SATISFY THE BORID AND STATUTORY BIENNIAL
REQUIREMENTS ALL IN ONE DAY AND SAVE!
Friday, March 15, 2024
Massachusetts Dental Society
2 Willow Street, Suite 200
Southborough, MA
SESSION 1: American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Course
Speaker(s): Russell Kane/Adam Wolfset
Registration: 8:00 am
Seminar: 8:30 - 11:30 am
Course Type: Workshop
CEUs: 3.0
BLS is the foundation for saving lives after cardiac arrest. In this course, you’ll learn the skills of high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for victims of all ages. You’ll practice delivering these skills both as a single rescuer and as a member of a multi rescuer team. The skills you learn in this course will enable you to recognize cardiac arrest, activate the emergency response system early and respond quickly and confidently. This course will help you give victims the best chance of survival.
After successfully completing this BLS course, you will be able to:
- - Apply the BLS concepts of the Chains of Survival
- - Recognize the signs of someone needing CPR
- - Perform high-quality CPR for an adult, a child and an infant
- - Demonstrate the appropriate use of an AED
- - Perform as an effective team member during multi rescuer CPR
- - Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstructions for an adult, a child and an infant
SESSION 2: Are You in Compliance? Infection Controls and OSHA Review
Speaker: Lisa Kane, DMD
Registration: 11:30 am
Seminar: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Course Type: Lecture
CEUs: 2.0
This course presents an in-depth explanation of the CDC’s and OSHA’s guidelines for dental offices. We will review of the CDC guidelines for infection control in the dental healthcare setting, review OSHA’s blood borne pathogen standard’s guidelines, discuss safety data sheets (“SDS”) and Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (“GHS”) hazard statements, and general office safety standards. We will also talk about strategies to improve infection control in the office in a practical manner.
After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
- - Discuss the CDC and OSHA guidelines for dental office safety
- - Understand why these guidelines are important for the health and safety of the dental staff and the general public
- - Identify potential areas of risk in a dental office
- - Implement policies and procedures to mitigate the risk in the dental office
SESSION 3: Pharmacologic Management of Acute Dental Pain and the Prescription Opioid Epidemic
Speaker: Richard Harold, DMD, JD
Registration: 2:00 pm
Seminar: 2:30 - 4:30 pm
Course Type: Lecture
CEUs: 2.0
Proper implementation of prescription writing skills is a critical aspect of patient care in today's climate of opioid abuse and enhanced prescribing regulations. The attendee will learn about the history of pain management and dentistry's responsibility in combating the prescription drug epidemic. The basics of choosing proper analgesics are reviewed so that the attendee will understand the standards of care as they pertain to pain management. The principles of oral dosing regimens will be presented along with side effects, contraindications and clinically significant drug-drug interactions.
After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
- - Review analgesic prescribing guidelines in connection with the effective management of acute dental pain
- - Discuss the origin of the prescription opioid epidemic and dentistry’s role in promoting responsible opioid prescribing
- - Explain how to counsel patients about the side effects, security, addictive nature and proper storage and disposal of controlled substances
- - Determine the legal and ethical issues of prescribing appropriate quantities of controlled substances
- - Understand the basic pharmacology and side effects of opioid and non-opioid analgesics