Emergency Medical Technician

Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading authority in emergency services as an Emergency Medical Technician in Abu Dhabi. This role involves responding to medical emergencies, triaging patients, and providing critical care during transport to medical facilities. Candidates should possess a diploma in emergency medical services and relevant certifications such as BLS and ACLS.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years of experience required.
• Valid BLS, ACLS & PALS Certificate & a Trauma Certificate (PHTLS or ITLS) required.

Responsibilities

• Provide ambulance services and medical assistance to patients.
• Perform triage and transport patients to hospitals.
• Maintain and prepare ambulance and medical equipment.

Skills

Medical assessment

Emergency response

Patient triage

Driving skills

Education

Diploma in emergency medical services

Job description

Job Purpose: Providing ambulance services to patients and injured people at incident site, transporting them safely to hospitals to receive treatment, participate in events and activities, responding to major accidents, triaging the injured patients, transporting them to hospitals, and documenting all necessary medical interventions and patient information.

Job Tasks:

Understands professional ethics

Understand the administrative system

Understand the aspects of quality in medical services and patient safety

Understands and applies medical policies

Understands and applies medical protocol

Familiar with first aid medications

Wearing personal protective equipment

Cleans and sterilizes the ambulance vehicle

Cleans and sterilizes all devices and equipment in the ambulance vehicle

Cleans and sterilizes hands and personal items

Receive the ambulance at the beginning of the shift and ensures that it is clean and ready to receive reports

Receives the devices at the beginning of the shift and logs in

Handle the (EPCR) device at the start of the shift and sign in

checks the readiness and suitability of devices, equipment and consumables inside the ambulance

Ensures the availability of medicines according to chick lists

Prepare reports and special examination forms for medical tools and ambulances

Handle incidents related calls

Respond to the instructions received, and arrive to the correct location on the right time

Communicates with the operations platform to request additional information when needed

Evaluates and identifies the type of potential risks according to the report

Maintains personal protection

Requests the required support according to the type of incident (medical support, security support, logistical support, firefighting support)

Understands how to evaluate the situation in circumstances of emotional and psychological support.

Aware of comforting a person in distress and helping him feel safe and calm.

Assesses needs and concerns have people or colleagues who have been traumatized.

Recognizes common patterns of reactions to crises to provide appropriate assistance.

Understands how to safely deal with people in distress and protect the public from further harm

Understands how to keep the patient calm and control overwhelming emotions when needed

Understands how to provide emotional support and practical assistance.

Performs the primary and secondary evaluation

Evaluates the general medical condition of the patient

Deals with all adult trauma cases

Deals with all adult medical cases

Be able to administer medications and fluids though intravenous needles (IV)

Dealing with maternity cases

Deals with all cases of children's injuries

Deals with all medical cases of children

Performs basic ECG and analysis

airway management

management of cardiac arrest cases

reports casualty’s condition in the electronic and paper system and uses the radio device

Evaluates the patient's health condition that requires him to be transferred to the hospital

The patient is placed on an ambulance stretcher to be transferred into the ambulance

The patient is handed over to the medical staff in the hospital

Cleans and sterilizes equipment and the ambulance after the calls

prepare the ambulance with all medical supplies and medications

Communicates with operations, reports readiness, and heads to the sub stations

Familiar with types of hazardous materials

Familiar with the types of clothing and personal protective equipment for hazardous materials

Familiar with how to deal with hazardous materials incidents in general

Familiar with how to deal with people injured by hazardous materials

Familiar with how to evaluate site safety and triage casualties

Arrives at the location of the call, secures the parking space for the ambulance, protects the medical staff and the patient, and informs the bronze ambulance commander

It is installed in the designated places for each ambulance according to the importance assigned to it, in accordance with the instructions contained in the bronze ambulance

Wears personal protective and safety equipment according to the nuclear/radiological/chemical/biological incident response system and activates detection devices.

Surveys and evaluates the accident scene before entering to ensure the safety of the site

Assumes the roles and responsibilities according to the incident response system (nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological) if activated by those concerned.

The concerned authorities ensure that the clinical disinfection area is ready to receive infected people

Goes to the location and receives the patients to performs the medical treatment.

The (serious cases) are transferred to health facilities according to the nature of each case in coordination with the bronze ambulance commander

Deals with patients according to the nature of each case (evaluation and treatment)

Receives medical information about the patients in terms of the person’s name, age, and main injury, and it is filled in the electronic patient report system EPCR with proof of identity

Communicates initial information about the condition of each patient to the team leader and the expected time for transporting the injured person to the reception gates.

Exchanging information about the condition of the overall patients with the Bronze Team Leader and updating it constantly

Coordinates with the Bronze Ambulance Commander to complete the mission or continue transporting the injured

Disinfects the ambulance, and all the equipment used in the calls

Prepares periodic accident reports and major accidents.

Receives the calls and immediate responds to the patient’s location with a coordinate from the operations

Surveys and evaluates the accident scene before entering to ensure the safety of the site

Prepares periodic accident reports for Major accidents (methane)

Immediate respond to the calls from sub stations or any other waiting site

Performs medical triage

Communicates initial information about the condition of each injured person to the team leader and the expected time for transporting the injured person to the appropriate healthcare facility.

Transports injured people to the treatment facility

Provides the necessary treatment wherever it is found.

Transports the injured, in coordination with the operations and movement officer on site, to health facilities and provides him with the necessary information.

Understands the goals, tasks, and duties of the job

Understands the general specifications of ambulance vehicles.

Understand the safe driving steps before setting off

Ensures the readiness of daily inspection of ambulance vehicles

Understands risks and their types and carries out monitoring, forecasting, and predicting risks

Recognizes the dangers of speeding, handles emergencies, and is aware of accidents and the dangers of slipping and its causes

Practices traffic awareness to prevent accidents and implements safe steps during the process of dealing with sick and injured people

Understands the safe distance, stopping distance, and the importance of traffic regulations and their types

Practicing command and control with speed types and practicing defensive and preventive driving of ambulance vehicles

Understands the types of traffic accidents, their causes, driving operations, and how to deal with reports

Recognizes speeding hazards and responds to emergencies

Practicing driving operations, how to deal with reports with control, and how to overcome unsafe situations

Practicing maneuvering operations and rapid response during reports on public streets, cities, corners, and roundabouts

Required Professional Certificates:

Valid BLS, ACLS & PALS Certificate & a Trauma Certificate (PHTLS or ITLS).

Minimum years of Experience:

Minimum tow years of experience.

Qualifications:

Diploma in emergency medical services.