Course Overview
This is a Dental Board of Australia approved annual refresher course for those who are already endorsed as conscious sedation practitioners. It is designed to reaccredit endorsed conscious sedation practitioners
The course focuses on improving the day-to-day practice of IV and other sedation by providing dental sedationists with information on changes in sedation practice, pharmacology and techniques. It provides you and your registered nurse the opportunity to manage sedation and its associated emergencies in a controlled environment using simulation.
The assessment is designed to confirm the use by sedationists of an effective threat assessment process and correct techniques in the preparation and conduct of sedation and the management of adverse events, including the use of basic and advanced life support in the management of respiratory and cardiac arrest.
The course operates under Chatham House rules and no assessment materials other than the final results are retained by the course managers. All audio-visual material is deleted at the end of the course during the final course wrap up.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- To maintain and upgrade the knowledge and skills of qualified and practicing dental sedationists in sedation practice within dental surgery
- Espouse risk management approach and teamwork in the provision of sedation to dental patients
- Practice the sedationist in the management of adverse events using high grade simulation before assessing the sedationist’s capacity to safely select patients for sedation
- Identify the risks associated with underlying medical complications
- Undertake safe sedation in the appropriate setting to meet the assessed risks presented by the patient’s physical state
Course Pre-Requisites
A good understanding of emergency resuscitation techniques forms a pre-requisite to this course as participants are required to demonstrate competency in CPR, airway management and the use IV, IM and oral medications during the training.
Pre-reading will be sent out two weeks prior to the course starting
Presenter/s biography
Mr John Fahey
Thirty-seven years of experience in emergency medicine and pre-hospital care, the Army and government service backed by serious academic research has developed John Fahey into one of Australia’s leading and most original experts in pre-hospital emergency care, contingency planning and workplace health and safety.
This background has enabled John to develop a number of courses in modern pre-hospital emergency medical care for industry and the professions. These courses combine simplicity and advanced techniques in a comprehensive package designed for specific industries and workplaces and for medical personnel such as ambulance officers, industrial paramedics and for dental and medical professionals. Many of these courses are now regarded as industry standards.
In the area of workplace health and safety John has played a significant role in challenging orthodoxies that have retarded development of more effective approaches to risk management. Amongst his accomplishments have been the move of workplace health and safety education out of the regulatory environment into the educational system and the development of the new Australian ‘harmonised’ workplace health and safety laws in NSW. His current work in workplace health and safety is focused on developing more industry specific approaches to risk identification and management systems.
Event Pricing
ADA Member Dentist - $850
ADA Member 1st and 2nd Year Graduate - $750
Non-Member Dentist - $1020
CPD Points
7 Scientific hours
Event Supporter
By registering for this course, you agree to the events terms and conditions outlined on the ADAQ website.