Joshua Clement

• Respond to 911 calls as dispatched.
• Work as a team to provide patient care on 911 EMS calls
• Perform medical interventions and administer medications within my scope of practice

As an Emergency Department Technician, I am responsible for multiple duties. I organize patient transports, make calls for/organize consults for Doctors, Physician's Assistants, and Nurse Practitioners. Along with this, I am also responsible for the transfer of patients to other departments of the hospital once their disposition has been determined to be hospitalized. For patients still in the Emergency Department, I monitor EKG rhythms, and arrange necessary treatments for arriving patients such as EKGs and splinting extremities. I must also put in work orders for broken equipment or anything causing a safety hazard. Upon completion of the provided classes by the hospital, I am certified in interpreting EKG rhythms, inserting IVs and foleys.

As a firefighter my duties are to learn, operate, and maintain tools, apparatus and equipment while also ensuring that fire station duties get finished. I listen and learn attentively to the department's polices, procedures, guidelines as well as any advice from senior firefighters and supervisors in order to be successful in my fire service career. Other duties include those expected of firefighters: Respond to emergent or non-emergent calls as needed in our Fire Based EMS system, treat patients on EMS or emergency calls, perform fire suppression, follow orders from my fire captain, protect life and property while mitigating the situation, as well as anything needed of me on emergency scenes or back at the station. Achieving my Paramedic certification has allowed me to provide a higher level of medical care to the community as well as become a more versatile asset to the Fire Department.

As a firefighter my duties were to learn, operate, and maintain tools, apparatus and equipment while also ensuring that fire station chores get finished. I listened and learned attentively to the department's polices, procedures, guidelines as well as any advice from senior firefighters in order to be successful in my fire service career. Other duties included those expected of firefighters: Respond to emergent or non-emergent calls as needed, treat patients on EMS or emergency calls, perform fire suppression, follow orders from my fire captain, protect life and property while mitigating the situation, as well as anything needed of me on emergency scenes or back at the station.