Dental Teams CPD Medical Emergencies

This course empowers the individual or team with the skills to recognise and the competence to deal with medical emergencies common to dental practices including basic/advanced life support (CPR) and the administration of first line drugs such as oxygen, adrenaline, glucose, glucagon, midazolam, GTN, aspirin and salbutamol.

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The GDC has outlined the level of staff training they expect as follows...

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All members of staff, not just registered team members, [should] know their role if a patient collapses or there is another kind of medical emergency... All members of staff who might be involved in dealing with a medical emergency are [should be] trained and prepared to deal with such an emergency at any time.

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