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Description Strength Through Diversity Ground breaking science. Advancing medicine. Healing made personal. The Mount Sinai Health System Department of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Job Title: Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) -Full Time, Part Time (Various Shifts) Roles & Responsibilities: Receives emergency calls from dispatcher or Supervisor and promptly, safely responds to assignments. Ensures the safety of the patient and other pre hospital personnel at all times. Provides direct patient care from first contact through authorized hand off including but not limited to… Performing medical histories and performs physical exams as indicated on patients in the field. Initiating indicated treatment modalities according to written policies and medical control physician orders. Accompanying the patient to the Emergency Department. Monitoring and treating the patient during transportation. Transporting the patient to the appropriate emergency department and reports orally to the nurse and/or physician. Writes a comprehensive report documenting the situation at the scene, physical exam, orders received, treatments rendered, response to these treatments, and ...