ambulance dispatcher

Ambulance Dispatcher

Duties and Responsibilites:

An emergency medical dispatcher is a professional tele-communicator, tasked with the gathering of information related to medical emergencies, the delivery of assistance and instructions by voice, before the arrival of Emergency Medical Services, and the dispatched and support of EMS resources responding to an emergency call.

Salary:

The average salary of an ambulance dispatcher is $40,000 in the year of 2015.

Education:

The education/training needed to be an ambulance dispatcher may be offered by private companies, community colleges, or by some large EMS systems which are self-dispatching.  The minimum amount of training to become an ambulance dispatcher are 32 classroom hours covering topics such as, EMD Roles and Responsibilities, Legal and Liability Issues in EMD, National and State Standards for EMD, Resource Allocation, Layout and Structure of EMD Guide cards, Obtaining Information from Callers, Anatomy and Physiology, Chief Complaint Types, Quality Assurance & Recertification and Stress Management.

Reflection: I would not want to be an ambulance dispatcher because I’m bad at helping people. I would not be good at doing this really fast or dealing with injured people.