Other denominations
Emergency care assistant
Description
Emergency medical technicians drive ambulances or assist the driver while transporting sick people or accident victims to a healthcare centre. They help the patient into and out of the ambulance, putting the vehicle in the correct position and the right distance away, depending on the severity of their injuries. They make patients comfortable within the ambulance, placing them in the right position according to their condition and ensuring they are transported in the best condition possible. Advanced life support ambulances (UVI-Mvil ambulances) are staffed by healthcare professionals (medics and nurses) in order to provide care en route. Should assistance be required from an emergency medical technician, the rest of the staff follows his or her orders. Conventional ambulances, however, don't require the presence of these professionals and it is the emergency medical technician who intervenes in the case of a possible emergency, where the patient is in a particularly bad condition. They provide basic, immediate care and under no circumstances do they administer medicine, use materials or treatments which require cutting through body tissues, or make decisions which correspond to other professionals such as doctors or nurses.
Tasks
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Centre per al desenvolupament professional Porta22
Barcelona Treball (Porta22)
Llacuna, 156-162, 08018 Barcelona
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Monday to Friday from 9 to 18 h