Ambulance Drivers And Attendants Except Emergency Medical Technicians

Waymo has expanded its driverless commercial service to three major U.S. cities and logged over 20 million rider-only miles as of 2024. Uber Health has piloted AV-assisted non-emergency medical transport integrations specifically targeting the NEMT market, which processes over 3 billion trips annually in the U.S. May Mobility — backed by Toyota and BMW — operates fixed-route AV paratransit services in multiple cities and is explicitly targeting medical transport as a deployment corridor due to its predictable, scheduled nature.

The SOC classification for Ambulance Drivers and Attendants (Except Emergency Medical Technicians) explicitly excludes the clinical training and scope of practice that defines EMT and paramedic roles. As AI and sensor systems automate the observational components of patient monitoring, the non-credentialed attendant's residual value is physical presence and basic comfort — functions that are real but not billable, not legally protected, and not defensible against cost-cutting. EMS agencies increasingly require at minimum EMT-Basic certification for all transport crew members, shrinking the labor market for non-credentialed workers.