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21/11/2025 Conscious Sedation Update
Course Information
Date: 21/11/2025
Start Time: 09:30
Completion Time: 6 Hours
Venue: Corrs Corner Hotel, 315 Ballyclare Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 4TQ
Speakers: Andrew Jones
Course Description
This course provides a concise overview and refresher of the theoretical foundations of conscious sedation and anxiety management in dental practice. Designed for dental professionals seeking to reinforce their understanding, the session revisits key concepts including pharmacology, patient assessment, sedation techniques, risk management, and regulatory considerations. Emphasis is placed on safe and effective practice, enhancing confidence in managing anxious patients within the scope of conscious sedation.
Course Aims
- To Provide an overview and recap of the theory content of conscious sedation and anxiety
management in dental practice
• To Deliver Practical demonstration of the set up, use and shut down of the portable inhalation
sedation machine and scavenging equipment
• To Demonstrate the safety features and safety checks for the portable inhalation sedation
machine
• To Demonstrate how to predictably cannulate a patient in the dorsum of the hand and
ante-cubital fossa sites
• To Demonstrate how to set up for an intravenous sedation appointment
• To Demonstrate the process for recovering and discharging a sedation patient
• To Demonstrate the clinical monitoring equipment utilised in sedation and how to use
them on a patient as well as interpret the readings given
• To Recap the current sedation guidelines and standards as they apply to practitioners in
Northern Ireland
• To Discuss real life examples of dental sedation cases
Course Objectives
- To be able to define conscious sedation in dentistry
• To be able to set up, use and shut down a portable inhalation sedation machine in a systemised
manner
• To be able to carry out the portable inhalation sedation machine safety checks
• To know how to cannulate in preparation for supervised cases
• To demonstrate how to set up for, as well as monitor, recover and discharge a sedation patient
• To indicate the current Northern Ireland dental sedation guidelines
Course Learning Content
This course will consist of both theory and hands on elements.
GDC Development Outcomes
- A, B, C, D
Resources
Dietary Requirements
Please advise the Dental Continuing Education Team dentalcourses.nimdta@hscni.net if you have any dietary requirements.
DCP Inhalation Sedation 1/2 day rate
£26.00
DCP Conscious Sedation All day rate
£35.00