Medical Emergencies Update

with Steve Beadnell, DMD

Course Dates:  

    Saturday Morning: March 3, 2012

    Saturday Morning: March 17, 2012 

 
Medical Emergencies occur daily in dental offices.  Dentists and their staffs have an ethical and medico legal obligation to recognize and appropriately respond to these emergencies.  This course will review the prevention, diagnosis and management of common medical emergencies in the dental office.  Course content is appropriate for the entire dental team and fulfills the Oregon Board of Dentistry’s re-licensure requirements for medical emergencies and anesthesia permits.

Objectives:
•  Be able to determine what emergency equipment is appropriate for your office to have for the management of medical emergencies.
•  Develop a knowledge base within the entire dental team for development of an emergency response plan.
•  Be able to review the medical history and recognize which patients are at risk to develop specific medical emergencies
•  Understand the signs and symptoms of common medical emergencies and develop a rational approach to their management in the dental setting.


Dates & Times:

Saturday, March 3, 2012     Time:  8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 17, 2012     Time:  8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Tuition: $150 per dentist & $120 per staff
*Early Tuition Fees:  $125 per dentist & $110 per staff
Credit:  4 hours
Location:  OHSU School of Dentistry

*Early tuition fees applied when registering at least one month prior to course begin date.

Speaker:  Steven W. Beadnell, DMD graduated from Oregon Health & Science University, School of Dentistry in 1980.  He completed a general practice residency upon his graduation and then completed his oral & Maxillofacial surgery training at David Grant USAF Medical Center.  He has been in private practice in Portland since 1991 and is Adjunct Associate Professor at OHSU in the Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery.