Ambulance Dispatcher

Duties and Responsibilities

Ambulance dispatchers answer phone calls from people in need of urgent or medical help. Dispatchers usually need to try to maintain contact with a caller while using a computerized dispatch system to relay pertinent information to the appropriate agencies. Read on to learn more about educational and other requirements for this career.

Salary

The average yearly salary for an Ambulance Dispatcher is $31,450. If you are just beginning to work as an Ambulance Dispatcher, you could expect a starting pay of $25,900. As is true for most careers, you can expect your pay rate to increase the longer you are employed. You could make an income of around $37,000 after some time.

Education

Regardless of previous training, ambulance dispatchers usually receive on-the-job training on how to respond to incoming emergency and non-emergency telephone calls in their specific work environment and how to use a particular dispatch computer system. Some states also require emergency medical dispatchers who work for either public agencies or private ambulance companies to obtain state licensing. Specific training and testing is usually required, and licensed ambulance dispatchers could have to complete continuing education and maintain a valid CPR certification to renew their license.

No i would not like to be an Ambulance Dispatcher because you have to be multitasking talking to the caller and using the computer to locate them at the same time. Also because in my opinion its stressing .