Drive ambulance or assist ambulance driver in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons. Assist in lifting patients.
U.S. Workers
12,080
Median Salary
$34,330
10-Year Growth
-1.3%
Annual Openings
1,400
Typical entry: High school diploma or equivalent
10 of 11 tasks have some AI capability
Exposure Trend
This score reflects estimated AI technical capability for tasks in this occupation. It does not predict employment changes, and it does not account for company-specific constraints, regulation, or adoption barriers.
Report facts concerning accidents or emergencies to hospital personnel or law enforcement officials.
AI: Fully automatable - AI systems in 2025 can reliably transcribe, structure, and transmit factual reports to hospitals or law enforcement and assist in generating accurate summaries for handover with minimal human intervention.
Remove and replace soiled linens or equipment to maintain sanitary conditions.
AI: Partial - Automated inventory systems and guidance tools can streamline linen replacement and robots can handle some cleaning tasks, but manual handling and infection-control judgment by humans remain commonly required in 2025.
Drive ambulances or assist ambulance drivers in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons.
AI: Partial - Autonomous driving tech has progressed, but emergency ambulance driving with lights, sirens, complex urban interactions, and legal/regulatory constraints is not broadly or reliably fully autonomous in 2025.
Place patients on stretchers and load stretchers into ambulances, usually with assistance from other attendants.
AI: Partial - Mechanical aids and robotic lifting exist but loading and positioning patients on stretchers requires human judgment, manual assistance, and patient-safety decisions that prevent full automation by 2025.
Accompany and assist emergency medical technicians on calls.
AI: Partial - AI can provide real-time decision support, documentation, and remote assistance to EMTs, but cannot physically accompany or perform the full range of hands-on assistance required on calls in 2025.
Replace supplies and disposable items on ambulances.
AI: Partial - Inventory management and ordering of disposable supplies can be largely automated, but physical restocking and verification aboard ambulances still typically require human action or oversight in 2025.
Perform minor maintenance on emergency medical services vehicles, such as ambulances.
AI: Partial - AI-driven diagnostics and guided workflows can handle many minor maintenance checks and trouble‑shooting, but performing hands-on minor repairs on vehicles still generally requires human technicians in 2025.
Clean and wash rigs, ambulances, or equipment.
AI: Partial - Automated cleaning equipment and protocols can handle routine washing and decontamination tasks, yet full comprehensive cleaning and infection-control validation for ambulances often remain human-supervised in 2025.
Earn and maintain appropriate certifications.
AI: Partial - AI can automate training, testing preparation, scheduling, and record-keeping for certifications, but it cannot itself hold or personally fulfill human credential requirements or legal certifications on behalf of a person in 2025.
Administer first aid, such as bandaging, splinting, or administering oxygen.
AI: Partial - AI and telemedicine systems can guide and automate some tasks (e.g., oxygen delivery, monitoring) but cannot reliably perform hands‑on bandaging or splinting across unpredictable field conditions.
Restrain or shackle violent patients.
AI: Not automatable - Restraining or shackling violent patients requires immediate physical force, legal judgment, and complex safety/ethical decisions that AI cannot safely or lawfully perform autonomously.