ISCO Occupation Group 3258.2 Paramedic In Emergency Responses
From Open Risk Manual
Definition
Paramedic In Emergency Responses: Paramedics in emergency responses provide emergency care to sick, injured, and vulnerable persons in emergency medical situations, before and during transport to a medical facility. They implement and oversee the transfer of the patient in connection with transport. They provide assistance in acute situations, implement life-saving emergency measures, and monitor the performance of the transportation process. As allowed by national law they may also provide oxygen, certain drugs, the puncture of peripheral veins and infusion of crystalloid solutions and perform endotracheal intubation if needed for the immediate prevention of threats for the life or health of an emergency patient.
Essential Skills
- Comply With Quality Standards Related To Healthcare Practice
- Hygiene In A Health Care Setting
- Transportation Methods
- Intravenous Infusion
- Conduct Physical Examination In Emergency
- Provide First Aid
- Employ Specific Paramedic Techniques In Out-Of-Hospital Care
- Inform Policy Makers On Health-Related Challenges
- Tolerate Stress
- Stages Of Normal Development
- Defibrillation
- Pathogenic Microorganisms
- Medical Devices
- Position Patients Undergoing Interventions
- Adapt To Emergency Care Environment
- Sanitary Technology
- Select Hazard Control
- Cope With Blood
- Administer Medication In Emergency
- Adhere To Organisational Guidelines
- Operate An Emergency Communication System
- Medical Dispatch
- Work In A Multicultural Environment In Health Care
- Emergency Medicine
- Maintain Order At Scenes Of Accidents
- Follow Clinical Guidelines
- Contribute To Continuity Of Health Care
- Listen Actively
- First Aid
- Transport Patient To Medical Facility
- Apply Health Sciences
- Write Reports On Emergency Cases
- Provide Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Of Trauma
- Pharmacology
- Physical Science Applied To Paramedical Practice
- Disorders Of Vital Functions
- Behavioural Science
- Provide Health Education
- Clinical Science
- Communicate Effectively In Healthcare
- Develop A Collaborative Therapeutic Relationship
- Promote Inclusion
- Respond To Changing Situations In Health Care
- Operational Tactics For Emergency Responses
- Manage Major Incidents
- Manage Acute Pain
- Deal With Emergency Care Situations
- Transfer Patients
- Advise On Healthcare Users' Informed Consent
- Intubation
- Operate Specialised Equipment In Emergency
- Accept Own Accountability
- Assess Nature Of Injury In Emergency
- Immobilise Patients For Emergency Intervention
- Apply Organisational Techniques
- Apply Context Specific Clinical Competences
- Manage Patients With Acute Illnesses
- Address Problems Critically
- Human Anatomy
- Ensure Safety Of Healthcare Users
- Emergency Cases
- Brief Hospital Staff
- Comply With Legislation Related To Health Care
- Work In Multidisciplinary Health Teams
- Prioritise Emergencies
- Observe Confidentiality
- Principles Of Paramedic Practice
- Health Care System
- Use E-Health And Mobile Health Technologies
- Manage Healthcare Users' Data
- Monitor Patient'S Vital Signs
- Empathise With The Healthcare User
- Sociology Applied To Paramedical Science
- Interact With Healthcare Users
Optional Skills
- Evaluation Methodologies In Paramedic Practice
- Employ Foreign Languages For Health-Related Research
- Decontaminate Ambulance Interior
- Educate On The Prevention Of Illness
- Train Employees
- Communicate In Foreign Languages With Health Service Providers
- Dietetics
- Employ Foreign Languages In Care
Alternative Names
- Emergency Medical Technician
- Paramedic Practitioner
- Emergency Response Paramedic
- Paramedic
- Expert Paramedic
- Specialist Paramedic
- Ambulance Paramedic
- Emt
