Paramedic - 911 & Critical Care or Registered Nurse - 911 & Critical Care Transport - FT
Posted Aug 19, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 5, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time a 911 call was not what dispatch said. How did you adjust?
What they are checking: Adaptability and scene safety awareness when information is wrong.
This team offers 12 and 24 hour shifts. How do you stay safe and sharp late in a long shift?
What they are checking: Fatigue awareness and a plan to stay safe on long shifts.
There is a station dog and a self-scheduling system. What kind of team culture do you help build at a station?
What they are checking: How they contribute to a small station team where people live and work together on long shifts.
Tell me about a call that stayed with you and how you took care of yourself afterward.
What they are checking: Healthy coping and awareness of stress in emergency work.
What would you do
The Rice Lake team runs both 911 calls and interfacility critical care transfers. How do you switch mindset between the two?
What they are checking: Flexibility between fast scene work and longer, more detailed critical care transport.
How do you work alongside RNs, paramedics and EMTs so everyone's skills are used well?
What they are checking: Teamwork and respect across licenses in a small crew.
A patient refuses transport but you are worried about them. What do you do?
What they are checking: Understanding of capacity, informed refusal and documentation in 911 work.
About the work
Walk me through how you would manage a rural trauma call with a long transport time.
What they are checking: Judgment about scene time, interventions and calling for air or other resources in a rural area.
You are transporting a ventilated patient and the alarm keeps going off. How do you troubleshoot it?
What they are checking: A systematic approach to ventilator problems in transport.
How do you care for a sick child in the field if you do not see many pediatric patients?
What they are checking: Preparedness for high-risk, low-frequency pediatric calls.
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