DENT-5-02269 - ONSITE Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office: This can be happening to me today!
Course Description
Medical emergencies can happen anywhere, but when they occur in our dental office we must be prepared. The response must be a coordinated effort between the doctor and staff.
This course will aid you in preparing your office for emergencies by outlining ways to prevent emergencies, recognize them when they occur, and treat them.
Dr. Naftalin will review procedures and protocols that can be implemented in your office. He will review: the drugs and pharmacology of your emergency kit; how to improve communication during an emergency; and the management of emergency situations that can occur in a dental office.
Learner Outcomes
Upon Completion, the Participant Shall Be Able To:
- Put in place protocols to prevent medical emergencies
- Engage in closed-loop communication
- Understand the drugs in the medical emergency kit
- Know how to treat:
- Syncope
- Hyperventilation
- Foreign body aspiration
- Allergy and anaphylaxis
- Acute asthmatic episode
- Hypoglycemic shock
- Seizures
- Chest pain
The Participant Will Have a Thorough Understanding Of:
- How to prevent and recognize a medical emergency
- Closed-loop communication
- The pharmacology of the various drugs in a medical emergency kit
- How to respond to various medical emergencies that can occur in a dental office
The Participants Will Be Able To:
- Describe closed-loop communication
- Recognize and treat:
- Syncope
- Hyperventilation
- Foreign body aspiration
- Allergic reactions
- Acute asthmatic episodes
- Hypoglycemic shock
- Seizures
- Chest pain
You Will Learn:
- How to effectively prepare your dental team and office for a medical emergency
- How to communicate and work as a team during an emergency
- How to manage and treat medical emergencies in your dental office
- How to effectively debrief your dental team after a medical emergency
Notes
Contact
Continuing Dental Education
11245 Anderson Street, Suite 120
Loma Linda, CA 92350
909-558-4685
continuinged@llu.edu
Disclosure Summary
It is the policy of the Loma Linda University School of Dentistry Office of Continuing Dental Education to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all of its sponsored educational activities. All participating speakers, course directors, and planning committee members must disclose to the program audience any financial relationships related to the subject matter of this program. These individuals must also disclose relationships their spouse/partner may have with proprietary entities producing healthcare goods or services if they are of a nature that may influence the objectivity of the individual in a position to control the content of the CDE activity. Disclosure information is reviewed to manage and resolve any possible conflicts of interest. Continuing Dental Education will share specific disclosure information for each speaker, course director, and planning committee member before the course.
Continuing Dental Education Advisory Committee members have nothing to disclose.
The instructor has not indicated a relevant affiliation, no financial interests and does not intend to discuss an off-label/investigative use of a commercial product/device.
Registration, Refund and Cancellation policies
All registrations must be done online at learn.llu.edu. At-the-door registration is not advisable as the online registration process must still be performed by the participant. Courses are canceled or confirmed by Loma Linda University School of Dentistry two weeks prior to course date. Please register early to avoid course cancellations. All dental courses are approved for continuing education credit on an hour-for-hour basis by the California State Board of Dental Examiners and the Academy of General Dentistry, up to a maximum of 8 educational units per day. Please refer to the course information for the number of units.
Continuing education programs offered by Loma Linda University School of Dentistry are intended to be for review purposes only. Additional training may be necessary to become fully proficient in any area or technique within dentistry.
A full credit card refund will be issued if a cancellation by an attendee is received within five days following the day of the course. We cannot issue a cash refund for credit card transactions. Course registration fees can also be transferred to other programs upon the request of the registrant.
Accrediting Associations
- Academy of General Dentistry 7.0 CEU