Course Information
Date: 29/09/2026
Start Time: 13:00
Completion Time: 2.5 Hours
Venue: NIMDTA, 42 Beechill Road, Belfast, BT8 7RL
Speakers: Safe Hands
Course Aims
- We aim to help dental practitioners improve the standard of care provided and increase their confidence in dealing with the acutely ill adult patient by learning an accessible patient assessment and management system.
- Furthermore, we will address what medical drugs are required, how these drugs are prepared and administered, what dose and route of administration should be used and, finally, contraindications where indicated. Questions will be answered through workshop and simulation-based education using a “hands on” interactive approach.
Course Objectives
On completion the participant will be able to:
- demonstrate, recognise, assess & treat the “unwell” patient using a structured A, B, C, D, E approach.
- demonstrate preparation and delivery of emergency oxygen.
- recognise and manage medical emergencies in the dental practice following guidance from the British National Formulary “Medical Emergencies in Dental Practice”.
- Demonstrate indications/contraindications, preparation, administration & delivery of emergency drugs.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) & CPR Adult & Paediatric with COVID-19 modifications, following Resuscitation Council (UK) guidelines 2021, adapted from the ERC guidelines 2015 and as recommended by (ILCOR) International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation.
- safe use of an AED and demonstrate awareness of legal, ethical and professional duty of care.
GDC Development Outcome
- C
Resources
Dietary Requirements
Please advise the Dental Continuing Education Team dentalcourses.nimdta@hscni.net if you have any dietary requirements.