Emergency Medical Technician
Grades 1 to 3 (If Certified ~ as not aprotected title then by whom & what competencies.) i.e., Assume for Grade1:
Also, EMT should have 6 months to a 1 yearof documented experience. EMT's are not recognised in ERT SAR withoutdocumentation.
As First Responder PLUS PRACTICALExperience PLUS
· Suction
· OP Airway / NP Airway
· Use of Positive Pressure AR /BVM
· Carry Chair / Stretcher (ManualHandling & Kinetic Lifting)
· C-Spine / Long Board / Ked /Sked,
· Some additional Medicine Admin.(i.e., Glucagon)
Patient Monitoring: Blood Pressure (ManualSphyg & Auto.), Blood Sugar, O2 sats, temperature, respirations, etc
Grade 2 starts with Basic CardiacMonitoring (12 Lead ECG), more medicines, etc.
Musthave written authority to wear. Check with SAR Command for specifics at thetime.
