OVERVIEW
According to a published study, a dentist and staff, on average, will manage a medical emergency once every 1.4 years*. The same study reports that cardiac arrest in a dental office may occur once every 130 years*. It appears that medical emergencies occur infrequently in the dental office. It is for this very reason that it is easy for dentists and staff to forget simple medical emergency prevention and management techniques and systems. In a productive dental practice, medical emergency equipment may become dusty, emergency medications may expire, portable oxygen tanks become empty, emergency management systems are forgotten. Do you have enough equipment or too much equipment to manage medical emergencies in your dental office? What is the anticipated arrival time of EMS to your office? Do you AND your staff know how to manage the most common medical emergencies that can occur in your dental office?

OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
• Evaluate their medical emergency equipment, as well as, the office for efficiency of management of medical emergencies by bringing a schematic of the floor plan of their dental office, a list and photos of their medical equipment of their office.
• Determine the response time of the emergency medical services to a medical emergency in their dental office.
• Design a “Medical Emergency Management Plan” for the dental office.
• Learn to recognize and manage the ten most common medical emergencies, as well as, acute myocardial infarction and cardiac arrest in the dental office.
• Learn medical emergency preventive measures.

PRESENTER
ERNEST E. VALDEZ, D.D.S., earned his DDS from The University of Texas Health
Science Center at San Antonio in 1993. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Dental School.

TIME
Check-in & Breakfast: D.S. Cafeteria, 8:00 AM
Program: Friday, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

LOCATION
The University of Texas Health Science Center
at San Antonio, Dental School

TUITION
Individual: $185.00

CREDIT (Course Code: 126954A)
AGD Code: 142 Hours: 7