Description
We are a Physician-Based Board-Certified Anesthesia staff that specializes in training dentists to standards set forth by each state’s dental boards and the American Society of Anesthesiologists. This course satisfies state dental board requirements in 46 states. (We are currently not accepting applicants from Maine, Missouri, New York, Ohio & Nevada.)
Prior to the Clinical Component We Provide
- Study Materials
- Interactive Didactics (Scheduled at your convenience including evenings and weekends)
- Monitor & Equipment Purchase Advice
Course Topics
- Pharmacology
- Physiology
- Monitoring Technology and Practicum
- Dosing Protocols
- Pre-Screening and Discharge Strategies
- Documentation
- Consent
- Medical History
- Sedation Flow-Sheet
- Discharge
- Medication Inventory
- Airway Management Training & Proficiency:
- Ambu Bag Mask Ventilation
- Oral/Nasal airways
- LMA’s
- Manual adjustment
- Intubation
- Sedation Emergency and Medical Emergency Response Training:
- Laryngospasm, Bronchospasm, Emesis and aspiration, Airway blockage by foreign body, Angina pectoris, Myocardial infarction, Hypertension/Hypotension, Hypertensive crisis, Allergic and toxicity reactions, Seizures, Syncope, Phlebitis, Intra-arterial injection, Hyperventilation/Hypoventilation, Cardiac arrest, Cardiac arrhythmias, Hyperventilation, Hypoventilation
Clinical Training:
- 1 Week (Saturday-Friday) 7 AM – 5 PM
- 20+ clinical cases
- Every dentist has their assistant
- Training Provided by Anesthesiologists And Dental Sedation Experts With Over 60 Cumulative Years of Sedation Practice
- Maximum 2:1 participant to staff ratio
- Maximum 4 Dentist course size
- Daily didactics and emergency simulations
- Individualized Faculty Support With Small Participant to Staff Ratio (max. 4 dentists)
- Learn to Prepare your Practice for Sedation
- Develop the skills and confidence to pre-screen your patients for sedation
- Maintain complete medical records and controlled substance inventories
- Apply varied sedation protocols
- Understand the limitations of your clinical monitors and how to interpret the data they provide
- Discuss your insights and questions at daily case reviews
Once you graduate from this program, we make ourselves available to answer your questions and provide sedation and credentialing guidance at a moment’s notice. Should you desire further training in order to feel more comfortable and prepared, you are welcome to attend a future training session at no charge.
Assistant Training
From a safety standpoint, having an additional member of your team educated alongside you is the best way to prepare your facility for an extra layer of security, and ensure patient safety during sedation cases. Dental assistants view patient care through a similar yet different lens than that of the dentist. Because of this, they offer an extra layer of protection in noticing things that the dentist may overlook. Assistants should not be intimidated by the course material at hand!
Many states require at least one of your assistants to be certified in ACLS in order to provide IV sedation in your office. We include ACLS training as part of this course to ensure your states regulations are being met. Our ACLS simulator has been specifically designed to address the most common dental sedation emergency scenarios, and includes assistant-specific roles as part of the curriculum.
As an institution, we require that you bring at least one of your assistants or support staff because they will be able to pass along the information they learn at the course to the rest of your team upon return to your facility. We feel this is such an imperative that we will provide you with your first assistant’s IV training free of charge when you register for the IV certification course!
Assistants train along side their doctor the entire week. Assistants will focus on achieving proficiency in skills such as:
- IV placement
- Individual monitor setup & interpretation
- Airway management
- Effective prescreening
- State-Compliant case documentation