Emergency Medical Technicians, task by task.

The work this job is made of, grouped and scored on how much of its output software can produce today, then linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job. The full activity list is underneath.

Also filed here25
  • emt p
  • emt i 85
  • emt i 99
  • paramedic
  • dispatcher
  • rescue worker
  • medical driver
  • first responder
  • ambulance driver
  • medical technician
  • healthcare specialist
  • health care specialist
  • emergency medical driver
  • emergency room technician
  • and 11 more
SOC code
29-2042.00
Activities scored
6
In O*NET
13 activities
Activities an agent can take on
3
Grounded in
O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Emergency Medical TechniciansSOC 29-2042.00
85% · agentMostly automatable
64% · agentPartly automatable
64% · agentPartly automatable
35% · you keepPartly automatable
Emergency medical treatmentWhat can do this →
15% · you keepBarely automatable
10% · you keepBarely automatable
The team3 agents · 3 need no setup
Documentation agent
Microsoft Word · Microsoft Excel · MEDITECH software
● No integration needed
Inventory management agent
Microsoft Excel · Docs · Sheets
● No integration needed
Communication agent
Microsoft Office software · Email · Chat
● No integration needed
You keep this
Provide direct emergency medical care and life supportMake critical treatment decisions under pressureDrive ambulance and transport patients safelyMaintain professional certification and accountability

Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.

Start with these three

The most automatable work in this job, and the one tool we would use for each. Every task has a page of its own with the reasoning and every occupation that does it.

Patient documentation and reporting85% · recording, documentation and administration · mostly automatable
Medical supply inventory management64% · scheduling, planning and resource control · partly automatable
Communication with medical facilities64% · routine communication and explanation · partly automatable

The full activity list

All 13 detailed work activities O*NET records for Emergency Medical Technicians, grouped by how much of each one software can take on. Every row has its own page.

Mostly automatable 3

Mostly automatable activities for Emergency Medical Technicians
ActivityJobs
Record patient medical histories57
Maintain medical or professional knowledge31
Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals27