Sunday, May 26, 2024

Paramedic - Abu Dhabi UAE

Hiring Organization: Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority 
Job Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Job Purpose: 
Providing ambulance services to patients at the Incident site, transporting patients safely to hospitals to receive further treatment, providing coverage for Abu Dhabi activities and events, responding to major accidents, triaging the injured patients and transporting to hospitals, and documenting all these cases.


Job Tasks:

Understands Professional Ethics
Understands the administrative system
Learn about medical quality and patient safety
Understands and applies medical policies
Understands and applies medical protocol
deals professionally with medications
Wearing personal protective equipment
Cleans and sterilizes the ambulance vehicle
Cleans and sterilizes all devices and equipment in the ambulance vehicle
Cleans and sterilizes hands and personal items
Receive the ambulance at the beginning of the shift. Ensures that it is clean and ready to receive reports
Receive the Hytera device at the beginning of the shift and login
Receive device (EPCR) at the start of the shift and sign in
Checks the readiness and suitability of devices, equipment, and consumables inside the ambulance
Ensures the availability of medicines according to the approved numbers and ensures their validity
Prepare Reports And special examination forms for medical tools and ambulances
Receives the report and responds from the ambulance's stability point to the report site and accordingly and coordinates to the operations. reports to the Bronze Ambulance Commander.
Go to the reporting tools /website from a fixed point according to the incident and coordinates.
Communicates with the operations platform to request additional information when needed
Evaluates and identifies the type of potential risks according to the report
Maintains personal protection
Requests the required support according to the type of incident (medical support, security support, logistical support, firefighting support)
Understands how to evaluate the situation in situations of emotional and psychological support.
Established report in times of distress
Assesses the needs and concerns of people or colleagues who have been exposed to trauma.
Recognizes common patterns of crisis reactions to provide appropriate assistance.
Understands how to safely deal with people in distress and protect the public from further harm
Understands how to keep the sufferer calm and control overwhelming emotions when needed
Understands how to provide emotional support and practical assistance.
The primary and secondary evaluation of the injured is carried out the field
Evaluates the general medical condition of the patient person
Deals with all trauma cases
deals with all medical cases
Provides interventions through intravenous needles
Dealing with maternity cases
Deals with all cases of children's injuries
It deals with all medical cases of children
Performs advanced ECG and analysis
deals with the respiratory airway management
Provides basic and advanced first aid for cases of cardiac arrest
The system reports the casualty’s condition in the electronic and paper system and uses the Hytera device
Evaluates the patient's health condition that requires to be transferred to the hospital
The patient is placed on an ambulance stretcher to be transferred into the ambulance
The patient or injured person is handed over to the medical staff in the hospital
Cleans and sterilizes equipment and the ambulance after the report
The ambulance is provided with all medical supplies and medications
Communicates with operations, reports readiness
Familiarize with types of hazardous materials
Familiar with the types of clothing and personal protective equipment for hazardous materials
Familiar with how to deal with hazardous materials incidents in general
Familiar with how to deal with people injured by hazardous materials
Familiar with how to evaluate site safety and triage casualties
Arrived at the location of the report, secures the parking space for the ambulance, protects the medical staff and the patient, and inform the Bronze Ambulance Commander
It is installed in the designated places for each ambulance according to the mission assigned to it and according to the instructions of the Bronze Ambulance Commander
Wears personal protective and safety equipment according to the nuclear/radiological/chemical/biological incident response system and activates detection devices.
Surveys and evaluates the accident scene before entering to ensure the safety of the site
Assumes the roles and responsibilities according to the incident response system (nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological) if activated by those concerned.
The concerned authorities ensure that the clinical disinfection area is ready to receive infected people
Performs the medical treatment for the patients
The patient (simple and moderate cases) is transferred to the clinical facilities
The injured (serious cases) are transferred to health facilities according to the priority of each case in coordination with the bronze ambulance commander
Deals with patients and injured people according to the nature of each case (evaluation and treatment)
Received medical information about the injured in terms of the injured person’s name, age, and main injury, and it is filled in the electronic patient record system PCR with proof of identity
Communicates initial information about the condition of each injured person to the team leader and the expected time for transporting the injured person to the reception gates.
Exchanging information about the condition of the injured with the Bronze Team Leader and updating constantly
Coordinates with the Bronze Ambulance Commander to complete the mission or continue transporting the injured
Replaces personal protective clothing in a safe manner in cooperation with the disinfection team when the transfer of the injured is completed and the ambulances return to the reception area
Disinfects the ambulance, and all the equipment used
Prepares periodic accident reports and major accidents.
Receives the calls and responds from the ambulance's substation to the reporting site and accordingly coordinate the Process and informed Bronze Ambulance Commander
Surveys and evaluates the accident scene before entering to ensure the safety of the site
Prepare Major accidents (methane) report
Heads to the location of the incident site and receives the injured patients. Received instructions from the Bronze Ambulance Commander for the team
Does Medical triage process for injured people.
Delivers Initial information about the condition of each injured person for the team leader and the expected time for transporting the injured person to the reception gates.
Arrives at the scene and receives instructions from the Bronze Ambulance Commander, Lieutenant General
Transports injured patients to the treatment area
Triage the infected
Provides the necessary treatment wherever applicable
Transports the injured, in coordination with the operations and movement officer on site, to health facilities and provides the necessary information.
Understands the goals, tasks, and duties of the job
Understands the general specifications of ambulance vehicles.
Understand the safe driving steps before setting off
Ensures the readiness of daily inspection of ambulance vehicles
Understands risks and their types and carries out monitoring, forecasting, and predicting risks
Recognizes the dangers of speeding, handles emergencies, and is aware of accidents and the dangers of slipping and its causes
Practices traffic awareness to prevent accidents and implements safe steps during the process of dealing with sick and injured people
Understands the safe distance, stopping distance, and the importance of traffic regulations and their types
Practicing command and control with speed types and practicing defensive and preventive driving of ambulance vehicles
Understands the types of traffic accidents, their causes, driving operations, and how to deal with reports
Recognizes speeding hazards and responds to emergencies
Practicing driving operations, how to deal with reports with control, and how to overcome unsafe situations
Practicing maneuvering operations and rapid response during reports on public streets, cities, corners, and roundabouts


Required Professional Certificates:
Valid BLS, ACLS & PALS Certificate & a Trauma Certificate (PHTLS or ITLS).


Minimum years of Experience:
One years of experience post qualification as paramedic.


Qualifications:
Diploma in Emergency Medical Services.

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