Pipeline Career Profile for
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics
Career Description
Assess injuries, administer emergency medical care, and extricate trapped individuals. Transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities. 
NC Salary
$20,730
$30,450
$41,750
What It Takes
Required Level of Education - Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in Personnel Services, Engineering-related Technologies, Vocational Home Economics, Construction Trades, Mechanics and Repairers, Precision Production Trades) Related Work Experience - None On-Site or In-Plant Training - Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months On-the-Job Training - Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month 
Did You Know?
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KnowledgeMedicine and Dentistry
Importance:
 Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
Customer and Personal Service
Importance:
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
English Language
Importance:
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Education and Training
Importance:
Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Transportation
Importance:
Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
AbilitiesOral Comprehension
Importance:
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Problem Sensitivity
Importance:
The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
Arm-Hand Steadiness
Importance:
The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Oral Expression
Importance:
The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Deductive Reasoning
Importance:
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Work Styles
Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical. Self Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations. Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. Social Orientation - Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. ASSESS YOUR JOB SKILLS FOR THIS CAREER PATH
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