Place patients on stretchers, and load stretchers into ambulances, usually with assistance from other attendants.

“Place patients on stretchers, and load stretchers into ambulances, usually with assistance from other attendants.” is a core task performed by Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians. Among the occupation's 11 rated tasks, workers place it 8th by importance (#4 most important). About 94% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Administer emergency medical treatment. in Assisting and Caring for Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Remove and replace soiled linens or equipment to maintain sanitary conditions. · importance 4.6
• Drive ambulances or assist ambulance drivers in transporting sick, injured, or convalescent persons. · importance 4.5
• Report facts concerning accidents or emergencies to hospital personnel or law enforcement officials. · importance 4.3
• Accompany and assist emergency medical technicians on calls. · importance 4.2
• Replace supplies and disposable items on ambulances. · importance 4.1
• Perform minor maintenance on emergency medical services vehicles, such as ambulances. · importance 4.0
• Clean and wash rigs, ambulances, or equipment. · importance 4.0
• Earn and maintain appropriate certifications. · importance 3.9
• Administer first aid, such as bandaging, splinting, or administering oxygen. · importance 3.9
• Restrain or shackle violent patients. · importance 3.4

See all tasks on the Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-8608,
  title  = {Place patients on stretchers, and load stretchers into ambulances, usually with assistance from other attendants.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-8608}
}