Description
Course content:
Recognising and responding to a range of medical emergencies including:
- cardiac arrest
- Choking
- myocardial infarction
- angina
- asthma
- anaphylaxis
- diabetes
- syncope
- epilepsy
- The use of emergency equipment and drugs in line with Resuscitation Council (UK) and BNF guidelines
- The importance of teamwork in the ABCDE Approach to managing medical emergencies
- Planning ahead in order to minimise the risks of a medical emergency for individual patients
GDC Principles and Outcomes
This CPD course will support dental professionals in meeting the following GDC principles and the underlying standards:
- Principle 6: Work with colleagues in a way that is in patients’ best interests
- Principle 7: Maintain, develop and work within your professional knowledge and skills
- Development Outcome A. (Communication domain). Effective communication with patients, the dental team, and others across dentistry
- Development Outcome B. (Management domain)
Effective management of self and others or effective work with others in the dental team, in the interests of patients at all times
Constructive leadership - Development Outcome C. (Clinical domain) Maintenance and development of knowledge and skill within your field of practice
- Development Outcome D. (Professionalism domain) Maintenance of skills, behaviours and attitudes which maintain patient confidence in you and the dental profession and put patients’ interests first
NOTE: This online course does not include “live” manikin training for CPR and use of the AED. To comply with Resuscitation Council (UK) guidelines a practical assessment should be carried out annually.
Assessment and Certification
Learners are assessed through self-checks as they progress through the course and an end of course multiple choice assessment.
On successful completion, learners can download a certificate which can be used as verifiable CPD in line with GDC Enhanced CPD guidelines