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Are You Ready for a Medical Emergency? A Simple, Practical Approach for the Dental Team
Educational Objectives
After watching this webinar, the viewer should be able to:
- Understand the approach used to recognize and initially manage syncope.
- Build a practical framework for responding to medical emergencies.
- Learn how to build an office or travel emergency kit.
- Prepare your team for the unexpected inside and outside of the office.
Abstract
Are you prepared to recognize and respond to a medical emergency — whether it happens in your dental office or outside of it?
Medical emergencies are often taught as a long list of conditions, treatments, medications and protocols. This CE course takes a different, more practical approach.
Attendees will learn a simple framework for distinguishing true emergencies from urgencies and non-events, understanding how age can affect an emergency response, and determining what can realistically be managed by an individual team member while additional help is obtained.
Using syncope as the model, Dr. Hawkins will demonstrate a practical approach that can be applied to many emergency situations — helping dental professionals and their teams recognize what is happening, take appropriate initial action and buy valuable time when needed.
This course also addresses what should be included in an office or travel emergency kit and how to keep it current.
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Author Bio
Mel Hawkins, DDS, BSCD AN, FADSA, DADBA
Mel Hawkins graduated from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry, with his DDS degree in 1973 and returned for his formal training in dental anesthesiology at the same university from 1975-1976. He is the founding director of the intravenous sedation, continuing education program at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, and was the founding director of the intravenous sedation program at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry. He has over 30 years of private practice experience in Toronto, Canada, with special emphasis on pain control and patient management and various local anesthesia requirements for the dental patient. In addition to lecturing throughout the U.S. and Europe for over 20 years, Dr. Hawkins is board certified as a diplomate of the American Dental Board of Anesthesiologists and is a fellow of the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology. Dr. Hawkins holds fellowships with the International College of Dentists and with the Pierre Fouchard International Academy. He has served on the continuing education committee for the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology. Additionally, Dr. Hawkins is internationally recognized as an author, lecturer, and clinician on topics concerning sedation and pain-free management of the dental patient.
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Commercial Disclosure
This free Dental Learning presentation is made possible through the continued support of HealthFirst. Mel Hawkins, DDS, BSCD AN, FADSA, DADBA is a consultant and/or speaker for the following companies and/or organizations: Dental Learning, HealthFirst. Mel Hawkins, DDS, BSCD AN, FADSA, DADBA may receive an honorarium as compensation from the CE Supporter of this presentation and/or from Dental Learning for the time involved in preparing and delivering this online presentation.
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