emergency-medical-dispatcher/references/profile.md

Occupation profile — emergency medical dispatcher

• ESCO URI: http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/68450507-b4a0-40e0-895b-385fe705be10
• ESCO code: 4223.1.1
• ISCO-08 group: 4223 — Telephone switchboard operators
• O*NET-SOC: 43-5031.00 — Public Safety Telecommunicators (match: exactMatch)

Description (ESCO)

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.

Definition

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Alternative labels

• medical dispatcher
• emergency call operator
• dispatcher of emergency medical vehicles
• emergency medical services dispatcher
• dispatch employee
• emergency call handler
• ambulance services dispatcher
• control room worker
• EMD
• dispatcher of emergency medical services
• call handler