Paramedic
Company: Cleveland Clinic
Location: Weston
Posted on: May 13, 2022
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
- Maintains equipment.
- Assesses nature and extent of illness/injury and patient's
history from available sources.
- Determines appropriate independent or collaborative
response.
- Administers appropriate emergency medical care including life
support procedures, decontamination protocols, obtaining EKG
readings and vital statistics monitoring.
- May perform fluid/drug administration.
- If on transport team, they will communicate with medical
personnel at hospital, reports/records observations, and follows
directives until report and hand-off at hospital.
- Also they may navigate ambulance to scene of accident in
response to emergency calls.
- Other duties as assigned. Education:
- Completion of an accredited EMS-Paramedic training program.
Certifications:
- Current licensure as an Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic
(EMTP) in the current State.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart
Association (AHA) required.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart
Association (AHA) required.
- International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) preferred.
- Current valid State Driver's License (VDL) preferred .
- State licensure if required by state law.
- If in an ED, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through
American Heart Association (AHA) upon hire or within one year of
beginning work in the Emergency Department. Complexity of Work:
- Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the
ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take
appropriate action. Work Experience:
- One year experience as a EMT-P preferred.
- Clinical experience through a EMS Paramedic Training program
required. Physical Requirements:
- Requires full body motion to move and lift patients, manual
finger dexterity with good eye-hand coordination; involves
extensive standing and walking.
- Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally,
and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than
negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective
equipment as required.Provides immediate medical treatment to
injured or ill patients on-site and/or during transport to
hospital.
Keywords: Cleveland Clinic, Fort Lauderdale , Paramedic, Healthcare , Weston, Florida
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