Basic life support for medical emergencies in the dental lab
18 May 2024
DTS Lecture Theatre
C
Learning Content
This session will teach the valuable life saving skills of Basic Life Support in the workplace including assessing the patient, good quality CPR and use of public use automated defibrillators. Choking will also be covered.
Learning Aims
Teach various aspects of Basic Life Support Education within the workplace - Teach skills to enable participants to assist in the event of cardiac arrest in the dental lab - Present a simple ABCDE method for identifying a deteriorating person.
Learning Objectives
Understand airway assessment, including choking - Be able to recognise a deteriorating person using a simple ABCDE approach - Be able to identify cardiac arrest - Know how to summon help, deliver good quality chest compressions until help arrives and use a defibrillator.
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