PT Fire Medic I/ Fire Medic II (EMT A & B)

Part-Time EMT-Advanced, Paramedic/Intermediate

Isle of Wight County is seeking applicants to serve as Part-Time EMT-Advanced, Paramedic/Intermediate providing emergency response, care, transportation, and treatment. Duties include deciding the plan of action in emergency situations, preparing equipment for emergency response and providing non-emergency public assistance.

Examples of Duties:

• Responds to calls to provide emergency medical assistance to provide EMT-Advanced level emergency medical care; drives ambulances in response to emergency calls and in the transport of patients performs primary and secondary patient assessments; determines blood pressures, pulses, respiratory rates, capillary refill, and other vital signs; determines patients' medical history, complaints, and symptoms; establishes and maintains open airways; ventilates non-breathing persons; administers cardio-pulmonary resuscitation to victims of cardiac arrest; operates a defibri...