emergency medical dispatcher
ISCO: 4223. Skills: 28. Essential: 19.
Essential skills
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- answer emergency calls
- communicate verbal instructions
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- dispatch ambulance
- listen actively
- local geography
- log emergency call information electronically
- manage dispatch software systems
- manage multiple patients simultaneously
- medical dispatch
- operate an emergency communication system
- personnel planning in emergency response
- prioritise emergencies
- provide advice to emergency callers
- support distressed emergency callers
- tolerate stress
- work in multidisciplinary teams related to emergency care