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Officer Onboarding Curriculum

  • An introduction to health care in the jail environment. This course includes an overview of ethics and constitutional considerations involved in responding to the medical requests of incarcerated persons.

  • This course emphasizes the partnership between medical and security staff and the scope of duty of security staff when addressing medical concerns.

  • In this training, you will learn about fit for confinement and detainee activities of daily living (ADLs), including screening during booking, how to respond if a detainee is showing "naked and crazy," behaviors, and what to do if a detainee is having difficulty with an ADL.

  • Learn how to verify detainee medications, properly document in the Medication Verification Form, MAR, and Medication Refusal form, as well as how to report medication errors.

  • In this training, you will learn about drug diversion and inventory counts, including using an independent double check system and what to do if you suspect potential staff or detainee diversion.

  • Learn how to communicate with the health care team to address detainee health issues.

  • In this training, you will learn about handling detox and withdrawal in jail, including knowing the difference between detox and withdrawal. You will also learn about the importance of using the ASQ and providing 24/7 access to water to detainees on withdrawal protocols.

  • This course gives an overview of the causes and symptoms of naked and crazy behaviors and how to respond appropriately in a jail environment. It is stressed that naked and crazy behaviors are a medical emergency. Emphasis is placed on identifying medical emergencies and continuing BLS until emergency medical services arrive.

  • This course provides a broad understanding of man down situations and the role of custody and medical staff during a man down crisis. Emphasis is placed on reviewing site-specific man down policies, procedures, and equipment.

  • In this training, you will learn about suicide prevention in jail, including how to use the ASQ, how to identify trigger events, and information on placing and releasing detainees on suicide precautions.

  • This course provides officers with stress-management strategies and explores how stress affects the body and mind.

  • In this training, you will learn about bloodborne pathogens and infection prevention, including how to dispose of sharps safely and what to do if there is a biohazard spill.

  • In this training, you will learn about PREA, including how to respond to and report complaints of sexual abuse and maintain professional boundaries.

  • Learn how to use the Officer Communication Manual when the health care team is not on-site. This course also includes information on proper documentation and refreshers on how to take vitals.

Additional Officer Training Courses

  • This course uses the acronym BE FAST to educate officers on the signs of potential stroke

  • This course provides an overview of death in custody reporting for correctional officers, including reporting requirements and appropriate documentation practices.

  • This course provides an overview of death in custody reporting for health staff, including coordination with custody and appropriate documentation practices.

  • This course provides an overview of death in custody reporting for jail administrators, including reporting requirements and appropriate documentation practices.

  • In this course, officers will identify the information that should be provided in a medical order as well as what to do when this information is not provided. Emphasis is placed on documenting interactions with patients and medical staff, and communicating potential barriers when given orders to monitor.

  • This course will teach you how to identify and respond to detainees who may be sick in jail.

  • Custody staff should use the Emergency Department Referral form to ensure effective communication. 

  • This course outlines how and under what circumstances to administer an EpiPen for severe allergic reaction, as well as the potential consequences of failing to act in an emergency involving life threatening allergic reaction.

  • In this two-part training, you will learn about handling PHI, including when and how to share PHI, how to manage PHI security, and destruction and de-identification of PHI. You will learn about release of PHI to both detainees and others as well as how to maintain confidentiality.

  • This course is intended to help officers identify victims of human trafficking in jail. Emphasis is placed on social factors and signs of victimization, as well as how to respond when victimization is suspected.

  • This course will review the appropriate officer response to a detainee who is not eating/drinking.

  • This training reviews how to monitor IV infusion lines for lethal injections.

  • In this training, you will learn about restraints in the jail, using the least restrictive approach, red flags to look out for, and how to respond if a detainee is experiencing delirium.

  • This self-paced program equips correctional staff with the skills and knowledge to appropriately pass medications in the jail environment. Participants earn 3 hours of state board–approved nursing continuing education credit and, upon passing the final exam, receive a certificate credential recognizing their achievement and designation as a medication pass technician.

  • An introduction to medication verification in the jail environment.

  • This course focuses on the fundamentals of conflict at work, common ways we respond to conflict, and tactics to resolve conflict.

  • This course focuses on effective and professional telephone communication with medical personnel.

  • In this training, you will learn about PREA, including how to respond to and report complaints of sexual abuse and maintain professional boundaries.

  • Pregnancy care in jail covers the basics of partnering with medical to provide care to pregnant inmates and under what circumstances they should be sent out for care.

  • This course covers how to respond to postpartum care in the correctional environment.

  • This course outlines best practices when invasive searches and restraints are necessary for pregnant detainees.

  • This course emphasizes maintaining a professional officer-detainee relationship.

  • This training will review what it means to “do the right thing,” in corrections and empower officers to act when they become aware of potential staff misconduct.

  • This course covers how to respond to a man down crisis for diabetic detainees and how to test blood sugar with a glucometer.

  • This course builds on Responding to a Man Down with specific considerations for Man Down situations due to seizures.

  • This course covers how to respond to a man down crisis for an active suicide attempt.

  • In this training, you will learn about common disabilities in the jail setting.

  • In this training, you will learn to identify geriatric detainees as a special population, including additional risk factors associated with geriatrics and common geriatric medical issues.

  • Understanding MAT medications for JAs.

  • After completing this module, learners will be able to:

    • Identify trigger events and respond by correctly utilizing the ASQ.

    • Identify the appropriate response when a detainee is threatening self-harm.

    • Identify the correct course of action when responding to an active suicide attempt and respond with appropriate follow up.

Learners may receive continuous education credits for professional development.

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