At a glance

Descripción Assess injuries and illnesses and administer basic emergency medical care. May transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.

Alternate titles
  • Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT)
  • Ambulance Driver
  • Dispatcher
  • Emergency Department Technician (ED Technician)
  • Emergency Medical Driver
  • Emergency Medical Responder
  • Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
  • Emergency Medical Technician - Basic (EMT-B)
  • Emergency Room Technician
  • EMT Paramedic (Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic)
  • EMT-B (Emergency Medical Technician- Basic)
  • EMT-I/85
  • EMT-I/99
  • EMT-P
  • First Responder
  • Health Care Specialist
  • Healthcare Specialist
  • Medical Driver
  • Medical Equipment Delivery Driver
  • Medical Technician
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  • Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Driver
  • Paramedic
  • Rescue Technician (Rescue Tech)
  • Rescue Worker
Salario medio por hora $18.76 - $23.01 ($39,020 - $47,860 annually)*
aperturas totales anuales68
Número total de empleados964

A day in the life

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  • Social: Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.
  • Realistic: Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
  • Investigative: Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.
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  • Conventional: Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
  • Enterprising: Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.
  • Artistic: Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts, applied arts and design, performing arts, music, creative writing, media, or culinary art.
  • Administer first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings.
  • Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.
  • Attend training classes to maintain certification licensure, keep abreast of new developments in the field, or maintain existing knowledge.
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  • Comfort and reassure patients.
  • Communicate with dispatchers or treatment center personnel to provide information about situation, to arrange reception of survivors, or to receive instructions for further treatment.
  • Coordinate work with other emergency medical team members or police or fire department personnel.
  • Decontaminate ambulance interior following treatment of patient with infectious disease, and report case to proper authorities.
  • Drive mobile intensive care unit to specified location, following instructions from emergency medical dispatcher.
  • Immobilize patient for placement on stretcher and ambulance transport, using backboard or other spinal immobilization device.
  • Maintain vehicles and medical and communication equipment, and replenish first aid equipment and supplies.
  • Observe, record, and report to physician the patient's condition or injury, the treatment provided, and reactions to drugs or treatment.
  • Perform emergency diagnostic and treatment procedures, such as stomach suction, airway management, or heart monitoring, during ambulance ride.
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Education & Training

Education Postsecondary non-degree award

Licensing Some professions require a specific license to work in Maine. For information on any licensing requirements for this and other occupations, visit the Maine Office of Professional and Financial Regulation.

Training None

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Regional Occupation Data

Data provided by CWRI
Total number employed 964
Average annual wage* $39,020 - $47,860
Annual total openings 68
Average hourly wage* $18.76 - $23.01
Total number employed 225
Average annual wage* $37,990 - $46,810
Annual total openings 18
Average hourly wage* $18.26 - $22.50
Total number employed 212
Average annual wage* $39,380 - $47,870
Annual total openings 16
Average hourly wage* $18.93 - $23.01
Total number employed 460
Average annual wage* No data available
Annual total openings 35
Average hourly wage* No data available

Los detalles de la descripción del trabajo y los datos de pago y demanda para esta ocupación son proporcionados por CWRI, ONET, y Career Onestop.

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