Description
Before adding sedation to a clinical practice, the staff has to understand the entirety of what dental sedation entails. The sedating dentist is responsible for making sure that they do.
Having dental assistants attend this course relieves the dentists of the time intensive sedation training dental assistants require. The team will return to the office with the knowledge required to begin safe and effective sedation dentistry.
Topics covered include
- The pharmacological basis of sedation
- How a patient’s anatomy and physiology impact upon his/her clinical experience
- The implications of co-existing disease when administering sedation
- Airway management algorithms, and the techniques and equipment required to apply them
- How to monitor sedated patients and communicate their status to you
- Pre screening and discharge protocols
- The importance of maintaining adequate medical records
- Team-building and the skills required to work effectively under the most stressful of conditions
- The course meets all state certification requirements and national recommendations for dental assistants.
SEDATION ASSISTANT SCHEDULE
DAY ONE
- 0800 – 0830 ◊ Check in | Government ID Required
- 0830 – 0930 ◊ Pharmacology For Assistants
- 0930 – 1030 ◊ Physiology & Monitoring Advances For Assistants
- 1030 – 1200 ◊ Capnography Tutorial | Airway Management
- 1200 – 1300 ◊ Break
- 1300 – 1500 ◊ Pre screening For Assistants
- 1500 – 1700 ◊ Discharge For Assistants
DAY TWO
- 0800 – 0900 ◊ Review Day 1
- 0900 – 1200 ◊ Monitoring For Assistants
- 1200 – 1300 ◊ Break
- 1300 – 1500 ◊ Practical Dosing Knowledge For Assistants
- 1500 – 1700 ◊ Live Simulation: Sedation emergencies, Medical emergencies with a Dentist
DAY THREE
- 0800 – 0900 ◊ Review Day 2
- 0900 – 1000 ◊ Hands on: Emergency e cylinder |e cylinder Regulator | Ambu bag
- 1000 – 1100 ◊ Hands on: Oral Airway | LMA
- 1200 – 1300 ◊ Break
- 1300 – 1500 ◊ Practical Dosing Knowledge For Assistants
- 1500 – 1700 ◊ Live Simulation: Sedation emergencies, Medical emergencies with a Dentist
