Medical Specialist Job Specifics
Priority Search & Rescue is currently accepting applications for volunteers.
We are a fully volunteer, nonprofit organization that specializes in wilderness and urban search and rescue. We respond to a variety of deployments from Missing persons to large scale natural disasters. We ask that you be available two Saturdays a month for training and meetings.
No prior training or knowledge is required as we will get you trained.
We request that you live within a 2.5-hour drive from Huntsville, Texas, and be comfortable with traveling to and from Huntsville as needed, which is where our deployment base is located, we also do most of our training events at or around this area. In the event that you are located in an area that we are deploying to we will not require you to drive to us for that deployment. We will arrange to rendezvous with you.
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As a “Medical Specialist” you’ll be expected to:
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Evaluating the general health of and delivering medical care to all task force personnel, victims, and search dogs, during disaster events.
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Implementing the medical action plans.
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Accounting for, maintaining, and performing minor repairs for all issued equipment.
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Assessing the functionality levels and capabilities of medical facilities in the local jurisdiction
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Performing additional tasks or duties as assigned during a mission​.
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Must be able to lift/carry up to 50lbs.
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Able to live and work in an austere environment.
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What is an Austere environment? Imagine the collapse of society or the zombie apocalypse (without the zombies). There may be no running water, electricity or medical care. You may be expected to sleep on cots or pads in a parking lot or under canopy's or you may even sleep in a vehicle. You could also go days without a shower and when you do get a shower it may be a garden hose type shower.
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Requirements:​
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Medical personnel certified within an accredited organization, who meet the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician – Paramedic Standards and actively practice advanced pre-hospital life support​.
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OR Physician Assistant
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OR Registered Nurse-Practitioner
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OR Registered Nurse
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OR Certifications in BTLS, ACLS, and PALS (or equivalent)
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Physical Training Walk: Members must be able to walk 2 miles within 40 minutes carrying a thirty-pound pack (tested annually)
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When we are called, which can be at virtually any time, we will send out notifications that we have a request to deploy, you’ll be asked to respond promptly and get to the base in Huntsville, Texas within 3 to 4-hours of the initial call, times will depend on where we are going and what the mission is. At times if we know we are being deployed (like when we know a hurricane is coming for instance) you may have a full day or two to be ready. If you are unable to attend, we understand but ask that you make at least 75% of the call outs within your first year and then 50% of the call outs after that.
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You’ll be required to purchase some equipment such as uniforms and personal items as well as build a 24-hr pack which be utilized as your deployment pack. We will give you purchase links to all the pieces of our uniforms when you join. On average the recruit will pay out of pocket around $100 - $200 in the first couple of months as they build their uniforms and packs.
We are not state or federally funded and are funded only by the donations of the members of our communities and by the volunteers of Priority SAR. This is not a job you'll become rich from in a monetary sense, but you will become rich with knowledge and the feeling of doing something for another person in their time of need.
If you are interested in joining, please use the link below to fill out an application.
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APPLICATION LINK