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Butler County Courthouse EMS 2 - AEMT in El Dorado, Kansas
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PositionSummary: Under the supervision of the EMS Captain, the AEMT provides advanced life support and directly assists in the provision of on-scene ALS emergency care to sick and injured patients. The employee in this position responds to 911 calls, renders medical assistance and transports patients to the proper medical facility. This position is distinguishable from an EMT in that the position requires additional specialized EMS instruction in advanced pre-hospital care interventions and assessment techniques and requires a greater amount of annual continuing education.
Examples of Work (Essential Functions):
- Assists patients, family members, and others confidentially and with concern and empathy;
- Deliversadvancedlifesupportcareandassistsintheprovisionofadvancedlifesupport in accordance with Butler County EMS MedicalProtocols;
- Operates all two-way radio communication equipment and troubleshootsproblems;
- Operates emergency vehicles safely andprofessionally;
- Operates, and can troubleshoot, all pre-hospital medical careequipment;
- Performs daily vehicle, equipment, and stationinventory/maintenance;
- Readies all medical equipment for use each day, and following each response, restocks all equipment and supplies, as well as troubleshoot equipment problems and reports needed maintenance to EMSadministrators;
- Acts as a servant to the public, assists citizens in need, and communicates with all citizens, patients, family members, government employees, fellow emergency responders, and health care providers in a calm, courteous and respectfulmanner;
- Responds to 911 calls and provides emergency medical treatment andtransport;
- Uses department computers and accurately completes all patient care reports, billing reports and incident reports by the end of eachshift;
- Maintains professional development and continuing education asrequired;
- Performs other duties as deemed necessary or assigned.
Abilities, Knowledge, Skills:
- Ability to adapt and react to rapidly changing conditions and situations appropriately and ability to cope with high stress high impact working conditions;
- Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra andgeometry;
- Ability to be naturally self-motivated and aself-starter;
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, andvolume;
- Ability to convey and receive detailed or important verbal instructions to and from other workers and the generalpublic;
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the generalpublic;
- Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of verbalcommunication;
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or scheduleform;
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professionaljournals, technical procedures, or governmentalregulations;
- Ability to reliably and predictably carry outduties;
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardizationexists;
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and proceduremanuals;
- Knowledge of county and city mapping must bemaintained;
- Knowledge of emergency medical care and ambulanceprocedures;
- Knowledge of emergency vehicle operation and radio operations isrequired;
- Knowledge of math, including medical/infusion rate calculations as well as medical documentation;
- Maintains a thorough knowledge of departmental medical guidelines, opera ional protocols, as well as city and county geography, mapping androuting;
- Skill in operating a computer;
- Skill in oral and written communication.\
Problem Solving: Problem solving does exist in this position relative to patient care issues and the different environments that are involved. The AEMT must be able to adapt to adapt to different situations and change.
Decision Making: Decision making exist in this position dealing with the formation of field impressions regarding medical condition and the ability to treat appropriately while reacting to changing critical conditions and/or environments.
Accountability: Employee is accountable and responsible for his/her vehicle, station, knowledge, patient care, required reports, patient confidentiality, equipment and supplies. The AEMT is also accountable for medical care under physician direction and in accordance with specific state statutes. The AEMT does not have budgetary