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A Paramedic provides on-site medical care to patients in the field. Their role is to arrive at emergency medical locations to treat individuals who have been involved in vehicle accidents, emergencies or other crises. Their responsibilities are driving the ambulance and other emergency vehicles, assessing patients and making preliminary diagnoses, providing emergency medical treatment, employing specialist equipment, transporting patients to the emergency department, monitoring and tending to patients while in transit, communicating with medical staff to provide patient information, submitting an accurate incident and patient report, cleaning the ambulance vehicle, and maintaining medical eq...

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Education you need to become a Paramedic

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  • Bachelor of Arts (b.a.) in Physics Education
    The number of occurrences matches with Paramedic in our database.
    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$28,739Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Associate Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences
    The number of occurrences matches with Paramedic in our database.
    Avg. Duration:32 monthsAvg. Fees:$30,610Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Associate Degree in General Studies
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    Avg. Duration:30 monthsAvg. Fees:$18,910Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Associate Degree
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    Avg. Duration:30 monthsAvg. Fees:$18,910Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor of Science (b.sc.) in Criminal Justice
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    Avg. Duration:47 monthsAvg. Fees:$26,899Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
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Annual Pay Estimate for Paramedic and Other Important Info

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8.0 years
$66K
The average years of experience in the workforce prior to having this role
2.96 years
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The average number of roles it took our users to get to this one
3
1492 out of 4016

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