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Emergency Medical Technicians

The short answer

This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 1,568 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.

How much AI could touch this job

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Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a quarter of this job's tasks.

What this means

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.

Step 2

What AI can and can’t help with in this job

This job is in the second least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.

AI can help with or automate about 25% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Attend training classes to maintain certification licensure, keep abreast of new developments in the field, or maintain existing knowledge.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  2. Communicate with dispatchers or treatment center personnel to provide information about situation, to arrange reception of survivors, or to receive instructions for further treatment.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  3. Observe, record, and report to physician the patient's condition or injury, the treatment provided, and reactions to drugs or treatment.

    AI could do much of this on its own

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Administer first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  2. Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  3. Comfort and reassure patients.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  4. Coordinate work with other emergency medical team members or police or fire department personnel.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  5. Decontaminate ambulance interior following treatment of patient with infectious disease, and report case to proper authorities.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

Step 3

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