Medical emergencies, sedation emergencies, and pediatric emergencies ARE going to happen in the dental office. You will face one of these in your practice lifetime. Will YOU be ready? Will YOUR staff be ready? You can be! Dedicate and devote the TEAM to regular mock emergency drill training! Mock emergency drills are conducted to prepare dentists AND their staff members for real emergencies by simulating various scenarios in a controlled environment BEFORE the actual emergency occurs.These drills help practice emergency response procedures, identify weaknesses in plans, and improve overall preparedness, ultimately minimizing potential damage and ensuring a more effective response during actual emergencies. You will NOT rise to the occasion when a patient emergency happens to you. You will SINK to the level of your training. You are either PREPARED or UNPREPARED for a medical emergency. There is no middle ground! Impending doom (unannounced medical emergency), coupled with the high-stakes environment and time urgency (loss of a patient), overwhelms and short-circuits the human mind, ultimately leading to situational paralysis (brain freeze). Thankfully, there are TWO ways to help combat this inherently human response to acute stress (medical or sedation or pediatric emergency), perhaps the most critical of which are planning: mock emergency drills and cognitive aids! If an adverse event OR negative outcome were to occur in your dental office, there will be many questions posed by many people, but the most important will be the ones you ask yourself. Could I, along with my staff, have done something differently? Could I, along with my staff, have been better prepared? A medical/sedation/pediatric emergency could be a career-defining or career-ending event. Don't miss this life-saving webinar where our goal is to build best practices which hopefully will lead to successful outcomes during a crisis by promoting the TEAM concept. Preparation is the key to life! Everybody deserves to go home!
After completing this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Define a mock medical emergency drill in the dental office setting.
- Justify the necessity of conducting mock drills on a regular basis.
- Outline the Six Links of Survival and characterize each link’s function.
- Illustrate the 5R Emergency Response Plan and differentiate the roles of team members.
- Demonstrate basic procedures for managing medical emergencies.
- Enumerate ten critical failures commonly made in dental offices during emergencies.
- Evaluate legal risks and potential liabilities for dentists.
- Detect issues related to expired emergency drugs and equipment.
- Interpret the Medical Emergency Mock Drill List for practical application.
- Apply the Sedation Emergency Mock Drill List to simulated scenarios.
- Incorporate the Pediatric Emergency Mock Drill List into practice drills.
- Utilize cognitive aids and quick reference checklists during emergency simulations.
- Construct a custom emergency drill for each type of medical emergency relevant to dental practice.
- Assemble a comprehensive Medical Emergency Training Log binder with supporting documentation for compliance.
