The Law Enforcement Academy at Florida Panhandle Technical College in Chipley, Florida utilized the EMT ambulance simulator and supplies to practice the practical exercises which are required to pass the first aid block of training on the week of April 30, 2022.
Students climbed in the back of the simulator and performed CPR as well as splinting and bandaging while the simulator was in motion.
Students performed practical techniques on a manikin that responds verbally to what the students are doing as well as records CPR performance data to ensure that the students are giving adequate breaths and compressions.
The manikin simulates breathing so students can check for adequate rise and fall of the chest.
Students experienced the sounds of the siren and simulated radio traffic as the simulator moved from left to right as well as in a forward and back motion.
In many instances law enforcement officers will assist EMS in the field with patients as well as driving the ambulance to the hospital while EMS works the patient.
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.
On Monday, August 9, 2021, from 4PM-5PM, the Florida Panhandle Technical College campus hosted an Open House and Ribbon Cutting to celebrate and officially unveil the equipment.
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.
