Course Description:

This course meets Florida’s recently enacted rule: 64B5-14.004 Continuing Education Requirement for active sedation permit holders. In addition to the requirement for continuing education, an active ACLS certificate is required.

Efficiently qualify for your sedation permit renewal with this online course from DOCS Education. It is worth 4 CE hours. 

Medical Emergencies

While relatively rare in a dental setting, every dental office will eventually encounter at least one medical emergency. Responding to such emergencies with the appropriate and rational use of medications is, therefore, an essential skill for every dental provider.

This first part of this course is presented by Dr. Steve Yun, a board-certified M.D. and Dental Anesthesiologist in Southern California. He will focus on the proper use and rationale of emergency medications that should be available in every dental office.

Dr. Yun will:

  1. Describe a medication paradigm that creates a culture of safety regarding medical emergencies in the dental office
  2. Examine the proper use, administration and hidden dangers of epinephrine
  3. Review the proper management of local anesthesia toxicity and seizures
  4. Discuss the proper use of naloxone, albuterol, Benadryl, and nitroglycerin.
  5. Identify the one emergency medication that is most often neglected or ignored in dental offices

The administration and prescription of drugs are essential in the contemporary practice of dentistry, with antibiotics, analgesics, local anesthetics, and sedatives being the most common categories. Systemic adverse drug reactions (ADRs) may occur any time a drug is administered to a patient. This module discusses the problem of local anesthetic overdose and overdose of sedative drugs, their prevention, recognition, and management.

Airway Management

Knowing the basics of airway management is important for any dentist. During this presentation, you’ll study the basics and then dive into a specific airway emergency and learn how to manage it. You will thoroughly review the anatomy of the airway and the protective mechanisms the human body has in place to safeguard the airway.

 

Purchase of this course grants access for one year and requires an internet connection, a 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 4 CE credits.
Objectives

  1. List the steps in the Basic Algorithm in Managing Medical Emergencies
  2. Describe each of the steps of the Basic Algorithm
  3. Describe the proper positioning for patients during a medical emergency
  4. Describe the method of assessing airway patency and of managing a patent airway
  5. Describe the method of assessing breathing and of ventilating an apneic patient
  6. Describe the method of assessing circulation
  7. List and discuss the use of advanced airway devices
  8. Name the three categories of adverse drug reaction
  9. Differentiate between allergy and overdose
  10. Name the target organs for local anesthetics and sedative agents
  11. List the etiologies of local anesthetic overdose
  12. Describe the signs & symptoms of local anesthetic overdose
  13. Describe the management of local anesthetic overdose
  14. Describe the signs & symptoms of local anesthetic overdose
  15. Describe the management of local anesthetic overdose
  16. Describe a medication paradigm that creates a culture of safety regarding medical emergencies in the dental office
  17. Examine the proper use, administration, and hidden dangers of epinephrine
  18. Review the proper management of local anesthesia toxicity and seizures
  19. Discuss the proper use of naloxone, albuterol, Benadryl, and nitroglycerin.
  20. Identify the one emergency medication that is most often neglected or ignored in a dental office
  21.  Learn the five key airway management techniques
  22. Understand the essential emergency equipment
  23. Learn to protect the airways(72, 117) of sedated patients
  24. Identify the Mallampati classifications(117)
  25. Manage common situations(132, 136)
  26. The anatomy of the airway
AGD Subject Codes

142 Medical emergency training and CPR – 4.00 hours
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS:  4.00

Cancellations, Transfers, and Returns:

Live Courses: If a course cancellation is received 2 weeks prior to the beginning session, you may receive a refund minus $500. $400 of that amount may be applied to a future course within 1 year. If you cancel less than 2 weeks prior to the start of the course, no refund will be issued. You may also choose to transfer to a future event within one year. Please contact your course advisor for more information.

 

Faculty

 
 
 
 
Stanley Malamed, DDS
 
Steve Yun, MD
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Dr. Anthony Feck
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