Combat Medic Specialist: civilian jobs and transferable skills
Army 68W Combat Medic Specialist experience builds transferable skills in emergency medical care, patient care, training, emergency response, and inventory management. CivLaunch currently matches 5 open civilian jobs to this MOS, including Paramedic at Acadian Companies, Flight Paramedic at Air Methods, and Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) at Superior Ambulance.
About the 68W MOS
Army combat medic who gives emergency treatment at the point of injury and limited primary care, force health protection, and evacuation from the battlefield through clinics and hospitals. Assists with outpatient and inpatient care, teaches combat lifesaver courses, and manages platoon medical readiness and supplies.
Ranked by how many of your skills each job uses. Strong matches share the most.
Paramedic
Acadian Companies · Zwolle, LA
Strong Match
Healthcare
Full-time paramedic for Acadian Ambulance in Zwolle, Louisiana. Assesses patients and gives basic through advanced life support on scene and during transport, drives the ambulance, hands off patients and records care on run reports, keeps the unit stocked and its equipment tested, and may train new medics as a field training officer. Paramedic, CPR, and ACLS certifications required.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to emergency medical care, patient care, and emergency response.
Shares 5 of your 5 skills:
Emergency Medical Care
Patient Care
Emergency Response
Inventory Management
Training
Requires: State or National Registry Paramedic certification; CPR; ACLS; valid driver license
Flight paramedic on an Air Methods helicopter crew in Hagerstown, Maryland. Delivers advanced life support from first patient contact through hospital handoff, documents care, checks and restocks onboard equipment, and helps the pilot with radio and visual lookout during missions. Needs a state paramedic license and three years of recent high-volume 911 work; flight certification required within two years.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to emergency medical care, patient care, and emergency response.
Shares 4 of your 5 skills:
Emergency Medical Care
Patient Care
Emergency Response
Inventory Management
Requires: State EMT-P license; FP-C or CCP-C within 2 years; BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP, advanced trauma course
View JobOn careers-airmethods.icims.com · Added Oct 2
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
Superior Ambulance · Detroit, MI
Potential Match
Healthcare
EMT for Superior Ambulance, the Midwest's largest independent EMS provider, with stations across metro Detroit. Assesses and treats patients at the EMT level, drives the ambulance safely to calls and hospitals using maps and addresses, briefs receiving staff on each patient, writes care and billing reports, and keeps the unit clean and checked. NREMT or Michigan EMT license required.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to emergency medical care, patient care, and emergency response.
Shares 3 of your 5 skills:
Emergency Medical Care
Patient Care
Emergency Response
Requires: NREMT or state EMT license (or pending); valid driver license
View JobOn careers.superiorambulance.com · Added Oct 2
Emergency Dispatcher
Acadian Companies · Dallas, TX
Potential Match
Emergency Services
Full-time emergency dispatcher in Acadian's Dallas, Texas communication center. Takes calls for ground and air ambulance service, enters each request and sends the right unit, alerts fire departments and other first responders, gives callers medical instructions before help arrives using emergency medical dispatch protocols, logs daily activity, and helps train new dispatchers. EMT certification preferred.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to emergency medical care, emergency response, and training.
Medical assistant at a Concentra occupational health center in Richmond, Virginia. Takes vitals, runs DOT drug and alcohol tests, hearing, lung-function and respirator fit tests, draws blood, gives shots, applies splints and dressings, and handles check-in and records. Military medic experience qualifies, as does an accredited program or a year as a medical assistant.
Why this matched
Your experience maps to emergency medical care, patient care, and inventory management.
Shares 3 of your 5 skills:
Emergency Medical Care
Patient Care
Inventory Management
Requires: Drug screen collection and breath alcohol certifications (obtained on the job); state MA credential requirements
View JobOn concentrahealthservices.jibeapply.com · Added Oct 2