Course Description:
This online course is worth 1 CE.
Oral sedation offers hope to the anxious, fearful, and phobic patient. It’s safe for most patients and rewards provider dentists with a host of benefits. But it requires careful, knowledgeable patient care.
Join Dr. Anthony Feck, DMD for an informative course on an important component of your sedation practice: Monitoring Oral Sedation Dentistry Vital Statistics.
Verification of the patient’s level of consciousness is critical to determining the level of sedation.
Three vital physiological statistics must be monitored at all times while the sedation patient is seated in the operatory. These parameters include heart rate, oxygen saturation, and blood pressure.
Objectives:
- Pre-sedation baselines: Recognize pre-sedation variations to normal vital signs. Obtain baseline values for physical and psychological parameters.
- Know how to use your monitoring equipment and set up alarms.
- Understand the status of the oxygenation of the patient’s tissues, and how to raise oxygen levels.
- Identify cardiac conditions that should raise red flags for sedation.
- Understand the Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve.
- Review the Oxygen Saturation Algorithm and the CAEBOR acronym.
- Review blood pressure monitoring, pre-sedation.
- Understand sedation for people with hypertension.
- Understand the Pulse Oximeter, End-Tidal CO2 Monitoring and Capnography
Purchase of this course grants access for one year and requires an internet connection, computer with video and audio capabilities, and in some cases, Adobe Reader to view handouts and articles.
You can download this course and watch it anywhere using the DOCS APP. Get it on Google Play or the Apple Store.
Watch the video and complete the quiz to earn one CE credit.
Scientific support and additional resources are available here.
(AGD Code - Definition - Hours)
340 - Anesthesia and Pain Management (Enteral techniques for conscious sedation—oral sedation) – 1.0 hour
Total hours: 1.0 hour
Original release date: 8/18/2020
DOCS online courses are available to the purchaser for one year from date of purchase.
No refund of course tuition is available.