DHCA training
services successfully target all areas of safety and health, helping
to educate the general public and medical service professionals
as well. DHCA training is taught with specific industries in mind
and can be customized to meet your needs. By facilitating a training
center approach and providing professional instruction in the
workplace and community, DHCA offers a wide variety of training
classes. Training's are conducted in a classroom and skills based
setting to provide needed experience. Instructors have required
certificates and experience for teaching.
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The MTTP training course is a requirement for unlicensed staff to administer
medications in a community based environment for all agencies that are
licensed by the Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) . This
course encompasses the entire curriculum developed by DDA in which DHCA
utilizes, lecture, hands on, case studies and practical applications
to teach this course. Our faculty has been teaching the course since
it’s inception, and has a long history of positive feedback by
students, agencies and nurses that have taken the course. Upon successful
completion of the course students will be Certified by the Maryland
Board of Nursing as Medication Technicians (CMT).
The MTTP Two Year Clinical Update course is for those people who have
successfully completed the initial MTTP Course, and is listed on the Maryland
Board of Nursing Web site as a "Certified Medication Technician."
This course provides a comprehensive review of the MTTP, provides didactic
hands on review and incorporates updates of changes in the MTTP.
Bloodborne Pathogens, OSHA, Infection Control
and Communicable Diseases
Course Description
This course provides information that will help participants understand
what blood borne pathogens are and how risks of exposure can be reduced
for themselves and others. Participants are introduced to precautionary
practices that are recommended by organizations such as the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Topics covered in this course include:
Blood borne diseases
Transmission
Assessing risk
Standard precautions
Exposure control
This course provides the student
with a basic understanding of the path food takes throughout the body,
defines constipation and impaction, lists high risk populations, provides
prevention methods, reviews signs and symptoms as well as treatment
measures and a discussion about possible consequences.
First aid can save lives, reduce recovery time and quite possibly mean
the difference between temporary disability or lifelong disability for
the victim. Program participants learn to recognize the signs and symptoms
of injuries and sudden illness. Crucial information about how to deal
with emergencies like shock, burns, strains, strokes and seizures is
shared. Gain the knowledge and skills necessary to prevent, recognize,
and provide basic care for injuries and sudden illnesses until advanced
medical personnel arrive and take over.
Lecture, demonstrations, discussions and hands-on training teach participants
to:
Recognize emergency situations
Check the scene and call for help
Avoid blood borne pathogen exposure
Care for wounds, bone and soft-tissue injuries, head and spinal injuries,
burns, and heat and cold emergencies
Manage sudden illnesses, stroke, seizure, bites and poisoning
Minimize shock
CPR
Course
Description
In this training course, participants will master necessary skills for
the administration of CPR. They learn how to recognize a life-threatening
emergency, how to provide basic life support and what to do in the case
of an airway obstruction or choking.
This training course covers appropriate rescue techniques for patients
of all ages as well as critical background information about heart disease,
risk factors, prudent heart living, and heart and lung function. Participants
will learn the signs and symptoms of heart attack, stroke and choking
emergencies, as well as the most current medical responses available
to bystanders.
This training course includes lecture, demonstrations, discussions and
hands-on training. Upon completion of this course, participants will
receiving a training certificate valid for 1-2 years.
This course provides an overview of the aging process and the specific
needs of aging individuals. Participants will be provided information
about ways to support these individuals so that they retain their
independence for as long as possible.
Lifting / Transferring / Positioning & Body
Mechanics
Course Description
This course provides students with the techniques to safely lift items
and individuals. Transferring with one person, two people and use of equipment
like Hoyer Lift and gait belts also provided. Students have the ability
to utilize these skills in class with instructor over site. Training also
includes positioning individuals to minimize pressure and skin breakdown.
Choking
Prevention and Dysphagia Diets / Basic Nutrition
Course Description
The Diet Education course provides participants with basic nutrition training
and the information necessary to have knowledge of special diets. Choking
risk and altered consistency diet education provided.
