EMT | Gundersen Health System Ambulance | Sparta & Tomah
Posted Sep 29, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Sparta runs a 24-on, 72-off schedule. How have you handled long shifts and staying sharp on your fourth call at 3 a.m.?
What they are checking: Whether they have real strategies for fatigue so their judgment stays safe late in a 24-hour shift.
Tell me about a call that stayed with you afterward. How did you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they have healthy ways to process hard calls, which keeps people in EMS for the long run.
Tell me about a time you had to calm a scared patient or family member while also doing your job.
What they are checking: Whether they can show compassion and keep people calm without losing focus on the care itself.
What would you do
You're 30 minutes from the nearest hospital with a patient whose condition is getting worse. How do you work with your paramedic partner during that ride?
What they are checking: Whether they understand the EMT role in long rural transports and can support the paramedic without overstepping scope.
Your partner wants to do something you think goes against protocol. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they will speak up respectfully for patient safety instead of going along to avoid conflict.
You're covering nearly 1,000 square miles across Iowa and Wisconsin. What do you do to know the roads and towns well?
What they are checking: Whether they take responsibility for learning the service area, since getting lost costs time on a rural call.
A patient refuses transport but you think they need care. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they understand informed refusal, can explain risks clearly, and document carefully under medical direction.
About the work
Walk me through how you'd assess a patient you've never met on a rural 911 call, from the moment you arrive on scene.
What they are checking: Whether they follow a solid scene safety and primary assessment routine instead of jumping to the most obvious problem.
Interfacility transfers are a big part of this job. What's different about moving a patient from a critical access hospital compared to a 911 call?
What they are checking: Whether they know transfers require careful handoff, review of orders and attention to equipment already on the patient.
How do you decide which hospital to take a patient to when there's more than one choice?
What they are checking: Whether they think about protocols, patient condition and the resources each hospital actually has.
How do you check your rig and equipment at the start of a shift, and what do you do if something's missing?
What they are checking: Whether they treat the truck check as a real safety step and fix or report gaps right away.
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