SUMMARY: The Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians scope of practice includes basic and limited advanced skills focused on the acute management and transportation of critical and emergent patients as outlined by the National EMS Scope of Practice Model.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ability to perform limited advanced skills and provide pharmacological interventions to emergency patients within their scope of practice.
- Functions as part of a comprehensive EMS response, under medical oversight.
- Performs interventions with the basic equipment typically found on an ambulance.
- Functions as a link from the scene to the emergency health care system.
- Knowledgeable of the minimum psychomotor skills; such as,
Airway and Breathing
- insertion of airways that are NOT intended to be placed into the trachea
- Tracheobronchial suctioning of an already intubated patients
- Assessment
Pharmacological Interventions
- Establish and maintain peripheral intravenous access
- Establish and maintain intraosseous access in a pediatric patient
- Administer (nonmedicated) intravenous fluid therapy
- Administer sublingual nitroglycerine to patient experiencing chest pain of suspected ischemic origin
- Administer subcutaneous or intramuscular epinephrine to a patient in anaphylaxis
- Administer glucagon to a hypoglycemic patient
- Administer intravenous D50 to a hypoglycemic patient
- Administer inhaled beta agonists to a patient experiencing difficulty breathing and wheezing
- Administer a narcotic antagonist to a patient suspected of narcotic overdose
- Administer nitrous oxide for pain relief
Trauma Care
- Application and inflation of the pneumatic anti-shock garment (PASG) for fracture stabilization.
- Demonstrates knowledge and respect of patient’s right to privacy and protection of patient’s confidentiality.
- Works as a team member through interaction, assistance and demonstration.
- Participates in emergency situations.
- Ability to communicate between patients, families, ancillary personnel and hospital departments involved in patient care.
- Function as a non-licensed staff member in the emergency department under the direction of the medical director, mid-level (Physician Assistant, Advanced Practice Nurse) or charge RN as requested and allowed by hospital policy.
- Will be required to work weekend shifts as scheduled.
- Functions as patient advocate.
- Miscellaneous duties as assigned requested or required.
