What does a hospital paramedic do?

As a hospital paramedic, your responsibilities place you just under the top position in the emergency medical chain of command. You authorize other paramedics to perform emergency health care, supervise EMTs, and administer medications. When a patient needs immediate medical attention, you are in charge of the hospital’s response and treatment of that patient. Usually, you arrive in an ambulance with other EMTs as you supervise life support efforts from CPR to intravenous medication and defibrillators. Hospital paramedics are responsible for the safe transportation and care of a patient before arriving at the emergency care facility.