Education for Life Instructors are medical professionals who have actually performed the skills they teach. Education for Life is a training center for the American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI). Our instructors are certified through ASHI and the American Heart Association (AHA). We will show you what to truly expect when faced with an emergency, and prepare you to handle any situation confidently.
Kylee Brady is an EMT-Intermediate and former Army reservist with a tremendous amount of wilderness survival training and experience. In addition to being an instructor, Kylee works as the Director of Training and Operations—she can help with any needs you may have..
Virginia Oakes, R.N. has been a Registered Nurse since 1983 working in a variety of clinical settings including the Emergency Room, Pediatric Trauma Unit and the Operating Room. In addition to teaching CPR, Virginia is an instructor for Accident Scene Management, Inc. teaching the Bystander Assistance Program “A Crash Course for the Motorcyclist” designed to enhance survival rates and reduce severity of injuries for riders of motorcycles.
Abby Ferrell lives in Northeast Georgia and has been working with EFL as a CPR/AED and First Aid instructor since the Summer of 2007. Abby has been life guarding, teaching swimming lessons and safety for over 10 years. She holds extensive training in aquatic spinal injuries and aquatic back boarding. As with all the instructors at EFL, Abby feels that basic CPR/AED and first aid training are imperative for everyone and that people of all ages can and should be taught these valuable lifesaving skills. Abby also has a very personal and painful history of compound fractures, making her our resident expert on what to and what not to do when you break a bone!
Jama Willbanks is a nationally registered paramedic with over ten years of experience in emergency medicine. A former high school teacher, she has more than six years of teaching experience in the U.S. and South America and is fluent in Spanish.
Donny Willbanks is a nationally Registered paramedic and Firefighter as well as a State Fire Safety Instructor. He is shown here with son Matt, now 4 years old, and has two more future firefighters, Jake, almost 2, and Tom, just born in February!
Liz Carter has been a certified First Aid/CPR/AED instructor for over four years. She’s also a certified instructor with P.R.I.D.E. (Parents Reducing Incidents of Driver Error) through the Georgia Traffic Injury Prevention Institute. Liz is currently an active member of the Georgia State Defense Force (http://www.gasdf.com/). She graduated from the Gwinnett County Citizens Fire Academy and the Gwinnett County CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) training and has remained an active member of Gwinnett County’s volunteer organizations throughout the last several years. While Liz is passionate about fire and life safety she also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Education and works full-time as a Corporate Trainer. Liz hopes to have completed her EMT-B training by the end of 2008. In her spare time, she volunteers as the Health and Safety Chairperson for the Peachtree Ridge HS Marching Band program. Go Lions!
Candace Morrow
Andy Wheeler
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