Medical Emergencies in Dental Practice (SW-20-09-28-02)
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Subject | Medical emergencies | ||||||||
Description | This Theory course meets the requirements for CPD in medical emergencies. Phil Jevon, RN PGCE, is the Medical Education/ Resuscitation Trainer at the Manor Hospital, Walsall. He has spent over 30 years working in the NHS and attending cardiac arrests on a regular basis. The 2nd edition of Phil's book 'Medical Emergencies in the Dental Practice' was published in 2014. This course is designed to run in parallel with your in-house CPR training | ||||||||
Additional information | The zoom link will be forwarded nearer the time | ||||||||
Venue | Zoom, N/A - N/A - Virtual View details | ||||||||
Date & time | Monday 28 September 2020, 14:00 to 16:30 | ||||||||
Lecturer | Mr Phil Jevon View details | ||||||||
Target audience | Mandatory: Dental nurse (£5.00pp discount), or Hygienist (£5.00pp discount), or Receptionist (£5.00pp discount), or Technician (£5.00pp discount), or Therapist (£5.00pp discount), or Dentist | ||||||||
Development outcome | C | ||||||||
Course style | E- learning | ||||||||
Catering | None | ||||||||
Core topic | Medical emergencies | ||||||||
CPD hours | 3:00 | ||||||||
Cost | £15.00 (subject to discounts, see Target audience above) | ||||||||
Aims | The aim of this course is to develop the learners' ability to recognise, assess and manage medical emergencies- adult and paediatrics- in the primary dental setting. | ||||||||
Objectives | 1- To provide training in how to perform an urgent care assessment of an ill patient. 2- To outline processes and procedures to recognise , manage, and where required provide, basic and immediate life support for medical emergencies. 3- To outline the emergency drugs and equipment that should be held by dental surgeries. 4- To explain the team approach to medical emergencies. | ||||||||
Learning outcomes | 1- Identify severe medical events which require urgent hospital admission. 2- Recognise, manage and provide basic and immediate life support for medical emergencies, in line with the UK Resuscitation Council guidelines. 3- Identify, prescribe and administer- where appropriate-emergency drugs correctly. 4- Facilitate a team approach to medical emergencies so as to deal promptly with uncommon but potentially tragic events. | ||||||||