Paramedic

Paramedic

Job

A paramedic's job is to respond to an emergency and provide immediate medical care to stabilize sick or injured persons.

Paramedic

Paramedics are trained to administer medications intravenously and perform minor emergency operations related to airway obstructions.


Intravenously means in the veins

Paramedic

​Where do they work?

Ambulance services, hospitals, government agency

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Paramedic

​Job

Depending on the type of emergency, paramedics may bandage wounds, set broken bones or treat burns. A paramedic is also trained to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and cardiac defibrillation for cases of cardiac arrest.

Paramedic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBi1l0LDbpg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSrtZAfmibI

Multiple Choice

A paramedic can give medicine

• yes

• no

Paramedic

Paramedics are exposed to a variety of hazards such as lifting patients and equipment, treating those with infectious disease, handling hazardous substances, and transportation via ground or air vehicles.

An infectious disease is an illness causes by germs that can be spread from person to person