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Medical Technician

Resource Management Support Clerks

Medical Technicians (MED TECH)

Medical Technicians belong to the Canadian Forces Medical Service, and are integral members of the military health-care team. They work with Physicians, Physician Assistants and Nurses to treat the sick and injured in all kinds of Canadian Forces operations and units.

A Medical Technician has the following primary duties:

Provide initial care for ill / injured patients;

In trauma cases, provide basic life support treatments;

Prescribe some medications in accordance with their scope of practice

Provide medical support during environmental operations

Recover casualties from the point of injury and transport them to a medical facility by wheeled or tracked ambulance, or by air

Participate in rescues from crashed vehicles, tanks, ships, aircraft and damaged buildings

Give basic advice on disease prevention, hygiene and sanitation, perform specific environmental health and preventive medicine duties

Collect specimens and perform basic laboratory procedures

Operate and maintain medical and life-support equipment

Perform electrocardiograms (ECGs) and audiograms (hearing tests)

Initiate, maintain and distribute medical records, documents, reports and returns; and

Maintain, replenish and account for general and medical supplies

Resource Management Support Clerks

Resource Management Support Clerks (RMS Clk) provide administrative and financial support to all military activities. This career field is one of the largest in the military. Consequently, it offers a wide scope of employment opportunities in a variety of environments.

Human resource administration and services

Financial management support services

Personnel support services

Corporate and general purpose administration