Occupation ambulance attendant

Ambulance attendants drive ambulance or assist ambulance driver in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons. Assist in lifting patients.

Tasks

• Drive ambulances for emergency transportation of patients to medical facilities
• Drive ambulances for routine transportation of patients
• Lift and place patients on stretchers, load stretchers into ambulances and transfer patients to hospital
• Provide first aid such as bandaging, splinting and administering oxygen
• Keep the ambulance and equipment clean and in good working order
• Maintain sufficient medical supplies in the ambulance
• Restrain or shackle violent patients
• Report relevant facts to hospital personnel or law enforcement officials
• Assist hospital staff with the provision of medical treatment if necessary
• Prepare written reports on the state of patients' injuries and treatment provided

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