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.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Assessing health status of persons involved in accidents, natural disasters and other emergency situations, and determining needs for immediate and specialized medical assistance;
(b) 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;
(c) Monitoring changes in health status of patients during transport to and from medical, rehabilitation and other health care facilities;
(d) Providing information and training to community groups and essential service workers in first aid for initial care of an illness or injury;
(e) Attending and/or patrolling large-scale public gatherings and other events where health emergencies are more likely to occur;
(f) Recording information on patients' conditions and treatments provided in medical records-keeping systems.