands are required as defined by the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and Classification of jobs.
物理的要求:
力量,站立,行走和坐姿
- 行走和站立是这项工作的主要组成部分。
- 坐是往返于紧急情况现场的交通工具
举、抬、推、拉
- The 护理人员 is required to assist in lifting and carrying injured or sick persons to ambulance and from ambulance into hospital.
- May be required to engage in pushing and/or pulling to assist other EMS providers to extricate patient pinned beneath vehicle, pinned inside vehicle, in vehicles with electrical hazards.
攀爬,平衡
- Climbing and balancing may be required to gain access to site of emergency, i.e. stairs, hillsides, ladders, and in safely assisting in transporting patient.
弯腰,跪着,蹲着,爬行
- Patients are often found injured or sick in locations where assessment of patient is possible only through the paramedic's stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling.
触摸,处理,指法,感觉
- Required for assessing pulse, assessing breathing, blocking nose and checking for ventilation, lifting chin, head or jaw for opening airway, following angle of ribs to determine correct position for hands after each ventilation, compressing sternum, and assisting in lifting of patient, administering medications through intravenous therapy or other means, and handling of advanced life support equipment, such as mirror airway devices.
- Extension of arms to use hands and fingers to assess vital signs, feeling and touching of patent's skin to assess body warmth, handling limited equipment and transporting of patient are important aspects of this position.
- Finger dexterity needed to insert needle, and prepare fluids/medication for administration to operate equipment.
谈话,普通,其他听力,普通谈话,其他
- Responding to patients, physicians, and co-workers through hearing is necessary in transmitting patient information and following directions. May be required to shout for help and additional assistance.
- Verbally responding to dispatcher's message on phone or radio is necessary for quick, efficient service that can be vital to life in emergency situations.
- Communication on scene is critical for interviewing patient and in some instances, significant others, and in relaying this information in most expedient manner.
- 车辆的声音可能会提醒医护人员,额外的救援正在路上。
- Other sounds can alert the 护理人员 that other persons may be hurt or injured, i.e. someone thrown behind a bush in a vehicle accident who cannot be seen and whose vehicle may be barely audible.
视力,敏锐度,近,远,深度知觉调节
- Sight is used to drive ambulance to scene of injury or illness, visually inspect patient, read map, read small print on medication/prescription containers, read drug reference manuals, and administer treatment.
通识教育
- 高中毕业或同等学历。
职业准备
- 大学:没有
- Vocational Education Courses: An additional 900-1200 hours of education beyond the 110 required for the Basic EMT
- 学徒:没有
- 厂内培训:无
- On the job training: During course of training, the 护理人员 in training status will spend varying amounts of time in supervised clinical work in hospital and field settings.
- 其他工作表现:无要求; however, trining in the military as a medic is seen as beneficial
许可证等。
- 紧急医疗技术员证书:护理人员,ACLS和心肺复苏术。
- 必须通过继续教育保持年度认证
与其他工作和工人的关系
- 在某些地方,护理人员可以晋升为教官、调度员或管理员。
- 传输:没有
- 主管:医师
- 监督:一些较低水平的基本急救医师
机器,工具,设备和工作辅助
- Ambulance, radio/telephone/pager, blood pressure cuff, thermometer, extrication devices, esophageal airway obtruder, ventilation mask, spinal boards, intravenous therapy equipment: needles and fluids, anti-shock garments, wheelchairs, and stretchers, EKG machines, defibrillator, visual airway intubation and other complex equipment, and sometimes a computer for documentation.
材料及产品
- Broad range of medications including narcotics, disposable latex gloves, bandages, universal dressings such as gauze pads, tape, blankets, pillows and sheets, oxygen, drugs, and intravenous fluids.