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Ambulance Care Assistants (ACA), transport non-emergency patients to and from hospital for pre-arranged appointments. They also work to discharge, transfer and admit patients. Working for the Patient Transport Service, they help patients in and out of the ambulance and take them to their appointment. Afterwards the patient is driven back to their home, and the care assistant will ensure they are settled in before leaving. Many of the people care assistants deal with are frail, elderly, physically disabled or have mental health problems. They are likely to be worried and nervous and need to be treated with kindness and patience. Throughout the working day staff are in regular contact with the control room, who update the crews of any change in appointments etc. to make sure that the crews are running to time. Their work involves a lot of heavy lifting, carrying and bending. Ambulance Care Assistants are responsible for the routine maintenance of their vehicle and its equipment. Some ambulance services in Britain have an ACA grade known as ''Urgent-Tier''. These staff will drive A & E ambulances and will partner with a Paramedic or Technician. Their role will involve the transport to hospital of ''Urgent'' (as opposed to Emergency) cases and they will usually provide inter-hospital transfers where the patients condition requires a higher degree of clinical care than a regular ACA can provide. This position requires successful completion of an emergency driving course, equal to that which Emergency crews must pass. The Urgent-Tier crew also can be called to attend emergency calls as first responding crew when no other crews are available. == Skills and interests == In order to become an ambulance care assistant, you will need: a warm, outgoing, caring personality the ability to work with all types of people to enjoy helping people good driving skills and a full clean driving licence a strong sense of responsibility and a serious attitude to work good organisational skills to enjoy being part of a team physical and emotional stamina. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ambulance Care Assistant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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