Paramedic in emergency responses to respiratory therapy technician

• already held apply context specific clinical competences 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 contribute to continuity of health care skill
• already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
• already held human anatomy knowledge
• already held hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
• already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
• already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
• already held first aid knowledge
• already held manage healthcare users' data skill
• already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
• already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill

• optional, not held conduct polysomnography optional
• optional, not held emergency surgery optional
• optional, not held interpret medical images optional
• optional, not held promote health and safety optional
• optional, not held provide pre-treatment information optional
• optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
• optional, not held surgery optional
• optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional
• optional, not held medical informatics 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 adhere to organisational guidelines 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 first response skill
• not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
• not needed by the target role assess nature of injury in emergency 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 communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
• not needed by the target role conduct physical examination in emergency 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 decontaminate ambulance interior 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 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 cases knowledge
• not needed by the target role emergency medicine knowledge
• not needed by the target role empathise with the healthcare user skill
• not needed by the target role employ specific paramedic techniques in out-of-hospital care 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 listen actively skill
• not needed by the target role maintain order at scenes of accidents skill
• not needed by the target role manage acute pain 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

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

• still to learn clinical perfusion required
• still to learn respiratory medicine required
• still to learn respiratory therapy required
• still to learn health care legislation required
• still to learn medical terminology required
• optional, not held emergency surgery optional
• optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
• optional, not held surgery optional
• optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional
• optional, not held medical informatics optional

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A paramedic in emergency responses already covers 49% of what a respiratory therapy technician is expected to do: 14 skills carry over, 9 of which the respiratory therapy technician role treats as required.

8 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by health and welfare. The single most important is carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures.

Its learning distance is 53.6 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.