Ambulance and Paramedical Staff
Job description
These individuals provide pre-hospital emergency care (ex.: cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR], intravenous fluids, etc.) to injured or sick people and transport them to medical centres for further care. This group includes supervisors.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Vehicle or passenger compartment
- Biological agents
- Odours
- Hazardous workplaces
- Noise
- Fire, steam, hot surfaces
- Violence
Main tasks
- Determine the severity of injury or illness of victims to provide emergency care and give necessary medication.
- Immobilize a person undergoing physical trauma.
- Use air, land, or sea transportation to bring patients to medical centres.
- Check with ambulance dispatch centres, police, firefighters, and patients’ relatives to provide the right treatment.
- Document and record the nature of injuries and illnesses and the treatment given.
- Assist hospital staff in providing medical care, as required.
- Maintain ambulances, equipment, and supplies needed for emergency care.
- Train and supervise staff.
- Assist in the triage of persons in emergency situations, as required.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $24.00
- Median
- $34.00
- Maximum
- $39.95
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
5,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 34.8% Female
- 65.2% Male
Not available.
- 34.8% Female
- 65.2% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$74,000
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 621, 622, 62393% of jobs
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NAICS 914% of jobs
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NAICS 324, 3251% of jobs
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NAICS 411% of jobs
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NAICS 810% of jobs
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Others1% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 621, 622, 62393% of jobs
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NAICS 914% of jobs
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NAICS 324, 3251% of jobs
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NAICS 411% of jobs
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NAICS 810% of jobs
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Others1% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
DCS in soins préhospitaliers d’urgence (Nouvelle version)
Code : 181A1
Placement rate: 93%
6% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- Registration in the National Register of Ambulance Technicians.
- A Class 4A (Emergency Vehicle) licence is required for drivers.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Critical thought
- Coordination
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Service oriented
- Social perception
- Information processing
- Active learning
- Reading comprehension
- Solving complex problems
- Result evaluation
- Written expression
- Learning strategies
- Operations and control
- Judgment and decision-making
- Teaching
- Science
- Monitoring operations
- Systems evaluation
- Time management
Abilities
- Awareness of issues
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Speech clarity
- Speech recognition
- Limb coordination
- Information organization
- Hand-arm stability
- Near vision
- Written comprehension
- Distance vision
- Digital dexterity
- Manual dexterity
- Selective attention
- Classification
- Written expression
- Control accuracy
- Perception speed
- Response orientation
- Processing flexibility
- Core strength
- Static muscle power
- Time sharing
- Information processing speed
- Reaction time
- Auditory attention
- Idea generation
- Memorization
- Originality
- Depth perception
- Colour perception and distinction
- Physical flexibility in extension
- Visualization
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to work under pressure
- Sense of responsibility
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Capacity to work in a team
- Versatility
- Rigour
- Tolerance to stress
- Sense of observation
- Commitment to quality
- Spoken bilingualism (French and English)
- Knowledge of medicine or dentistry
Interests
- Watch, defend, and secure
- Work in transportation and maintenance
- Assist or care for people
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
Official name of the NOC 32102
Paramedical occupations
Job titles
- Ambulance attendant
- Emergency paramedic
- Emergency medical technician - paramedic/advanced care paramedic (emt - p/acp)
- Emergency medical technician (emt)
- Drilling rig medical worker
- Assistant paramedic
- Ambulance attendant trainee
- Chief ambulance attendant
- Medical assistant (paramedic)
- Advanced emergency medical assistant
- Emergency medical assistant
- Ambulance driver-attendant
- Ambulance driver
- Ambulance services unit chief
- Drilling rig medical warden
- Advanced life support coordinator
- Advanced care paramedic
- Critical care paramedic
- Primary care paramedic
- Advanced life support paramedic
- Intermediate care paramedic
- Infant transport attendant
- Advanced life support attendant
- Drilling rig medic
- Ambulance attendants supervisor
- Ambulance services supervisor
- Ambulance services field supervisor
- Registered emergency paramedic
- Medical technician
- Drilling rig medical technician
- Ambulance technician
- Newborn medical care technician
- Newborn emergency medical care technician
- Emergency medical technologist - paramedic (emt-p)
- Paramedic worker
Skill type
Health
Last update: January 29, 2026
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