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Carilion Clinic
1906 Belleview Ave Roanoke, VA 24014
Paramedic
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The Paramedic administers life support care and transport to...
Town of Christiansburg
100 E Main Street Christiansburg, VA 24073
Advanced Life Support Provider Paramedic (Part-Time)
The Paramedic performs responsible protective services work providing emergency medical care at the scene of an injury or illness and during transport to medical facilities. The Paramedic supervises r...
About This Occupation
Assess injuries, administer emergency medical care, and extricate trapped individuals. Transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.
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Ambulance Driver-Paramedic
Emergency Department Technician (ED Technician)
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
Emergency Medical Technician, Basic (EMT, B)
Emergency Medical Technician/Driver (EMT/DRIVER)
Emergency Room Technician
EMT Intermediate (Emergency Medical Technician, Intermediate)
EMT-I/85
EMT-I/99
EMT-P
EMT, Paramedic (Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic)
EMT/Dispatcher (Emergency Medical Technician/Dispatcher)
EMT/Paramedic (Emergency Medical Technician/Paramedic)
First Responder
Flight Paramedic
Full-time Paramedic
Healthcare Specialist
Medical Technician
Multi Care Technician (Multi Care Tech)
Paramedic
Rescue Worker
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Software, Tools, or Technology
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Adult Magill forceps
Adult non-rebreather oxygen masks
Adult stylets
Airway suction units
Ambulances
Bag valve mask BVM resuscitators
Battery-powered portable suction units
Blood pressure recorders
Blood tubes
Bulb syringes
Bulletproof vests
Cardboard splints
Catheters
Center punches/glass hammers
Child oxygen masks
Chock blocks
Cricothyrotomy kits
Curved adult blades
Curved pediatric blades
Desktop computers
Electrocardiography EKG units
Emergency medical services cervical collars
Endotracheal ET tube holddown devices
Endotracheal ET tubes
Epi-pens
Epocrates
Esophageal intubation detection devices
Esophageal tracheal airway devices
External pacers
Extrication devices
Fixed-oxygen equipment
Fixed-suction equipment
Full-spine immobilization devices
Glucometers
Hacksaws
Half-spine immobilization devices
Head immobilization devices
HyperTox
Infant oxygen masks
Informed EMS Field Guide
Infusion sets
Interlink syringe cannulas
Intraosseous kits
Intravenous IV cannulas
Intravenous IV pressure infusers
Intravenous IV pumps
Iterum eMedic
Laryngoscopes
Limb restraints
Long arm boards
Lower extremity traction devices with ankle hitches
Mechanical stethoscopes
Meconium aspirators
MedDataSolutions Regist*r
Medical anti-shock trousers MAST
Medical suction catheters
Medical Wizards ER & ICU ToolBox
Medical Wizards ER Suite
Medical Wizards Paramedics ToolBox
MEDITECH software
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word
Monitors
Mosby's Drug Consult
Multi-level wheeled cots
Nasopharyngeal airways
Nebulizers
Needles
Notebook computers
Obstetrical OB kits
Oropharyngeal airways
Oximeters
Oxygen nasal cannulae
Palmtree EMS Field Reference Guide
Palmtree Pocket EKG
Patient CO2 monitors
Patient restraints
PEPID EMS
Personal digital assistants PDA
Pleural decompression kits
Pneumatic anti-shock garments PASG
Pocket masks with one-way valves
Portable cardiac monitors
Portable oxygen equipment
Preload syringes
Pry bars
Restraint belts
Resuscitation devices
Rigid splints
Ring cutters
Saline locks
Scalp vein needles
Scalpels
Semiautomated or automatic external defibrillators AED
Short arm boards
Skyscape
Skyscape Rosen and Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult
Sledgehammers
Spinal immobilization equipment
Splints
Stair chairs
Straight adult blades
Straight pediatric blades
Straitjacket
Stretchers
Suction tubing
Syringes
TechOnSoftware HazMatCE Pro
Telemetry units
Tourniquets
Traction splints
Transtracheal jet insufflators
Triage tags
Two way radios
Vacutainer adapters
Valve mask resuscitators
Venoject needles
Vial access cannulas
Wall-mounted oxygen regulators
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