Session 1: American Heart Association: BLS for Healthcare Providers
Registration: 8:00 am, Seminar 8:30-11:30 am
(Hands-On)
This course will include instruction and practice in adult and pediatric CPR, including the two-person rescuer scenario and the use of the bag mask, handling of foreign object airway obstruction, and use of the automated external defibrillator (AED).
Workbook will be available for purchase
• Become BLS (Basic Life Support) for Healthcare Provider certified or re-certified
Certification: American Heart Association two-year BLS Healthcare Provider card
Session 2: Infection Control, CDC & OSHA “Just tell me what I need to do!”
Registration: 11:30 am, Seminar 12:00-2:00 pm
This course uses excerpts taken directly from the 2003 CDC Dental Guidelines, the 2016 CDC Dental Update, and the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard to clarify the misconceptions and outdated information that many offices are working with in regards to infection control. It will help your office to understand what the CDC and/or OSHA requires you to do and will show you the various options available to meet the requirements.
• Gain a better working knowledge of the CDC Dental Guidelines and the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard and the 2003 CDC Dental Guidelines
• Identify common pathogens encountered in the dental office, and how to break the chain of infection
• Discuss ways to safely and efficiently reprocess dental instruments and manage infectious waste
• Understand dental unit water line testing and treatment
• Be aware of common infection control violations
Session 3: Pain Management for the Dentist
Registration: 2:00 pm, Seminar: 2:30-4:30 pm
The national and local prescription opioid crisis will be defined with current data. The role of the dental community in preventing prescription opioid misuse will be discussed. The various causes of orofacial pain and headache and the appropriate treatment modalities for each diagnosis will be discussed. The use of opioids, non-opioid medications, and non-pharmacologic strategies will be compared. Best practice guidelines for the use of opioid medications including risks, benefits, alternatives, safe storage and disposal will be recommended. The identification and management of patients at risk of prescription drug abuse will be discussed and the use and interpretation of the Prescription Awareness Tool will explained with clinical case histories.
• Summarize the national and local opioid crisis
• Discuss the diagnosis of acute and chronic orofacial pain conditions and the effective pain management strategies for each diagnosis
• Evaluate the risks, benefits, and alternatives of a wide variety of pain medications including the risks of abuse and addiction associated with opioid medications
• Define the role of the dentist in pain management
• Identify simple risk assessment strategies for use in the dental office
• Discuss ways to identify and promote interdisciplinary management of patients at risk for substance abuse disorders
• Explain ways to counsel patients about the side effects, addictive nature and proper storage and disposal of prescription medications
• Identify appropriate prescription quantities for prescription medications that have an increased risk of abuse
• Discuss opioid antagonists, overdose prevention treatments and instances in which a patient may be advised on both the use of and ways to access opioid antagonists and overdose prevention treatments
• Explain the use and interpretation of the Prescription Awareness Tool
• Provide a list of resources for the above objectives