Occupation Atlasemergency ambulance driver
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/64e909ad-1bd0-493c-a8dc-1afbed0c9c2f
emergency ambulance driver
Emergency ambulance drivers use emergency vehicles to respond to medical emergencies and support the work of paramedics, move patients safely, take note of changes in the patient's vital signs and report to the paramedics in charge, ensuring the medical equipment is well stored, transported and functional, under supervision and on order of a doctor of medicine.
Compare with another occupationCompare with paramedic in emergency responses
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
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Occupational interest profile
RSCRealistic · Social · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.45
- S Social4.73
- C Conventional3.57
- I Investigative2.45
- E Enterprising1.53
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians (53-3011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (33)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- assist ambulance paramedics
- clean vehicle interiors
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- drive ambulance under emergency conditions
- emergency cases
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure ambulance roadworthiness
- first aid
- follow verbal instructions
- health care legislation
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- human anatomy
- hygiene in a health care setting
- infection control
- listen actively
- maintain emergency vehicle equipment
- medical dispatch
- monitor patients during transfer to hospital
- operate an emergency communication system
- operational tactics for emergency responses
- pathogenic microorganisms
- position patients undergoing interventions
- provide first aid
- resuscitation
- special equipment in emergency
- tolerate stress
- transfer patients
- transfer patients to and from ambulance vehicles
- work in multidisciplinary teams related to emergency care
- write reports on emergency cases
Optional (14)
- apply organisational techniques
- assess nature of injury in emergency
- childbirth
- communicate in foreign languages with health service providers
- decontaminate ambulance interior
- disability care
- drive helicopter under emergency conditions
- handle patient trauma
- maintain order at scenes of accidents
- operate specialised equipment in emergency
- perform multiple tasks at the same time
- pharmacology
- pilot boat for medical emergency services
- sanitary technology
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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