Introduction to Conscious Sedation and a Core CPD Medical Emergency Update for DCP’s (OX010912)

AvailabilityCourse has taken place
SubjectCore Skill
DescriptionTo Core CPD update in Medical Emergencies (please note this is not a hands on CPR course), providing underpinning knowledge suitable for DCP’s and an introduction for those Dental Nurses interested in Dental Sedation.
Additional informationCore Medical Emergencies aimed at DCPS (Dental Nurses, Therapists is and Hygienists) and Conscious Sedation more specifically aimed at Dental Nurses.

Nikki Rogers first qualified as a DSA in 1982 and holds NEBDN Nat. Cert, and post qualifications in Sedation, Radiography and OHE. As a Dental Nurse Tutor at Bristol Dental Hospital she is involved in pre and post registration training and qualified CMI Cert Management, FEATC and V1 NVQ Assessor/Verifier.
Chair of NEBDN Radiography post qualification and winning DDU Tutor of the year in 2010, she is a busy wife, mother, and author enthusiastically supporting DCPs in their further education.
VenueTerence Mortimer Postgraduate Centre, Banbury - Oxfordshire  View details
Date & timeSaturday 1 September 2012, 09:00 to 16:00
LecturerMigration  View details
Target audience

Recommended to all

Development outcomeNo development outcome
Course styleLecture
Core topicNo core topic
CPD hours5:00
Cost£10.00
Aims
  1. to provide an introduction to Conscious Sedation within Dentistry for Dental Care Professionals (DCP’s)
  2. To discuss current legislation associated with dental sedation, Oral Sedation, Intravenous Sedation, Inhalation Sedation, Transmucosal Sedation, and methods of and the importance of monitoring patient during sedation.
  3. To ensure that dental care professionals are able to deal with medical emergencies that may arise in the dental practice and know their role during a medical emergency should one occur.
  4. To state the common medical emergencies that may arise in the dental practice and define how an individual risk assessment should be carried out on every patient, state the signs and symptoms of medical emergencies discussed and know the management of each, state the emergency drugs that should be made available in a dental practice indicating the condition for which each is used.