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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Penn State is searching for a full time Emergency Medical Technician - Grade 6 to join the team. Duties include:

 

• Respond to medical emergencies based on dispatch information

• Assess patients; determine extent of illness or injury

• Perform emergency medical aid on the scene and during transport within the limits of current Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) standard practices, including application of bandages and/or splints, administration of oxygen, artificial resuscitation, medication, and automated external defibrillator (AED)

• Prepare patient for transport according to established protocols and monitor patient’s condition

• Assist patients into and out of ambulance

• Assist Advanced Life Support providers with patient care management, as required

• Maintain radio contact and regular communication with dispatcher, medical facility, police/fire department, and other responding units

• Obtain instructions regarding treatment, arrange for medical facility reception, and provide hospital and health center personnel with information related to patient’s vital signs, circumstances of emergency, and care administered

• Complete Pennsylvania state-required Emergency Medical Services (EMS) charts within 24 hours of a service call concerning patient information, care given, number and type of call, etc.

• Complete appropriate patient care, billing, vehicle checklists, and other documentation

• Utilize various equipment and emergency medical apparatus in performing emergency medical services to include two-way radio, oxygen tank/mask, stretcher, backboard, AED, etc.

• Operate University vehicles to transport patients in accordance with Pennsylvania state protocols and guidelines; deliver supplies and materials to campus locations as needed

• Maintain ambulance and emergency care related equipment and supplies in a state of readiness as defined by a standardized list

• Conduct regular inventory of supplies

• Maintain EMS facilities and vehicles in a clean and orderly condition

• Perform checks of vehicle operation each shift

• Checks will include a required list of equipment and supplies, fuel level, tire pressure, headlight and turn signals, emergency and stop flashing lights, doors, windshield wipers, horn and siren, etc.; clean and wash vehicles as needed

• Take ambulance to Service Garage according to preventive maintenance schedule

• Report on the need for repairs to ambulances and equipment to supervisor

• Participate in continuing education training and quality improvement activities as it relates to emergency medical services

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