Paramedic in emergency responses to emergency ambulance driver

• already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
• already held communicate in healthcare skill
• already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
• already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
• already held emergency cases knowledge
• already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
• already held first aid knowledge
• already held human anatomy knowledge
• already held hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
• already held listen actively skill
• already held medical dispatch knowledge
• already held operate an emergency communication system skill
• already held operational tactics for emergency responses knowledge
• already held pathogenic microorganisms knowledge
• already held position patients undergoing interventions skill
• already held provide first aid skill
• already held tolerate stress skill
• already held transfer patients skill
• already held transfer patients to and from ambulance vehicles skill
• already held write reports on emergency cases skill
• already held apply organisational techniques skill
• already held assess nature of injury in emergency skill
• already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
• already held decontaminate ambulance interior skill
• already held maintain order at scenes of accidents skill
• already held operate specialised equipment in emergency skill
• already held pharmacology knowledge
• already held sanitary technology knowledge

• optional, not held drive helicopter under emergency conditions optional
• optional, not held pilot boat for medical emergency services optional
• optional, not held disability care optional
• optional, not held handle patient trauma optional
• optional, not held childbirth optional
• optional, not held perform multiple tasks at the same time optional

• not needed by the target role accept own accountability skill
• not needed by the target role adapt to emergency care environment skill
• not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
• not needed by the target role administer medication in emergency skill
• not needed by the target role advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
• not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
• not needed by the target role apply first response skill
• not needed by the target role behavioural science knowledge
• not needed by the target role brief hospital staff skill
• not needed by the target role clinical science knowledge
• not needed by the target role conduct physical examination in emergency skill
• not needed by the target role contribute to continuity of health care skill
• not needed by the target role cope with blood skill
• not needed by the target role deal with emergency care situations skill
• not needed by the target role defibrillation knowledge
• not needed by the target role delegate emergency care skill
• not needed by the target role develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
• not needed by the target role dietetics knowledge
• not needed by the target role disorders of vital functions knowledge
• not needed by the target role educate on the prevention of illness skill
• not needed by the target role emergency medicine knowledge
• not needed by the target role employ specific paramedic techniques in out-of-hospital care skill
• not needed by the target role ensure safety of healthcare users skill
• not needed by the target role evaluation methodologies in paramedic practice knowledge
• not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
• not needed by the target role health care system knowledge
• not needed by the target role immobilise patients for emergency intervention skill
• not needed by the target role inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
• not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users skill
• not needed by the target role intravenous infusion knowledge
• not needed by the target role intubation knowledge
• not needed by the target role manage acute pain skill
• not needed by the target role manage healthcare users' data skill
• not needed by the target role manage major incidents skill
• not needed by the target role manage patients with acute illnesses skill
• not needed by the target role manage trauma through surgical means skill
• not needed by the target role medical devices knowledge
• not needed by the target role monitor basic patients signs skill
• not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
• not needed by the target role physical science applied to paramedical practice knowledge

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Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• still to learn special equipment in emergency required
• still to learn health care legislation required
• still to learn health care occupation-specific ethics required
• still to learn infection control required
• still to learn resuscitation required
• optional, not held disability care optional
• optional, not held childbirth optional

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A paramedic in emergency responses already covers 60% of what an emergency ambulance driver is expected to do: 28 skills carry over, 20 of which the emergency ambulance driver role treats as required.

13 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by health and welfare. The single most important is assist ambulance paramedics.

Its learning distance is 53.4 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.