Good ability to: • Perform technical medical skills with a high degree of accuracy; • Understand and effectively deal with emotional and medical needs of victims of injuries, acute illnesses, or psychological emergencies; • Maintain a professional and objective approach to the care of ill or injured persons; • Learn new concepts in rescue and medical skills and techniques and in pre-hospital care; • Perform a variety of limited mechanical work involved in the use, testing and maintenance of rescue and medical equipment; • Direct the work of, and teach other personnel; • Understand and follow oral and written instructions and orders; • Maintain a professional attitude when representing the Company; • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, assisting agencies, hospital personnel, and the general public; • Drive and operate emergency ambulance units; and, • Author reports with narrative and numeric information. • Recognizes and understands a medical emergency and makes reasonable and acceptable differential diagnosis; • Performs physical examinations; • Understands and anticipates potentially life-threatening presentation of non-cardiac emergencies and institutes appropriate emergency therapy where essential for the preservation of life; • Deals with medical and emotional needs of any victim of acute illness or injury with the goal of reducing morbidity and mortality.