AUXILIARY EMT

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$15.00 hourly Role and Responsibilities Under general supervision, performs various responsible fire service duties at an assigned fire station for the County's Fire and Rescue Department and performs skilled and technical work in rescuing victims and administering emergency medical to patients on site. Work involves performing various duties, including preventing, controlling and extinguishing fires; maintaining and servicing fire equipment, station houses, and grounds; and maintaining operational readiness of departmental vehicles and equipment. Employee is also responsible for operating a fire fighting vehicle in responding to fire alarms. Work also involves responding to the scene of emergency and non-emergency calls, applying necessary medical treatment to sick or injured persons, transporting persons to a medical facility. Employees are subject to the usual hazards of firefighting duties and emergency rescue work, including risk of exposure to infectious diseases. Reports to a Shift Captain. Essential Job Functions Duties may include, but are not limited to the following: 1.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

2. Operates a fire fighting vehicle in responding to fire alarms; activates pagers for fire calls and proceeds to the scene of the fire; takes command of the fire scene until properly relived by superior; and performs fire suppression and fire rescue activities. 3. Maintains and ensures the operational readiness of departmental vehicles and equipment; performs preventive maintenance tasks and scheduled testing of all firefighting apparatus; makes repairs to equipment and vehicles when necessary; and maintains fixed inventory. 4. Prepares and maintains accurate records and reports; maintains vehicle and equipment maintenance records; prepares incident fire reports, training reports, and hydrant inspection reports. 5. Performs fire station and grounds maintenance including sweeping, vacuuming, mowing grass, washing vehicle, etc. 6. Responds to emergency calls; performs necessary rescue work; administers necessary emergency medical care requiring the use of suction units, immobilization equipment, Syringes and medications, and automatic cardiac/defibrillator monitors; requests dispatch of specially trained medical personnel, as necessary. Emergency Medical Technicians trained in approved training programs certified by the Department of Health - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services may perform any of the following procedures if allowed by the County Emergency Medical Services System in which they function: 7. Patient assessment. 8. Basic life support techniques in accordance with the American Heart Association or American Red Cross including airway management and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

• Oxygen administration
• Hemorrhage control
• Treatment for shock.
• Bandaging and dressing soft tissue injuries.
• Splinting fractures and dislocations.
• Treatment of injuries to the head, face, eye, neck and spine.
• Treatment of injuries to the chest, abdomen and genitalia.
• Provision of basic life support for medical injuries.
• Assisting in normal and abnormal childbirth.
• Treatment of injuries as a result of exposure to heat and cold.
• Treatment of burns.
• Lifting and moving patients for transfer to a medical facility; and
• Extrication of patients from confined areas.

9. Responds to non-emergency calls, such as requests to transport patients from hospitals to their homes or from a local medical facility to a specialized medical center. 10. Participates in a continuous training program to improve competence in medical clinical work and in ambulance service and operation; maintains knowledge of new or modified operational protocols and procedures; studies street and road patterns and networks of the County in order that future runs may be made with minimum difficulty and delay. 11. Performs other job-related functions as required. (The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties or requirements of this position.)