{"id":33878,"date":"2023-02-20T22:20:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T03:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=33878"},"modified":"2023-02-20T22:20:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T03:20:25","slug":"homestead-campus-unveils-new-emergency-medical-services-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/homestead-campus-unveils-new-emergency-medical-services-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Homestead Campus Unveils New Emergency Medical Services Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdc.edu\/homestead\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homestead Campus<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> unveiled a new Emergency Medical Services Lab during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Feb 2.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 3,854 square feet learning environment features five labs, a classroom, two offices, a control room and a wet lab that will teach students IV therapy. The space is located in Room 115 in building G.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt&#8217;s a brand-new space and students will have plenty of opportunities to learn,\u201d said Fabio Nascimento, who serves as the chairperson of the EMS program at the College. \u201cWe want to produce top-tier employees who will carry on the legacy of saving people&#8217;s lives in South Florida.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction of the space began after the completion of the <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/homestead-campus-opens-new-nursing-simulation-and-skills-center\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benjamin Leon School of Nursing Simulation and Skills Center<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in January of 2022. The total cost for the EMS lab was approximately $1 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will provide training for first responders, emergency medical technicians and the new paramedic program, which will start this summer. It\u00a0 will teach students how to be medical emergency first responders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to the lab\u2019s opening, the nursing and EMS departments at Homestead Campus utilized the Nursing Simulation and Skills Center.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe were limited by the technology we had here,\u201d said Ricardo Barnet, an EMS Instructor at Homestead Campus. \u201cNow with much bigger space and much better equipment, we can expand the program.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EMS labs will feature five adult-sized high-fidelity mannequins that simulate emergency scenarios like cardiac arrest, strokes or seizures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each mannequin allows students to evaluate breathing, pulse, blood pressure and pain. A single unit is valued at around $50,000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;With the new equipment and space, we can begin teaching the higher level class with the paramedic program,&#8221; said Michael Yoder, an EMS program coordinator and instructor at Medical Campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mannequins will also be used to practice IV therapy and treat cardiac arrests by using one of five new defibrillators\u2014a device that measures blood oxygen levels and shocks mannequins with an electric charge to restore a normal heart rate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the wet lab, EMR instructors will teach students how to use different IV fluids\u2014isotonic, hypotonic and hypertonic\u2014through a phlebotomy arm that can simulate physical examinations like drawing blood and the insertion of an IV catheter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[The lab] is very nice and very up-to-date,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said Johnnie Blue, an EMS student at Homestead Campus<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cIt feels like a good interpretation of what things would be like in real life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homestead Campus will partner with paramedics, battalion chiefs and firefighters from the Baptist Health System, Miami-Dade Rescue and the Hialeah and Miami Fire Departments to teach courses at the EMS Lab.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students will also get experience by visiting emergency rooms, taking part in patient evaluations and doing ride-alongs in rescue vehicles. Those shifts will take place four times per semester for EMT students and 12 times for paramedic students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I look forward to the program because it will allow me to collaborate with the people I want to be one day,\u201d Blue said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new facility, which has a maximum capacity of 166 people, can host up to five classes at a given time. Hours of operation will be Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis is a great benefit to the community,\u201d Yoder said. \u201cWe\u2019re appreciative of the support from the administration to put this program here.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>Click<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.us19.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4fc6146412415baee32007fd7&amp;id=b5cd3712dc\"><i><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> here<\/span><\/i><\/a><i> to subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter, The Hammerhead. For news tips, contact us at <\/i><a href=\"mailto:mdc.thereporter@gmail.com\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><i>mdc.thereporter@gmail.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homestead Campus unveiled a new Emergency Medical Services Lab during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Feb 2.\u00a0 The 3,854 square feet learning environment features five labs, a classroom, two offices, a control room and a wet lab that will teach students IV therapy. 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