Diploma in Paramedic Science

Career opportunities in New Zealand include employment with St John, Wellington Free Ambulance services, the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and other pre-hospital medical providers.

An emergency medical technician administers pre-hospital emergency care – looking after patients during the time between when an ambulance locates the patient and when that patient arrives at the hospital or treatment centre. EMTs are required to provide a high level of professional medical care to patients under a variety of circumstances.

Responsibilities of an EMT include

• Attend accidents and emergencies
• Treat sick and injured people
• Stabilise the patient’s condition by delivering basic life support care of the injured and medically unwell
• Transport patients and accident victims to medical facilities
• Liaise with other emergency services, including fire and police, at the scene of an emergency
• Ensure the ambulance and equipment are kept clean and in good working condition
• Ensure that patient coursework is complete and kept confidential
• Transfer non-emergency patients to and from medical facilities
• Work a roster pattern with day and night shifts
• Provide a high level of professional medical care to patients under all circumstances

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