ACR X ENG SHUTDOWN UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALT. SEARCH AND RESCUE ALERTED.

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ON THE DATE ABOVE I (THE CTLR) WAS WORKING THE RADAR POS OF R41 AT ZMA; IN MIAMI; FL. I WAS ADVISED THAT AN ACFT ACR X HAD AN ENG SHUT DOWN DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE. I WAS TOLD TO PREPARE FOR THIS AND MY ASSISTANT WAS TO COORD WITH MIAMI APCH CTL. THE SUPVR IN CHARGE AT THE TIME FELT THAT HE WOULD BRING SEARCH AND RESCUE IN ON THE EMER FOR EXTRA PRECAUTION. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A GOOD IDEA DURING THE PART OF THE RTE THAT WERE NON-RADAR. ACR X COULD NOT HOLD AN ALT HIGHER THAN FL180. THE SECTOR I WAS WORKING IS THE ARR SECTOR THAT FEEDS MIAMI APCH FROM THE SE. IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO SEQUENCE ALL ARRS TO APCH. I WAS THE ONLY PERSON SIGNED ON THE POS; THEREFORE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MAKING ALL MY OWN CTL ACTION PLANS. THIS IS THE PROBLEM. THE EMER ACFT ENTERED MY AIRSPACE WITH THE MIL SPC; NOT ONE BUT 2 ESCORT ACFT ON IFR FLT PLANS. ONCE THE ACFT WERE IN MY SECTOR THE SUPVR IN CHARGE ALSO FOLLOWED THE SITUATION AROUND THE ROOM; TELLING CTLRS WHAT TO DO WITH THE AIRPLANES THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. MY SECTOR COMPLEXITY INCREASES VERY RAPIDLY AND MY CONCENTRATION LEVEL MUST BY ON MY SECTOR 100 PERCENT; HOWEVER I NOW HAD NOT ONLY 1 SUPVR BUT NOW 2 OF THEM. THE 2 SUPVRS WERE TELLING ME WHAT TO DO AT THE SECTOR TOTALLY DISTRACTING ME FROM MY DUTIES. ALSO THE 2 SUPVRS ARE NOT CURRENT TO WORK THIS POS. ANOTHER PROBLEM IN THIS WAS THE LEAD COAST GUARD WAS MAKING TURNS IN THE PCA WITHOUT INSTRUCTION TO DO SO. THIS WHOLE SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO MANY HANDS IN THE POT; SO TO SPEAK. DURING THIS TIME FRAME 4 ACFT CIVIL AND MIL ALMOST HIT EACH OTHER; ALL BECAUSE OF THE FAA WIDE PANIC THAT WE HAVE TO OVER DO EVERYTHING SO SAFETY WON'T BE COMPROMISED. THE SAFETY OF FLT IN THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYS IS ANYTHING BUT SAFE.