This course is for practitioners who may need to manage a medical emergency in their dental practice. It meets requirements of the Dental Council Medical Emergencies Practice Standard for dentists, dental and oral specialists who are not performing sedation. It will provide you with the knowledge and skills required to appropriately and effectively manage a medical emergency. Participants are encouraged to read the New Zealand Dental Council Medical Emergencies Practice Standard (available online, also provided as pre-reading at the time of booking).
You will learn to: 1. Provide specific responses to medical emergency situations, including anaphylaxis, acute coronary syndrome (unstable angina and myocardial infarction), asthma, diabetic emergency, epileptic seizure, faint (syncope), hypo/hyperglycaemia, hyperventilation (anxiety associated), and maternal collapse. 2. Manage adult collapse. 3. Manage child or infant collapse. 4. Perform adult and child resuscitation, including the technique of bag-to-mask ventilation (one and two person). 5. Use an automated external defibrillator (AED). 6. Manage an airway obstruction and breathing. Specific skills you will learn include managing choking and aspiration, manual airway opening (head tilt, chin lift and jaw thrust), oropharyngeal airway suctioning, insertion of an oropharyngeal airway, and the safe delivery of oxygen from an oxygen cylinder.
Ian is an experienced Practical Training Solutions first aid trainer. In addition to holding current qualifications, Ian has gained broad experience through his volunteer work with St John, focussing on their events and rescue squad competitions. He has taught resuscitation and first aid to dentists, nurses, and pharmacists for many years and is also an experienced HSE specialist.
