Medical Emergency Management in a Dental Office

Friday, September 28, 2012

Location: College of Dentistry
Speaker: Dr. Joseph Best, DDS, PhD
Credits: 3CE hrs.
Registration: 9:30am
Course: 10:00am-1:15pm
Course Fee: 
    $120 Dentists & $60 Auxiliary
Course ID:
    DENT120015  - Dentists
    DENT120016  - Auxiliary

Speaker:

Dr. Joseph Best is a 1989 graduate of Marquette University School of Dentistry and a part-time faculty at the dental school in the division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He is the course director of the Management of Medical Emergencies course at MUSOD and lectures extensively in pharmacology, medicine, oral surgery and implant dentistry both at the dental school and in regional CE programs. Dr. Best received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and a certificate in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He is a board certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon and maintains a private practice with Oral and Maxillofacial surgery Associates of Waukesha in Waukesha, WI. 

Course Descriptions:

This course will feature actual patient scenarios representing the common medical emergencies seen in the dental office setting. Course participants will be walked through how these emergencies will present and how to manage these emergencies utilizing standard emergency equipment and medications. Emphasis will be on common real world situations and not on the one in a million cases. The intention of this course is to provide participants with practical information regarding office preparation, equipment and management of common medical emergencies.

Objectives:

At the completion of this course,

• Understand how to set up a basic emergency kit for a dental office and use the equipment and medications
• Understand how to recognize the signs and symptoms of common medical emergencies
• Understand how to manage the most common medical emergencies in the dental office

Method of teaching: Lecture/discussion