Welcome to the Paramedic career summary. If you ever where interested in the Pre-hospital Emergency Care types of job, this summary is for you. I will respond to ten questions to summarize and explain this job. For example, how much they get paid, how can you become a paramedic and many more.
A paramedic’s job is to take care of a patient’s health while bringing them to the hospital.
A paramedic evaluates the state of each patient and then give the care he needs based on protocols. The other paramedic drives to a hospital that will take in the patient and evaluate him more deeply. The roles are switch between calls.
Paramedics respond to the 911 calls when the health of a person is in danger. They take care of the patient while bringing him to the hospital.
Paramedics work in an ambulance all around Quebec. They need to cover all the territory where people live so everyone can have access to the service. Depending on the company, some paramedics are standby at the barrack or at some strategic places.
You need a DCS in Pre-Hospital Emergency Care. During this DCS, you will also pass some physical exam to make sure you can lift all type of patients. After, you need to pass the PINIC exam that will register you as a paramedic in Quebec. You can also become an advanced care paramedic. For that you need two years of experience, and go to the university.
The paramedics start with $23,63 an hour but can make up to $35,32 an hour because of the seniority. At the moment the Paramedics are on strike for better wage.
The protocols improve with time and will change. To stay up to date, paramedics have some additional training to do during their career to understand better the changes.
Paramedics can be in contact with a lot of contagious diseases. They can hurt themselves while moving a heavy patient. They work up to twelve hours continuously and can have a lot of bad posture during their calls.
The chances are really low because all the calls are really diversified. Also, paramedics have empathy for the patient, robots don’t have this kind of emotion and warmth that provides another human being. I think robots will help the paramedics but not replace them. For example, right now you have the " lucas " machine that was invented to give chest compression.
There is not a right age to retire as a paramedic. Sometimes health problem or the harsh conditions push paramedics to retire.
I hope this career summary was helpful for you. I am currently three years into my DCS and one left to go. It is a really cool job to learn. I wish to work in the " Lanaudière " area when I graduate because it’s where I am currently working and living.
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