Emergency doctor vs emergency medical technician

Differences between emergency doctor and emergency medical technician duties and responsibilities

Emergency doctor example responsibilities.

• Perform and manage procedures including splinting, suturing, electrocardiography and abscess incision and drainage.
• Collaborate with hospitals, doctors, paramedics or other medical personnel to ensure proper communication for continuance of patient care.
• Assist doctors and specialists with plaster splinting fractures, placing chest tubes, intubation, and other complicate procedures.

Emergency medical technician example responsibilities.

• Provide medical emergency response, non-emergency transport services, event medical services, manage transportation services and paramedic and EMT training.
• Demonstrate manual dexterity, with ability to perform all tasks relate to quality patient care.
• Coordinate emergency transport of patients while providing treatment and triage in a variety of emergency situations.
• File reports for patients, restock ambulance and supplies at base, have ACLS training, injection.
• Handled/administered all types of ACLS medications to pediatric, adult and geriatric patients on a daily basis.
• Assist nurse/physician with procedure such as suturing, lumbar puncture, catherization, casting/reduction, and application of restraints.
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