ESSENTIAL FUNCTION REQUIREMENTS FOR PARAMEDICS Weight % of Description Tasks Remarks (lbs)/Reach Time Carrying 250 lbs 60% Carry patient from With assistance of 1 scene to ambulance or 2 additional persons Hearing/Speaking 100% Listening and Must have excellent communicating communication with patients and skills personnel Vision 100% Performing patient Corrected to 20/20 care and driving vision skills Lifting 250 lbs 60% Lifting patients With assistance from ground to stretcher Pulling/Pushing 250 lbs 60% Pull or push With assistance stretcher to ambulance Sitting 25% Completion of run Writing reports Eye/Hand Coordination 100% Writing, run Sometimes in reports, driving, adverse weather and patient care skills light conditions Standing 75% Patient care at Sometimes in and in hospital adverse weather Walking 75% Patient care at Sometimes in scene and in adverse weather hospital Bending/Stooping/Squatting 250 lbs 60% Lifting and moving With assistance equipment and patients Special Requirements: 80% Must drive Considerable (i.e. Climbing, Cleaning, ambulance, physical and mental Driving, Crawling, climbing, crawling, effort in duties etc.) etc. occurs while requires judgment performing rescues and perception and normal use of all eye and ears, heavy lifting required.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTION REQUIREMENTS FOR PARAMEDICS Weight (lbs)/Reach % of Time Description Tasks Remarks Carrying 250 lbs 60% Carry patient from scene to ambulance With assistance of 1 or 2 additional persons Hearing/Speaking 100% Listening and communicating with patients and personnel Must have excellent communication skills Vision 100% Performing patient care and driving skills Corrected to 20/20 vision Lifting 250 lbs 60% Lifting patients from ground to stretcher With assistance Pulling/Pushing 250 lbs 60% Pull or push stretcher to ambulance With assistance Sitting 25% Completion of run reports Writing Eye/Hand Coordination 100% Writing, run reports, driving, patient care skills Sometimes in adverse weather and light conditions Standing 75% Patient care at and in hospital Sometimes in adverse weather Walking 75% Patient care at scene and in hospital Sometimes in adverse weather Bending/Stooping/Squatting 250 lbs 60% Lifting and moving equipment and patients With assistance Special Requirements: (i.e. Climbing, Cleaning, Driving, Crawling, etc.) 80% Must drive ambulance, climbing, crawling, etc. occurs while performing rescues Considerable physical and mental effort in duties requires judgment and perception and normal use of all eye and ears, heavy lifting required.
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