Ambulance workers provide emergency health care to patients who are injured, sick, infirm, or otherwise physically or mentally impaired prior to and during transport to medical facilities.
Tasks include -
assessing health status of persons involved in accidents, natural disasters and other emergency situations, and determining needs for immediate and specialized medical assistance;
performing medical procedures and administering drugs and other therapies according to protocol for emergency medical treatment, including resuscitating and defibrillating patients and operating life-support equipment;
monitoring changes in health status of patients during transport to and from medical, rehabilitation and other health care facilities;
providing information and training to community groups and essential service workers in first aid for initial care of an illness or injury;
attending and/or patrolling large-scale public gatherings and other events where health emergencies are more likely to occur;
recording information on patients` conditions
and treatments provided in medical records-keeping systems.