Basic Airway Management Course for Dentists: Required Course for Conscious Sedation Permit
About This Event
This course is designed for dentists who perform sedation or provide care to sedated patients. Participants will learn to assess airway management and ventilation for patients in respiratory distress. The course covers basic airway assessment, relevant anatomy, physiology, and equipment. Dentists will develop motor skills necessary for airway management, including relieving obstruction, inserting airway adjuncts, mask ventilation, and intubation, all under supervision with simulation. A post-course evaluation will assess participants’ airway skills.
Learning Objectives
- Describe basic airway anatomy
- Review basic pulmonary physiology and understand the effects of sedation on respiration
- Review basic airway exam
- Identify patients with an abnormal pre-sedation airway evaluation and how this affects sedation risk
- Understand the role of monitoring in respiratory surveillance
- Describe clinical situations in which oxygen, bag-valve-mask ventilation or intubation may be needed
- Demonstrate understanding of indications for utilization of airway equipment
- Review basic techniques of ventilation and intubation using simulated experiences
- Demonstrate confirming tube placement and ventilation
- Teamwork in emergency response.
Additional Event Information
Target Audience
Dentists, Dental Team
Event Format
In-person
CE Credits
4*