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Emergency Medicine

Section 1: Prevention and Section 2: Preparation of Office Staff

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About this section

Education Objective: After completing this course, the participant should be able to:

    Section I. Prevention
  • List the most common medical emergencies occurring in the dental environment
  • List the 5 components of physical evaluation of dental patients
  • List the 6 vital signs
  • Describe the A.S.A. physical status classification system
  • Provide examples of ASA 1, 2, 3, and 4 medical problems
  • List the 8 components of the Stress Reduction Protocol
  • Define the goal of physical evaluation
  • Section 2: Preparation of Office Staff
  • Define the legal obligation of a doctor to the victim of a medical emergency
  • List the 4 components of preparation of the office for medical emergencies
  • Describe the victim who isĀ  ’clinically dead.’
  • Describe the difference between ‘clinical’ and ‘biological’ death
  • List and describe the steps in the AHA 2010 cardiac arrest algorithm
  • List and describe the steps in the algorithm for all medical emergencies except cardiac arrest
  • Explain why survival rates from sudden cardiac arrest are significantly lower in young children than in adults
  • Describe the functions of each member of the In-Office Emergency Team
  • List the 7 drugs in the bare-bones-basic emergency drug kit

Presenter(s)

  • Stanley F. Malamed, D.D.S.
    • STANLEY F. MALAMED, D.D.S., graduated from the New York University College of Dentistry in 1969. He then completed a dental internship and residency in anesthesiology at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center in the Bronx, New York before serving for 2 years in the U.S. Army Dental Corps at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. In 1973, Doctor Malamed joined the faculty of the University of Southern California School of Dentistry, in Los Angeles, where today he is Professor of Anesthesia & Medicine.

Tuition: $50.00 | Credit: 1.5 | AGD code: 340

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Original Date: 05/28/2012 | Review Date: 08/31/2017 | Expiration Date: 08/31/2025

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