Description
Paramedics in emergency responses provide emergency care to sick, injured, and vulnerable persons in emergency medical situations, before and during transport to a medical facility. They implement and oversee the transfer of the patient in connection with transport. They provide assistance in acute situations, implement life-saving emergency measures, and monitor the performance of the transportation process. As allowed by national law they may also provide oxygen, certain drugs, the puncture of peripheral veins and infusion of crystalloid solutions and perform endotracheal intubation if needed for the immediate prevention of threats for the life or health of an emergency patient.
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Theoretical Knowledge
human anatomyemergency casesemergency medicinehygiene in a health care settingmedical dispatchintubationmedical devicespathogenic microorganismshealth care systemphysical science applied to paramedical practicefirst aidtransportation methodsintravenous infusionoperational tactics for emergency responsesbehavioural scienceclinical sciencedefibrillationpharmacologyprinciples of paramedic practicedisorders of vital functionssociology applied to paramedical sciencesanitary technologystages of normal developmentdieteticsevaluation methodologies in paramedic practice
Practical Skills
prioritise emergenciescommunicate in healthcarework in multidisciplinary health teamstolerate stressprovide first aidassess nature of injury in emergencyemploy specific paramedic techniques in out-of-hospital careinteract with healthcare usersapply first responseposition patients undergoing interventionsaccept own accountabilitymanage major incidentscope with bloodprovide health educationimmobilise patients for emergency interventionfollow clinical guidelinesoperate an emergency communication systeminform policy makers on health-related challengesadapt to emergency care environmentselect hazard controlensure safety of healthcare usersmanage patients with acute illnessesbrief hospital stafftransfer patientsapply organisational techniquestransfer patients to and from ambulance vehiclesaddress problems criticallyrespond to changing situations in health careuse e-health and mobile health technologiesmanage acute painadhere to organisational guidelinesadminister medication in emergencycontribute to continuity of health caremanage healthcare users' dataconduct physical examination in emergencyapply context specific clinical competencescomply with legislation related to health caredevelop a collaborative therapeutic relationshipwrite reports on emergency casesobserve confidentialitymonitor basic patients signsdeal with emergency care situationsoperate specialised equipment in emergencycomply with quality standards related to healthcare practicedelegate emergency careempathise with the healthcare userlisten activelymaintain order at scenes of accidentswork in a multicultural environment in health careadvise on healthcare users' informed consentpromote inclusiondecontaminate ambulance interiortrain employeesuse foreign languages in patient caremanage trauma through surgical meanseducate on the prevention of illnesscommunicate in foreign languages with health service providersuse foreign languages for health-related research