Paramedic

Paramedics are experienced doctors who are able to operate ambulances to pick up patients who may have difficulties traveling to the hospital.

Duties

Answer EMT Calls - Citizens will use /emt to request a paramedic. - Message the patient to determine their location (dynmap, buses, and using GPS-coords are acceptable too). - Run /emtattend when answering an EMT call. - Ask the patient how you may be of assistance and drive to the patient. - If the patient is contagious, give them a soothing potion to slow their symptom progress and drive them to the hospital.

Stock EMT Room - Ensure the EMT room has a good supply of bandages, leg splints, warm gel, and soothing potions. - Craft supplies if stock is running low.

Structure

Secretary of Health: Manages the department operations, creates and amends department policy. Works in determining Doctor of the Month.

Deputy Secretary of Health: Assists in the leadership of the department. Works in determining Doctor of the Month.

Medical Specialist: Responsible for general administration. Reports training records and evaluation records to Discord. Administers vaccines (currently unavailable), and attends patients.

Paramedic: Access to government-issued ambulance. Responds to EMT calls and transports patients to hospital. Is a doctor as well.

Doctor: The backbone of the department. Has had a successful evaluation. Attends patients.

Trainee Doctor: A doctor who has not completed their evaluation. Attends patients to gain experience.

Protocols

• Be patient when communicating with players. Keep calm and empathetic.
• Honesty is the best policy. If you make a mistake, own up to it.
• Paramedics are doctors as well. Do not ignore doctor duties (attending patients in the hospital), as this may lead to termination.
• Be mindful of fellow EMTs. Do not take all the supplies in the EMT room for yourself.
• Do not use your ambulance for personal reasons. Keep it stocked with pharmaceuticals and within easy reach.
• Obey all traffic laws. You must drive carefully and park appropriately.
• Never abuse Paramedic commands in any way.
• Never purposefully drive the patient to a location other than the intended hospital/clinic.
• Communicate with fellow EMTs and other department members. Ask for help when you need it.
• The Secretary reserves the right to dismiss poorly performing members of the department.

Doctor protocols and rules apply. Please check out the Doctor Guide.

RULES

• Paramedics should not lose their issued ambulance. Losing it will result in a fine equivalent to the price of the vehicle.
• Paramedics can store Leg Splints, Bandages, and Soothing Potions in the trunk of their ambulance to treat patients on-site.
  • They may also attend government or server events to handle emergencies there.
• Paramedics cannot use their ambulance for personal usage. Doing so will result in a warning the first time.
  • Doing so the second time will result in your Paramedic license + vehicle being revoked.
• If the patient does not have a contagious disease (such as Broken Legs or a Wound), you may treat them on location.
  • Never hand out free treatments.

Procedure

1. The patient will use the /emt command.
2. If there are multiple paramedics online, you will indicate you are helping such a person in the DoH chat.
3. You will /emtattend <patient's username>
4. You can use dynmap to locate the patient, ask for their nearest bus stop, or /gps-coords x y z the location. If the patient is in the wild, ask them to /spawn first, then take them to the hospital if necessary.
5. Once you have reached the patient, you may give them a Soothing Potion if they have a contagious disease. Ask that they enter the ambulance.
6. Drive the ambulance back to the hospital - ensure you are following all traffic laws.
7. Once you have reached the hospital, direct the patient out of the ambulance into the hospital.
8. Treat and handle the patient as a Doctor would. Patients can use Medicare to pay as well.

Application process

In order to apply for Paramedic, you will have to fill out an application and meet the appropriate requirements outlined here.

Application steps

1. Go to the Forums -> Department of Health -> Applications.

2. Click on ‘Applications’ & ‘Apply’.

3. Fill in your details and submit the application.

Should you have any questions about the application, be sure to go to #government-support on the main Discord and open a ticket in relation to the department you are applying under.