Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office

Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office is organized by AchieveCE.

Course Description:
This course will provide dental professionals with the information necessary to diagnose and respond to common medical emergencies that can occur in oral health care settings. During the course, special emphasis will be placed on the role of risk assessment in preventing medical emergencies and how to determine which events may be life-threatening and which require prompt stabilization but are not immediately life-threatening.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to: 
• Discuss procedure-specific and patient-specific risk factors that can lead to dental emergencies in oral health care settings.
• Describe steps that dental professionals can take to prepare for a medical emergency.
• Describe the steps involved in performing a primary patient survey during an emerging perioperative event.
• Describe the steps involved in performing a secondary patient survey during an emerging perioperative event.
• Recognize the signs and symptoms of common medical emergencies in order to formulate a diagnosis.
• Initiate the appropriate action based on the diagnosis to stabilize the patient until emergency medical services arrive.