Description
Drive ambulance or assist ambulance driver in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons. Assist in lifting patients.
- • Perform minor maintenance on emergency medical services vehicles, such as ambulances.
- • Clean and wash rigs, ambulances, or equipment.
- • Drive ambulances or assist ambulance drivers in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons.
- • Remove and replace soiled linens or equipment to maintain sanitary conditions.
- • Place patients on stretchers, and load stretchers into ambulances, usually with assistance from other attendants.
- • Accompany and assist emergency medical technicians on calls.
- • Replace supplies and disposable items on ambulances.
- • Report facts concerning accidents or emergencies to hospital personnel or law enforcement officials.
- • Administer first aid, such as bandaging, splinting, or administering oxygen.
- • Restrain or shackle violent patients.
- • Earn and maintain appropriate certifications.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
