Emergency doctor vs outdoor emergency care technician

Differences between emergency doctor and outdoor emergency care 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.

Outdoor emergency care technician example responsibilities.

• Perform CPR and EKG'S.
• Perform high-quality CPR during cardiac arrest, provide postmortem care when need.
• Maintain proper documentation for both incoming and hospitalize patients.
• Initiate admitting procedures for all patients needing admission to hospital.
• Obtain certifications in splinting, phlebotomy, sterile catheterization and EKG interpretation.
• Advance nursing assistant with responsibilities including intravenous line placement/phlebotomy, EKG interpretation, etc.
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