Automation index
How much of a Paramedic’s job can AI already do?
Paramedics treat emergencies outside hospital and move the patient.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Paramedic
14%
AI can already do 14% of this job.
#640 / 643
View rankingParamedic
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Notes and protocolsEstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 20% | 30% | +6 |
Street care and transferEstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 50% | 8% | +4 |
Life-threatening callsEstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 20% | 12% | +2.4 |
CoordinationEstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 10% | 15% | +1.5 |
| Total | 100% | 14% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- hygiene in a health care setting
- behavioural science
- pharmacology
- disorders of vital functions
- sanitary technology
- transportation methods
- pathogenic microorganisms
- sociology applied to paramedical science
- health care system
- human anatomy
Sources for this job· O*NET 29-2042.00· ESCO/ISCO 3258
IS WORK OVER?
Perfusionist
20%
#471 / 643
View rankingPerfusionist
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Build the circuit, prime and the checklist.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 36% | +5.8 |
Run the pump, gases and temperature.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 24% | 8% | +1.9 |
Cardioplegia, haemofiltration and weaning.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
ECMO, emergencies and the oxygenator change.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Logs, alarms and talk to the surgeon.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 18% | +2.5 |
No air in the line and owning the machine.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 12% | +1.7 |
| Total | 100% | 20% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- run the pump
- CPB
- prime the circuit
- cardioplegia
- ECMO
- wean off pump
- oxygenator
- perfusion
Sources for this job· O*NET 29-2099.00· ESCO/ISCO 3212