Job Description
The Paramedic Critical Care, under the direction of the Operational Medical Director, performs care appropriate to the patient population served and meets routine and life-threatening patient care needs. The Paramedic Critical Care may be required to respond under routine or emergency conditions, assess the scene for hazards, triage multiple patients, especially in mass casualty situations, provide assessment, stabilization and treatment of life-threatening conditions utilizing skills within the Paramedic Critical Care scope of practice, and within the protocols set forth by the Regional EMS Council and / or the Operational Medical Director. Such skills may include, but are not limited to basic life support needs, IV insertion, fluid and medication administration, advanced airway techniques including drug assisted intubation, ventilator management, cardiac rhythm interpretation and monitoring, pacing and defibrillation, and safe transportation to t...