Catalog 2014-2015

Emergency Medical Technician

Essential Function: Intellectual

The ability to collect, interpret, and integrate information and make decisions.

Examples:

  • Combine findings from patient and scene assessment with knowledge of anatomy and physiology to develop or follow treatment plans.
  • Solve problems to meet challenges of emergency scenes.
  • Recognize changing patient conditions and adapt care to address changing conditions.
  • Synthesizing patient treatment plans in the absence of concrete findings or in the presence of contradictory findings.