Career Firefighter Paramedic Job Description
TITLE: Paramedic/Firefighter
REPORTS TO: EMS Shift Supervisor, Deputy Chief - EMS Operations Manager, Platoon Chief, Senior Platoon Chief Officer, or Fire Chief
DIRECTS: No Immediate Supervision of Personnel
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Certified as a paramedic by the Pennsylvania Department of Health to:
- Perform pulmonary ventilation by the use of oral, nasal, endotracheal or tracheostomy intubation
- Insert, in peripheral veins, intravenous catheters, needles, or other cannulae-IV lines
- Obtain venous blood samples for analysis, but only for diagnostic and treatment purposes
- Prepare and administer approved medication and solutions by intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intraosseous, oral, sublingual, topical, inhalation, rectal or endotracheal routes
- Perform defibrillation and synchronized cardioversion
- Perform gastric suction by nasogastric or orogastric intubation
- Insert nasogastric or orogastric tubes
- Visualize the airway by use of the laryngoscope and remove foreign bodies with forceps
- Apply electrodes and monitor cardiac electrical activity including electrocardiograms
- Perform vagal maneuvers
- Use mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation devices
- Assess and manage patients in accordance with the EMT-paramedic training curriculum approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Health
- Perform thoracic decompression
- Perform cricothyrotomy and pulmonary ventilation
- Perform central venous and intraosseous cannulation
- Perform external transthoracic pacing
- Access central venous lines and subcutaneous indwelling catheters
- Perform all other ALS services that may be authorized by Pennsylvania Department of Health approved regional EMS council transfer and medical treatment protocols
- Possess and maintain a current, valid Pennsylvania driver’s license
- Drive, operate and care for assigned apparatus/vehicle
- Maintain, clean, and care for assigned station
- Participate in training for fire, hazardous materials, and related emergency services as directed and authorized by the city
- Participate or assist in emergency and non-emergency operations as may be required, relating to fire, emergency medical, hazardous materials and other related services
- Assist in public safety education programs
- Pursuant to Act 82, must remain current in continuing education as required by the Department of Health, or the medical director
- Pursuant to Act 82, must maintain all certifications, in addition to those required by the state, EMS region, or the medical director
- For continued employment, must remain on Eastern PA Regional full medical command with medical director endorsement
- Maintain a working knowledge of all fire department General Orders, Standard Operating Procedures, Rule and Regulations, and any other directives or policies concerning the work force
