Emergency Medical Technician Shift

General Description

The Emergency Medical Technician contributes to the comprehensive Countywide Fire Rescue and Emergency Services program. Requires the ability to be an advocate for patient care, performs technical and specialized work functions associated with providing quality medical care to all members of the community in the event of medical emergencies, natural disasters, hazardous situations, environmental emergencies, motor vehicle accidents, and other life and death situations.

Detailed information regarding the County’s benefits package and retirement offerings may be found here:

To learn more about Citrus County:
Citrus County Government and Official Guide to Crystal River and Citrus County, Florida

Citrus County is an eligible employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. More information can be found on the Federal Student Aid Website:
Public Service Loan Forgiveness | Federal Student Aid

• Drives and/or operates a county vehicle or equipment and must obey all safety policies, and roadway rules and laws.
• Responds timely to emergency calls relayed by dispatchers, reads maps, uses most expeditious route.
• Observes and assists Paramedics performing emergency medical care, receives instructions and training from Paramedics.
• Evaluates scene on arrival, determines nature and extent of illness or injury, takes pulse, blood pressure, and visually observes changes in skin color, assists Paramedics in determination regarding patient status by interpreting diagnostic signs.
• Assists Paramedic in establishing priority for emergency care, initiates basic life support procedures at the scene, as needed.
• Provides rehydration/rehabilitation and medical treatment to victims, firefighters and/or other personnel at the scene, as needed.
• Renders appropriate emergency care, based on competency level, to stabilize the patient such as Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), spinal immobilization, providing oxygen, triage, and assess the effects of treatment.
• Uses medical equipment, based on competency level.
• Follows infection disease protocol, practices proper disposal of biohazard waste.
• Reassures patients and bystanders, avoids mishandling patient and undue haste, searches for medical identification emblem to aid in care.
• Radios dispatcher for additional assistance or services, requests/provides flight rescue service if required, provides additional emergency care while following established protocols.
• Assists Paramedic in determining appropriate facility to which patient will be transported, reports nature or illness to that facility, requests instructions/directions from hospital physician or emergency department.
• Assists in lifting, carrying, and transporting patient to ambulance and on to a medical facility.
• Prepares for, attends, and testifies in courtroom hearings and judicial proceedings as required.
• Prepares, decontaminates, inspects, inventories, repairs, and/or maintains medical equipment and supplies, first aid materials, and vehicles for safe operation, tests all equipment on a regular basis and checks for future readiness.
• Communicates effectively and coherently over two-way radio channels while initiating and responding to radio communications.
• Responds accurately and timely to questions, complaints, and requests for information/assistance from the public, patients, fire, law enforcement, other medical personnel, various agencies, employees, officials, supervisors, or other individuals.
• Inventories and restocks ambulance and station supplies and equipment, orders and maintains enough to ensure adequate availability to perform daily tasks.
• Maintains current field manuals, policy and procedures, employee handbooks, various maps, addresses, and related material for reference and/or review, reads medical journals and other professional literature, maintains professional affiliations.
• Attends shift meetings and in-service training as required to remain knowledgeable of departmental operations, to promote improved job performance, and to stay current with changing emergency medicine techniques, state/local policies, procedures, codes, and laws.
• Prepares and/or receives a…