About This Role
This Paramedic role involves providing basic and advanced emergency medical assessment, treatment, stabilization, and transportation as part of Beaufort County EMS's dedicated 911 emergency medical service. The position offers a desirable 24/72 shift schedule, allowing EMS professionals to focus exclusively on pre-hospital care without firefighting duties or routine facility transports.
Responsibilities
- Respond to emergency calls in an ambulance and perform necessary rescue work in accordance with established protocols for Basic and Advanced Life Support
- Administer necessary emergency medical care, including the use of transport ventilators, intravenous infusion pumps, suction units, immobilization equipment, syringes and medications, cardiac monitors/defibrillator/pacers, video laryngoscopes and other advanced airway equipment, and automatic chest compression devices
- Perform emergency medical acts in accordance with protocols established by the department and the County
- Administer cardiac and narcotic medications via intravenous line, administer specified solutions by intravenous infusion, perform pulmonary ventilations, and obtain EKGs for cardiac diagnostics
- Perform patient assessment and basic life support techniques in accordance with local protocols, including airway management and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; oxygen administration; hemorrhage control; treatment for shock; bandaging and dressing injuries and splinting of fractures and dislocations; treatment of injuries to various parts of the body; provision of basic life support for medical injuries, assisting in normal and abnormal childbirth, treatment of injuries and burns; lifting and moving patients for transfer to a medical facility, and extrication of patients from confined areas
- Transport patients to local and regional medical facilities, maintaining contact with medical staff while in transport and assuring care of patient
- Complete full patient care documentation through various paper and electronic based formats during and after calls for service, including information for billing documentation and legal accountability
- Participate in a continuous training program to maintain certification and improve competence in medical technical work and operation
- Study street and road patterns and networks of the County in order that future runs may be made with minimum difficulty and delay
- Inspect response vehicles and their emergency equipment, maintain proper inventory of equipment and supplies; clean and sanitize equipment daily; ensure that they are in proper and good working order; make routine adjustments, but report other than minor defects for specialized attention
- Maintain cleanliness and perform minor maintenance of Emergency Medical Service facilities, including sweeping, mopping, cleaning dishes, cleaning and sanitizing living spaces, and cleaning up around the outside of the facility
