Prioritise emergencies

Description

Determine the level of risk of an emergency situation and balance the dispatch of ambulances to emergency situations accordingly.

Alternative labels

determine emergency priorities and dispatch ambulances accordingly
perform emergency situation prioritisation
allocate ambulance resources according to emergency priorities
determine emergency priorities
determine priority emergency situations
perform emergency prioritisation
carry out emergency prioritisation
make decisions on prioritising emergency situations
carry out emergency situation prioritisation
prioritise emergency situations

Skill type

skill/competence

Skill reusability level

sector-specific

Relationships with occupations

Essential skill

Prioritise emergencies is an essential skill of the following occupations:

Paramedic in emergency responses: Paramedics in emergency responses provide emergency care to sick, injured, and vulnerable persons in emergency medical situations, before and during transport to a medical facility. They implement and oversee the transfer of the patient in connection with transport. They provide assistance in acute situations, implement life-saving emergency measures, and monitor the performance of the transportation process. As allowed by national law they may also provide oxygen, certain drugs, the puncture of peripheral veins and infusion of crystalloid solutions and perform endotracheal intubation if needed for the immediate prevention of threats for the life or health of an emergency patient.
Emergency medical dispatcher: Emergency medical dispatchers respond to urgent calls made to the control center, take information about the emergency situation, the address and other details and dispatch the nearest ambulance or paramedic helicopter.
Hospital porter: Hospital porters are professional healthcare assistants who transport people on stretchers around the hospital site, as well as and items.

Optional skill

Prioritise emergencies is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.

 


 

References

  1. Prioritise emergencies – ESCO

 

Last updated on September 20, 2022