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Facility and Business Training Information Welcome to the Liberty Ambulance Service Facility Training Page. We have been providing training to area healthcare and residential facilities employing medical and non-medical personnel for 20 years. Our courses are developed by staff with over 35 years combined medical experience. We are available to teach any of the courses listed below, or we can write a course specific to your needs. We have provided training to physician and dental offices, nursing homes, ACLF's, day care centers, and churches in Duval, Nassau and Clay counties. We are available to go to your facility or a training site of your choice, or we can accommodate up to 16 students at a time in our own classroom. Our classroom is equipped with dry erase boards, powerpoint, VCR and DVD players. We have an internet and cable connections for integrating these into training programs as needed. Call for pricing (904)721-0008. Currently Available Courses
4 Hour AIDS/HIV CourseThis course has been designed around the Florida requirements for AIDS/HIV Training for Nurses, Physicians, and allied health workers, including employees of programs for the developmentally disabled and Adult Living Facilities. It includes the history of AIDS/HIV; HIV Virus information, Pathology and Physiology, associated opportunistic infections, modes of transmission, current treatment options, prevention strategies, patient confidentiality and legal aspects, exposure prevention and post-exposure prophylaxis and treatment. We have an online version if you wish to take the course online. For more information, email us. Back to Top1-2 Hour AIDS/HIV CourseThis course is again designed to meet applicable requirements for training established for healthcare practitioners and facility staff. It covers on a much less detailed manner, all of the content in the 4 hour course. Back to TopFirst Aid TrainingThrough our affiliation with the National Safety Council, we offer first aid courses ranging in length from 2 to 40 hours. We even have an online course available for purchase through the NSC. For information on the online first aid, email us. Courses can be tailored to meet the specific needs of the facility or business. Topics range, but are not limited to safety and infection control, patient assessment, airway control, CPR, control of bleeding, splinting and bandaging, environmental emergencies, just to name a few. Taught by certified instructors, this course meets all applicable OSHA and DCF requirements for facility first aid training.
Back to TopCPR/AED TrainingAs an American Heart Association BLS Training site, we teach up-to-date courses on CPR and AED use at all levels including: Heartsaver CPR and Heartsaver AED Pediatric Basic Life Support (CPR and Safety) BLS for Healthcare Providers And others not listed Click here for a matrix showing what each course we offer covers in detail.
Back to TopPatient Evacuation 1 hourWritten by a 30+ year veteran paramedic, this course is based on lessons learned from the complete evacuation of 4 skilled nursing facilities in the northeast Florida area and covers a wide variety of evacuation scenarios from fire to terrorism. Employees will learn when to evacuate, how to safety evacuate patients, where to evacuate them to in differing circumstances, safe moving techniques and even when NOT to evacuate patients. Back to TopDisaster Preparedness for Healthcare Facilities 2 hoursThis course was developed in response to the growing concern for disaster preparedness as a result of 9/11, and the storms of 2004 and 2005. This will equip key personnel in developing an all hazards approach to disaster preparedness. We will address all four areas of disaster preparedness: preparation, mitigation, response and recovery. It is taught by a paramedic with over 30 years experience in preparation and response to disasters. His qualifications include being a member and past President of the First Coast Disaster Council, and a member or the Florida Emergency Preparedness Association with over 100 hours of disaster training and experience during activation of the Duval County EOC in 2004 and 2005, and a candidate for certification as a Florida Associate Emergency Manager.. Back to TopOxygen Administration in the Acute and Chronic Patient 1 hourOxygen administration is one of the most common tasks we do in healthcare, but do we really always remember that oxygen is a drug? This course covers oxygen basics from choosing the proper delivery device to the proper flow rate. We will uncover some common misconceptions and pitfalls when giving oxygen to both the acutely ill and chronically ill patients. Emergency Stroke Care 4 hoursA credentialed instructor through both the National Stroke Association and the University of Miami Stroke Education Program will lead you through a 4 hour program in how to recognize and appropriately deal with a patient suffering an acute stroke. Proper recognition and referral to a Primary or Comprehensive Stroke Center is critical for the acute stroke patient. Studies have proved that intervention within 3 hours in a stroke significantly reduces the morbidity (Disability) of a stroke. Infection Control and Bloodborne Pathogens 1-2 hours Based on the guidelines set forth by OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogen Standard this 1-2 hour program will present general guidelines for infection control and preventing exposure to bloodborne pathogens in the workplace. Exposure Control for Tuberculosis 1-2 hours Are your employees trained in the most up-to-date Tuberculosis information? How often to do test your employees? This course will explain many common misconceptions about Tuberculosis and TB testing of healthcare workers, based on the OSHA TB Standard and Information from the CDC and the Francis J. Curry National TB Center. Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens 1 hour What is MRSA, ORSA or C.Diff? What would you need to know if a patient was identified as having one of these infections? What are the isolation guidelines? This course will lay out basic infection control and isolation procedures for the most common antibiotic resistant pathogens, MRSA, VRE, C-Dificile, Klebsiella Pnuemoniae, E. coli and P. aeruginosa Fire Extinguishers 1 hour Developed from internet and published materials of the NFPA, this course teaches the basics of fire extinguishers use and application.
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