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GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN ADMINISTRATIVE Flight Paramedic Gundersen Air Critical in PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wisconsin
JOB REQUIREMENTS: Love + medicine is who we are, it\'s what we do, it\'s why people want to work here. If you\'re looking for a job to love, apply today. Schedule Weekly Hours:40 Come fly with us! When minutes matter, Gundersen AIR delivers life-saving care in some of the world\'s most advanced medical helicopters. Gundersen Health System is looking for a fulltime Flight Paramedic to join our growing team working out of either our Decorah, IA or Sparta, WI base. While you will have a home base the expectation will be to work shift/pick up shifts at both bases. This dual role will have shared responsibilities as a Critical Care Paramedic with Gundersen Health System Ambulance with bases located at Tomah, Richland Center, Prairie du Chien (Wisconsin) and West Union, IA. Your home base(s) will be determined based on proximity. What You\'ll Do: As a Flight Paramedic, working in conjunction with the Flight Nurse and pilot in sharing patient care duties and operational responsibilities, you will function as an advanced trained paramedic able to provide critical care in the medical transport of critically ill and injured patients. The role requires an autonomous practice and the ability to follow and deliver care using existing medical protocols and critical thinking skills. In collaboration with the Flight Nurse, you will assess patient condition to determine nature and extent of illness or trauma; develop plan of care for the patient during the transfer; establish and prioritize medical procedures to be followed; and incorporate knowledge of patient\'s physical and psychosocial development into planning intervention for quality patient care. You will demonstrate and utilize advanced trauma skills and lifesaving procedures such as intubation, needle decompression, surgical and needle cricothyrotomy, central and peripheral intravenous access and pericardiocentesis proficiency. You may alsoassist the pilot as requested inflight, operating and remaining proficient in advanced radio, navigation, NVG equipment, aviation map reading skills, plotting coordinates, as well as GPS operation. As a Critical Care Paramedic on our ground Ambulance team, you will respond to emergent and non-emergent requests for emergency medical assistance in an Interfacility Transfer Service, for critical patients transported to a higher level of service and requiring care beyond that in the scope of a licensed paramedic, or when patient criticality meets criteria for air transport and air services are unavailable, operating under the guidance of local medical direction. You will demonstrate the ability to independently initiate and maintain medical procedures, medications, and evaluations beyond the scope of the paramedic while functioning as the sole practitioner in the ambulance setting. You must be able to operate and troubleshoot a ventilator, patient sedation, noninvasive position pressure ventilation, chest... For full info follow application link. EEO/AA/Veterans/Disabilities ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/CF77F35D42A748C7
