8-9 Week Project Remote Offshore Russia
This position will be located on offshore facilities or vessels. The workforce consists of oil field contractor employees. The number of employees varies considerably due to construction stages, drilling operations, maintenance and operating. Staging will be in Norway. With a short arctic ocean drilling season the project will be covered by two medics (one position) each doing an 8-9 week rotation.
Overview:
Primary role is medical support with some other duties as assigned. Remote Medic will assess, treat and coordinate transport for patients to higher-level medical providers, commonly in the form of a clinic or hospital. Medevacs will be accomplished via ocean vessel as no helicopter service available. Invasive care may include advanced airways, IV therapy, medications and defibrillation.
Qualifications:
• Current state licensure
• Current CPR and ACLS certification
• 3-5 years' experience as practicing paramedic
• Past/current experience working on vessels in an offshore environment. Working history in the arctic a plus.
• No sea sickness history
• HUET, BOISET or cold water survival training
• Passport
• Successfully complete D&A testing, physical, and fitness for duty testing.
Responsibilities:
• Assesses the safety and hazards at the scene of an emergency.
• Controls the hazards at an emergency scene.
• Determines the nature and extent of illness or injury present and establishes the priorities for emergency care.
• Under the direct or indirect supervision of a physician, treats injuries or illness using advanced life support techniques and medications; these may include:
o airway management with endotracheal tubes or cricothyroidotomy,
o intravenous therapy, heart monitoring with an Electrocardiographic (ECG) device
o defibrillation
o synchronized cardioversion
o administration of any type of parenterally, orally, or topically approved medication or solution
o needle chest decompression
o gastric and oral/tracheal suctioning
- all Basic Life Support techniques of the EMT-1.
• Extricates patients from entrapment.
• Provides special rescue services where trained in those specific areas.
• Performs triaging of patients and management of mass casualty situations.
• Lifts and moves patients.
• Utilizes specialized communication equipment to consult with physicians and/or notify hospitals of patient's condition.
• Completes detailed documentation on patient care and transport.
• Understands and uses appropriate state and federal regulations pertaining to EMS, confined space, hazardous materials, incident command system, bloodborne pathogens, airborne pathogens, and controlled substances.
• Reports verbally to receiving Physician as to the patient's condition and interventions performed.
• Maintains the condition of the emergency response vehicle, aircraft, or vessel.
• Maintains, cleans, restocks emergency supplies and equipment.
• Attends continuing medical education (CME) on an ongoing basis.
