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O*NET detailed work activityAdminister first aid
Stays humanHands-on care
11 jobs11 tasks
Physical care and clinical work need trained hands, close observation and a person who is accountable at the bedside or chairside.
Part of Administer emergency medical treatment, under the O*NET work activity group Assisting and Caring for Others. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 11 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Render aid to accident survivors and other persons requiring first aid for physical injuries.
- Examine injured persons and administer first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, if necessary, using training and medical supplies and equipment.
- Provide emergency first aid and summon medical assistance when necessary.
- Provide for physical safety of groups, performing such activities as providing first aid or directing emergency evacuations.
- Perform first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when required.
- Carry injured offenders or employees to safety and provide emergency first aid when necessary.
- Administer first aid according to prescribed procedures and notify emergency medical personnel when necessary.
- Activate emergency action plans and administer first aid, as necessary.
- Administer first aid to injured group participants.
- Administer emergency first aid, wrap injuries, treat minor chronic disabilities, or refer injured persons to physicians.