Would be great if College built a similar facility for training EMS students on Verde Campus
A fully operational indoor ambulance teaching laboratory has been added to the growing list of unique and advanced training tools now available to Yavapai College EMS students on the Prescott Campus. Described by the College as “complete with flashing lights, the ambulance lab on the second floor of Building 2 . . . is bolstering the college’s efforts to provide the most realistic training possible to future first responders.”
The College explains that the relocation of the EMS program from Prescott Valley to the Prescott Campus last year provided the opportunity to augment the recycled space with an indoor ambulance lab. College “facilities staff members constructed the exact replica based on Arizona Department of Transportation and other state-agency regulations. The three-month project wrapped up recently with some important finishing touches on the ambulance lab’s exterior.”
“The new indoor ambulance features video cameras that enable students to evaluate live and recorded versions of their own and their classmates’ training. It supplements a motorized ambulance the college also uses for training. `The best thing about this second lab is that we can run two different simulations at the same time. Two teams can train at the same time, decreasing the down time for students,’” said EMS Program Director Michael Nelson.
Maybe the College will consider such a facility on the Verde Campus in the future? Probably not.