What You'll Do

  • 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.
  • Earn and maintain appropriate certifications.
  • 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.
  • Perform minor maintenance on emergency medical services vehicles, such as ambulances.

Essential Skills

Critical Thinking 3.5/5
Service Orientation 3.5/5
Active Listening 3.38/5
Reading Comprehension 3.12/5
Speaking 3.12/5
Active Learning 3.12/5
Social Perceptiveness 3.12/5
Monitoring 3.0/5
Instructing 3.0/5
Operation and Control 3.0/5
Judgment and Decision Making 3.0/5
Writing 2.88/5

Career Fit Overview

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Top passions

  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.
  • Helper: Supporting people and making a difference matters to you.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.

Common styles

Dependability, Concern for Others, Self-Control, Attention to Detail, Integrity

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Oral Comprehension 3.88/5
Problem Sensitivity 3.88/5
Oral Expression 3.75/5
Deductive Reasoning 3.25/5
Near Vision 3.25/5
Speech Recognition 3.25/5
Written Comprehension 3.12/5
Inductive Reasoning 3.12/5

Technologies & Tools

Computer aided dispatch software Mapping software Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office software Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Word Spreadsheet software Word processing software

Work Environment & Style

Common Styles for This Career

  • Dependability (High importance: 4.43/5)
  • Concern for Others (High importance: 4.41/5)
  • Self-Control (High importance: 4.34/5)
  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.33/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 4.16/5)

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How to Become One

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful but is usually not required. Training is often provided on the job.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Ambulance Attendant Ambulance Driver Care Attendant Certified Emergency Vehicle Technician (CEV Technician) Chair Car Driver Class B Driver CPR Ambulance Driver (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation Ambulance Driver) Driver Driver Medic Emergency Care Attendant (ECA) Emergency Medical Vehicle Operator Emergency Vehicle Operations Instructor Emergency Vehicle Operator Emergency Vehicle Technician EMS Driver (Emergency Medical Services Driver) EMS First Responder (Emergency Medical Services First Responder) EMS Medic (Emergency Medical Services Medic) First Responder Hospital Carrier Medic Technician Medical Transport Driver Medical Transportation Driver Medical Van Driver (Medi-Van Driver) Mobile Health Vehicle Operator Mobile Medical Van Advanced Practitioner Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Driver Patient Carrier Transport Medic Vehicle Operator Technician Wheelchair Van Operator First Responder