Course Description:
This course highlights the critical steps in preparing to handle emergency situations that can occur in dental practices.  It is designed to improve your ability to plan for, manage and handle office medical emergencies as part of the dental team. Includes a discussion of what should be included in the office emergency kit. Also provides scenarios of medical emergency situations at chair-side.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the dental professional should be able to:

• Describe emergency preventive procedures and preparedness in the dental office.
• Explain the importance of obtaining a health history from each patient.
• Demonstrate the initial steps of patient assessment in an emergency.
• Identify how stress and anxiety can lead to medical emergencies.
• Recognize the signs or symptoms of impending or developing emergencies.
• List the general steps to be taken when a medical emergency arises in a dental office.
• Identify the type of emergency when given a patient situation and describe the necessary emergency care.
• Identify the contents of an emergency kit. 

Lecture
Hands-on/Interactive
DVD