Life Support Technician

An employee in this class responds along with a volunteer ambulance crew to the scene of emergencies. The Basic Life Support Technician provides first-aid and emergency medical treatment to injured or ill persons both at the scene and while en-route to a hospital or an air transport landing zone and monitors a patient’s medical condition and vital signs during transport. The incumbent also stands by at the scene of non-medical emergencies to monitor the medical condition of emergency services personnel working at the scene and to provide medical treatment if needed.

Patient care is delivered within the scope of the employee’s Emergency Medical Technician Certification as regulated by the New York State Department of Health, and the medical directives of medical control facility doctors. Work is performed under the administrative supervision of the Director of E-911 Communications with general oversight being provided by the Emergency Services Coordinator. Does related work as required.

In this class a Basic Life Support Technician responds with a volunteer ambulance crew to emergencies, delivering first-aid and emergency medical treatment to injured or ill persons at the scene and en-route to a hospital or air transport landing zone, monitoring patients’ medical condition and vital signs during transport. The technician also stands by at non-medical emergencies to monitor the medical condition of emergency services personnel and to provide medical treatment if needed.

Patient care is delivered within the scope of the employee’s Emergency Medical Technician Certification as regulated by the New York State Department of Health and the medical directives of medical control facility doctors. Work is performed under administrative supervision of the Director of E-911 Communications with general oversight by the Emergency Services Coordinator. Does related work as required.

• Responds along with a volunteer crew to the scene of emergencies to provide first-aid and emergency medical treatment to injured or ill persons both at the scene and during transport to a hospital or an air transport landing zone, or to monitor the health of personnel on the scene of an emergency incident;
• Obtains information from patients about their medical history and/or current symptoms or from the patient’s family members, or bystanders if necessary;
• Completes a full medical assessment of each patient, and uses a two-way radio or cell phone to report nature of injury or illness to the receiving medical facility, and to request medical direction from a medical control physician when necessary;
• Assists with lifting, carrying and loading patients into and out of the ambulance and transferring patients from a stretcher to a bed;
• Provides emergency medical services such as extrication, splinting and immobilization, administration of oxygen, suctioning, insertion of airway, hemostasis, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, emergency childbirth, administration of BLS medications; defibrillation, etc. to injured or ill persons;
• Monitors and records vital signs of pulse, blood pressure and respiration and other biomedical information such as pulse oximetry, and blood glucometry;
• Administers oral and nebulized medications as directed following standing medical orders in protocols, or at the receiving medical control facility’s monitoring physician’s direction when orders are required;
• Brings the ambulance back to pre-call condition by restocking the ambulance with drug and medical supplies, disposing of medical waste and decontaminating the interior of the ambulance and medical equipment in accordance with established guidelines;
• Completes pre-hospital care reports,…