On Monday, August 9, 2021 at 4PM the Florida Panhandle Technical College campus hosted an Open House and Ribbon Cutting to celebrate and officially unveil the Ambulance Simulator, as seen in the photos (below), a part of the FPTC Public Safety Program.
FPTC staff, along with Washington County School District personnel, members of local law enforcement, public safety personnel and governmental figures will enjoy a tour of the new facility.
Superintendent Joe Taylor, members of the Washington County School Board, FPTC Administration and Staff, including Director Larry Moore and former Director Martha Compton, along with local law enforcement and members of the business and medical community attended the ribbon cutting and experienced the equipment and got a firsthand look at the state-of-the-art simulator.
The shortage of Nurses, Law Enforcement, Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians has never been greater, and with the aging population of the United States, these career fields will only continue to grow.
Florida Panhandle Technical College in Chipley, Florida has provided education for Nursing and Public Safety careers for over fifty years, with LPN (Licensed Practical Nursing), PCT (Patient Care Technician), CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant), Phlebotomy and Hemodialysis, along with Law Enforcement, Correctional Officer, Emergency Medical Technician and Firefighter I, among others.
FPTC recently had the good fortune, driven by quality personnel working behind the scenes, to qualify for a grant to acquire an Ambulance Simulator, enabling a robust learning environment in which medical personnel, who must tend to patients and perform critical procedures in a moving vehicle under stress and duress, the opportunity to experience a life-like mock-up of this scenario, under safe and monitored conditions.
Using artificial intelligence, and computer-aided cutting-edge technology, this simulator enables a stressful educational experience under safe conditions, for a more well-rounded and educated student outcome.
For more information about this event, or to find out more about the offerings of Florida Panhandle Technical College, visit the campus at 757 Hoyt Street in Chipley, call 850-638-1180 or visit our website at www.FPTC.edu.
