Jobs / Healthcare / 29-2043.00
Paramedics
Administer basic or advanced emergency medical care and assess injuries and illnesses. May administer medication intravenously, use equipment such as EKGs, or administer advanced life support to sick or injured individuals.
- US jobs
- 100,610
- Median wage
- $60,600 a year
- Job family
- Healthcare
Can agents do the work of paramedics?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Healthcare: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: MedAgentBench, 69.7% of tasks completed.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 32%Administer emergency medical treatmentNot measured
- 17%Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient careNot measured
- 12%Administer basic health care or medical treatmentsNot measured
- 8%Analyze health or medical dataNot measured
- 8%Provide support or encouragement to othersNot measured
- 8%Maintain current knowledge in area of expertiseNot measured
- 7%Train others on health or medical topicsNot measured
- 4%Operate medical equipmentNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in healthcare, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Perform emergency cardiac care, such as cardioversion and manual defibrillation.
- Perform emergency invasive intervention before delivering patient to an acute care facility.
- Coordinate work with other emergency medical team members or police or fire department personnel.
- Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.
- Comfort and reassure patients.
- Administer first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings.
- Operate equipment, such as electrocardiograms (EKGs), external defibrillators, or bag valve mask resuscitators, in advanced life support environments.
- Perform emergency pharmacological interventions.
- Administer drugs, orally or by injection, or perform intravenous procedures.
- Attend training classes to maintain certification licensure, keep abreast of new developments in the field, or maintain existing knowledge.
- Observe, record, and report to physician the patient's condition or injury, the treatment provided, and reactions to drugs or treatment.
- Instruct emergency medical response team about emergency interventions to ensure correct application of procedures.
Other job titles for this occupation (11)
Critical Care Paramedic · Firefighter Paramedic · First Responder · Flight Paramedic · Critical Care Flight Paramedic · ED Paramedic (Emergency Department Paramedic) · EMT Paramedic (Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic) · ER Paramedic (Emergency Room Paramedic) · Paramedic Specialist (PS) · Rescue Worker · Responder