EMT - Casual - Williamsport

at  UPMC

The EMT provides transport and basic life support care in the pre-hospital setting including wheelchair or stretcher van transports and ambulance transports of non-emergency or emergency patients.

• Perform cleaning of vehicles and equipment.
• Perform daily vehicle/equipment checks and report maintenance problems. Complete paperwork required to record vehicle checks, maintenance, and inventory documentation.
• Perform patient assessment and patient care at the basic life support level for patients of all age groups, including the initiation of prehospital care following established standards or policies for patients suffering from traumatic injuries or medical emergencies.
• Perform necessary communication with Lycoming County Communications Center, Fire/EMS units utilizing UHF, VHF, and cellular telephones.
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• Perform automatic external defibrillation on patients when indicated in the prehospital setting.
• Assist with restraining combative patients as well as provide emergency and non-emergency transport (both local and long-distance).
• Complete patient records and required state charts on all transports and transfers performed. Complete a legible narrative description of the patient’s condition.
• Know and follow all organizational/departmental policies/procedures.
• Provide prehospital transportation of emergency or non-emergency patients, locally, out of region, or out of state. Independently perform transports of special needs patients utilizing the custodial care coach.
• Operate emergency vehicles, ambulances, wheelchair vans, and passenger vans under routine and emergency conditions in a safe, controlled manner in accordance with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Vehicle Code and Department of Health.
• Perform support functions such as restocking and inventory maintenance of supplies and equipment, cleaning of equipment, transport of equipment, transport specimens to diagnostic testing areas, and transport of equipment (inter- and intra-departmental).
  High School Diploma or equivalent preferred. Previous ambulance and/or hospital experience preferred.