90% Flight Paramedic - NEW AirCare Base! AC 4 (Davenport, Iowa)

90% Flight Paramedic – AirCare 4 (Davenport, IA)

The AirCare program has expanded its service area with the opening of a NEW AirCare base in Davenport, Iowa! 

AirCare 4 will support AirCare’s high level of compassionate, emergency, and critical care services to referring hospitals, public safety agencies and the community.  AirCare maintains a highly experienced medical staff, incorporating the latest technology in aviation, medical equipment, pharmacology, and engaging in regular continuing education.  AirCare can rapidly and safely transport high risk and complex patients.

As one of the first of 15 programs in the nation, AirCare was the state's first air ambulance in 1979, and the 11th in the nation. Total flight volume for the entire program includes scene responses and inter-facility transports. In 2014, AirCare became the first air medical service based in Iowa to be CAMTS accredited. The University of Iowa transports critically ill neonatal and pediatric patients using AirCare as well as our MobileCare ground transport vehicles. These special patients are cared for by our Neonatal/Pediatric Transport Team.

Our helicopters and specialty transport ground ambulances rapidly transport critically ill and severely injured patients, delivering medical care en route with an emphasis on support of high-risk patient populations, including multi-system trauma victims, neonates, pediatric patients, and patients suffering from time-sensitive or complex medical conditions.

UI Health Care is seeking a welcoming, highly skilled and collaborative workforce to be a part of the first team for this superb new AirCare base, and to help further our mission of: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.

The University of Iowa Health Care Department of Emergency Medicine is seeking a part-time (90%) Flight Paramedic for the AirCare program's new AC 4 base to assess patients' nursing care needs, evaluate effectiveness of care provided, and integrate nursing theory and research into clinical practice.

All flights are operated by Air Methods Corporation.

Position Responsibilities:

• Responds to all AirCare requests for patients 28 days and above; participates in physical assessment of patient and initiates/continues care per AirCare protocol; ongoing assessment and troubleshooting; communicate patient status, history and treatment en route and upon arrival.
• Monitors and manages airway and ventilation.
• Administers medications including oral, rectal, sublingual, nasal, topical, otic, ophthalmic, endotracheal, inhalation, enteral, parenteral, and intraosseous routes.
• Responsible for oxygen therapy and monitoring; cardiac monitoring (acquiring and interpreting 12-leads); cardioversion, defibrillation and transthoracic pacing.
• Responsible for hemorrhage control; spinal immobilization and splinting; peripheral intravenous (IV) and intraosseous (IO) insertion, maintenance and monitoring; initiation of peripheral IV monitoring and maintaining medicated IV’s.
• Performs obtain venous blood samples, urine samples; assist clinician in tube thoracostomy (monitor and manage the chest tube and thoracic draining system; monitor internal pacemakers; monitor and access arterial lines; monitor and access central venous lines, including hemodynamic monitoring within the nursing team.
• Demonstrates and practices competency and proficiency in advanced life support procedures including: oral intubation, RSI, intraosseous, needle thoracostomy, and needle and surgical cricothyroidotomy.
• Checks all AirCare supplies, equipment and medications at the beginning of each shift; restock as needed.
• Practices and maintains safe working environment at all times. Consistently