Medical Emergencies in Dental Practice (SW18-12-11-1)
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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 | ||
Venue | Health Education England SW, Bristol - Bristol & N Somerset View details | ||
Date & time | Tuesday 11 December 2018, 14:00 to 17:00 | ||
Lecturer | Mr Phil Jevon View details | ||
Target audience | Mandatory: Dental nurse (£10.00pp discount), or Hygienist (£10.00pp discount), or Receptionist (£10.00pp discount), or Technician (£10.00pp discount), or Therapist (£10.00pp discount), or Dentist | ||
Development outcome | C | ||
Course style | Lecture | ||
Catering | Tea and coffee only | ||
Core topic | Medical emergencies | ||
CPD hours | 3:00 | ||
Cost | £45.00 (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. | ||