Emergency Medications Every Dentist Should Know (Online)

• Designed for Dentists, Dental Hygienists, Dental Therapists, and Dental Assistants who participate and care for sedation patients in a dental office environment.

• Sponsored by Sedation Consult and co-sponsored by Saint Louis University Center for Advanced Dental Education

• Created by Columbia, Missouri Dentist and, Department of Periodontics, CADE Assistant Professor Allan Schwartz, DDS, CRNA

• Course is a 4-part online self-paced series; 4 one-hour lectures with a 10-question required exam per lecture.

• Medications Covered: Oxygen; Albuterol; Inhaled Spirits of Ammonia; Atropine; Ephedrine; Epinephrine; Aspirin; Nitroglycerin; Sugar/Glucose; Diphenhydramine; Solu-Cortef; Diazepam/Midazolam

• Learning Objectives:
  • Discuss why a dentist should stock emergency medications and should learn responses to medical emergencies
  • List some common medications found in proprietary and custom dental emergency kits
  • Learn when to use these medications
  • Review the physiology of how these medications work
  • Learn the routes of administration to administer these common emergency medications to patients
  • Develop a, “Quick & Dirty Cheat Sheet” for your dental office emergency area
  • Develop a reminder to check on the expiration dates on your emergency medication storage area.

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