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Essential Job Functions :
:• Obtains and records pertinent data regarding
the health status of the patient to be transported /transferred.
• Develops a realistic assessment of the patient’s health status
through interview, physical exam, records, reports, and consultations,
which is accurate and comprehensive.
• Triages request for transport/transfer. Facilitates bed placement and
determines the appropriate mode of transport (ALS/BLS/Transport Team).
Works collaboratively with the referring hospital to this end.
• Determines the team composition, equipment needed, and the mode of
transportation for safe and expedient transport based on protocol and the
immediate/potential physical condition of the patient.
• Formulates a plan of care related to identified patient problems and
desired outcomes of transport, as well as potential emergency
situations.
• Identifies and prioritizes appropriate stabilization measures based
upon patient assessment and protocol. Recommends appropriate stabilization
measures for referring facility to initiate.
• Implements nursing interventions and protocol measures consistent
with the plan of care to include participation and education of the
patient, family, and significant other as appropriate.
• Evaluates the patient’s progress through continuous observation and
assessment of responses to interventions, treatments, and therapies.
• Revises the plan of care according to changes in patient needs.
• Accurately documents assessment, actions taken, and the patient’s
response to illness, intervention, transport and teaching.
2. Safety:
• Utilizes correctly the appropriate equipment as indicated by the
patient assessment and plan of care.
• Maintains transport equipment and instrumentation in a constant state
of readiness.
• Establishes and maintains a safe and therapeutic environment in which
to provide optimum care and transport.
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of patient care
and transport.
• Strives to manage risks.
3. Knowledge base/technical skills:
• Demonstrates base knowledge and use of nursing standards and
protocols in the care and decision making for transported patients.
• Demonstrates competency in expanded role skills of transport nursing
as well as generic nursing skills.
• Performs effectively in emergency situations following protocols,
informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.
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