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Course Syllabus

Preventing Medical Errors & Preparing for Medical Emergencies

Contact Hours: 3
Price: $49.00

Published January 2008
Length 1:30 hours - online video; 1:30 hours - offline study

Course Description

Are you prepared to deal with emergencies that may arise during your workday? What if one of your coworkers collapsed, would you immediately know what to do? This course will teach you the proper response in an emergency setting.

This professionally video is fully illustrated with pictures, graphics and power point slides and organized into easily accessible eight-to-twelve minute sections, then further organized by image title, allowing you to replay or skip ahead throughout within a section by clicking on any section title:

  1. Office Preparation for Medical Emergencies
  2. Your Emergency Medical Kit
  3. Medical Events in the Dental Office
  4. Office Staff Procedures

    This purchase includes unlimited access to the online video and an online CE exam for 3 CEs.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

  1. Understand the rationale behind being prepared for emergencies in the dental office.
  2. Describe an adequate medical evaluation for every patient before administration of medication or dental treatment.
  3. Outline requirements for Office Preparation, the Emergency Medical Kit, Medical Events and Office Staff Procedures.

About the Author

Howard J. Pactovis, D.M.D.
Dr. Howard Pactovis lectures nationally on OSHA Compliance/Infection Control. He has provided infection control services and programs for over 1,000 dental offices. Dr. Pactovis has been involved in numerous OSHA inspections of dental offices, and has taken courses in voluntary compliance from OSHA.. Dr. Pactovis has served as an expert witness in infection control litigation for State Boards of Registration in Dentistry and represented dental offices in appealing sanctions from OSHA.

Questions

E-mail: CESupport@DentalLearning.org
Call: 800-522-1207

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Contact Information

Academy of Dental Learning
1474 North Point Village Center
Reston - PMB 234, VA 20194
Phone: 1-800-522-1207
CEsupport@dentallearning.org
www.dentallearning.org