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Practical First Aid

First Aid for Dentists and Dental Practices

Helping you maintain gdc recommendations for verifiable CPD. BLS FA – Managing medical emergencies in dental practice.

Time: 3 Hour

Certificate valid for 3 years

Covers Basic Life Support

Summary:

If you are an individual dental professional you can book onto a scheduled Emergency First Aid course and let us know you are a dental professional, we will then cover all the elements you need for your mandatory training.

The General Dental Council (GDC) recommends that all dentists and dental care professionals carry out verifiable Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in three core recommended subjects. First Aid for Life courses can directly contribute to the 10 hours per CPD cycle required for medical emergencies, as well as fulfilling the recommendations from the Resuscitation Council (UK).

We offer specific courses designed for Dental Professionals delivered in 3 hours that cover: Emergency Life Support (ELS), Recovery position, Anaphylaxis and acute allergic reaction, the importance and use of an AED (Automated External Defibrillator).

We will check through your emergency drugs and cover commonly occurring dental emergencies such as fainting, fitting, anaphylaxis and hypoglycaemia. The course will be highly practical using adult and child mannequins and it will be informative, educational and fun.

First Aid for Dental Professionals (ELS for verifiable CPD): Content

  • Priorities of treatment
  • The recovery position
  • CPR
  • Heart attacks & cardiac arrest
  • Defibrillators
  • Choking
  • Hypoglycaemia
  • Fitting
  • Syncope
  • Panic attacks
  • Anaphylactic shock

Details:

If you are a dental professional you can join one of our scheduled Emergency First Aid courses, simply let us know your role and we will tailor the training to meet your mandatory requirements.

In three hours you will learn Emergency Life Support, recovery positioning, management of anaphylaxis and other acute allergic reactions, proper use of an AED and CPR techniques as well as how to handle common dental emergencies such as fainting, seizures, hypoglycaemia and panic attacks. The highly practical session uses adult and child mannequins, counts towards the General Dental Council’s verifiable CPD for medical emergencies and fulfils Resuscitation Council UK recommendations.

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