5.0 KiB
5.0 KiB
Competences — paramedic in emergency responses
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0b5dfc02-b825-4445-811d-d39ed442657e).
Essential
- accept own accountability (skill/competence)
- adapt to emergency care environment (skill/competence)
- address problems critically (skill/competence)
- adhere to organisational guidelines (skill/competence)
- administer medication in emergency (skill/competence)
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent (skill/competence)
- apply context specific clinical competences (skill/competence)
- apply first response (skill/competence)
- apply organisational techniques (skill/competence)
- assess nature of injury in emergency (skill/competence)
- behavioural science (knowledge)
- brief hospital staff (skill/competence)
- clinical science (knowledge)
- communicate in healthcare (skill/competence)
- comply with legislation related to health care (skill/competence)
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice (skill/competence)
- conduct physical examination in emergency (skill/competence)
- contribute to continuity of health care (skill/competence)
- cope with blood (skill/competence)
- deal with emergency care situations (skill/competence)
- defibrillation (knowledge)
- delegate emergency care (skill/competence)
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship (skill/competence)
- disorders of vital functions (knowledge)
- emergency cases (knowledge)
- emergency medicine (knowledge)
- empathise with the healthcare user (skill/competence)
- employ specific paramedic techniques in out-of-hospital care (skill/competence)
- ensure safety of healthcare users (skill/competence)
- first aid (knowledge)
- follow clinical guidelines (skill/competence)
- health care system (knowledge)
- human anatomy (knowledge)
- hygiene in a health care setting (knowledge)
- immobilise patients for emergency intervention (skill/competence)
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges (skill/competence)
- interact with healthcare users (skill/competence)
- intravenous infusion (knowledge)
- intubation (knowledge)
- listen actively (skill/competence)
- maintain order at scenes of accidents (skill/competence)
- manage acute pain (skill/competence)
- manage healthcare users' data (skill/competence)
- manage major incidents (skill/competence)
- manage patients with acute illnesses (skill/competence)
- medical devices (knowledge)
- medical dispatch (knowledge)
- monitor basic patients signs (skill/competence)
- observe confidentiality (skill/competence)
- operate an emergency communication system (skill/competence)
- operate specialised equipment in emergency (skill/competence)
- operational tactics for emergency responses (knowledge)
- pathogenic microorganisms (knowledge)
- pharmacology (knowledge)
- physical science applied to paramedical practice (knowledge)
- position patients undergoing interventions (skill/competence)
- principles of paramedic practice (knowledge)
- prioritise emergencies (skill/competence)
- promote inclusion (skill/competence)
- provide first aid (skill/competence)
- provide health education (skill/competence)
- respond to changing situations in health care (skill/competence)
- sanitary technology (knowledge)
- select hazard control (skill/competence)
- sociology applied to paramedical science (knowledge)
- stages of normal development (knowledge)
- tolerate stress (skill/competence)
- transfer patients (skill/competence)
- transfer patients to and from ambulance vehicles (skill/competence)
- transportation methods (knowledge)
- use e-health and mobile health technologies (skill/competence)
- work in a multicultural environment in health care (skill/competence)
- work in multidisciplinary health teams (skill/competence)
- write reports on emergency cases (skill/competence)
Optional
- communicate in foreign languages with health service providers (skill/competence)
- decontaminate ambulance interior (skill/competence)
- dietetics (knowledge)
- educate on the prevention of illness (skill/competence)
- evaluation methodologies in paramedic practice (knowledge)
- manage trauma through surgical means (skill/competence)
- train employees (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages for health-related research (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages in patient care (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 53 ads, as of 2026-07-18)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- patient assessment — 43 %
- advanced life support — 23 %
- emergency medical care — 23 %
Responsibilities
- equipment maintenance — 19 %