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Medical Emergencies and Nitrous Update

Friday, August 23, 2024, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT

Category: Events

Medical Emergencies & Complications of Nitrous Oxide Sedation - Update 2024

Presented by: Steven W. Beadnell, DMD, FICD, FACD

Friday, August 23, 2024
8 am - 12 pm

You will earn 4 hours of Medical Emergencies CE and breakfast bites are included!

Location:

Portland Golf Club, 5900 SW Scholls Ferry Rd., Portland 97225

ODHA members are free; Non-Members are $55; Students are $10
Pre-registration is required!

REGISTER HERE!

Course Description and Details:

Medical emergencies can and do occur in dental practices every day. Over the next fifteen years the segment of the population at highest risk for medical emergencies, those 65 and older, will become a larger percentage of our patients. This course will discuss the diagnosis, prevention, and management of common medical emergencies that might occur in dental offices. Administration of nitrous oxide sedation is quite safe, but complications do occur and their recognition and management will be reviewed in this course. This four-hour course is appropriate for the entire dental team and meets the medical emergency education requirement of the Oregon Board of Dentistry for license renewal and anesthesia permits.

Educational Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to identify those patients at increased risk for specific medical emergencies.

2. Participants will be able to diagnose the common medical emergencies based on the signs and symptoms demonstrated by a patient.

3. Participants will develop a rational approach to the management of medical emergencies in general as well as the specific protocols for managing each medical emergency discussed.

4. Participants will be able to identify modifiable risk factors for medical emergencies and understand methods to prevent their occurrence in the dental environment.

5. Participants will be able to identify and manage potential complications associated with nitrous oxide sedation.

About our presenter:

Dr. Beadnell is a 1980 graduate of OHSU School of Dentistry and after practicing as a general dentist for five years, completed his residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at David Grant UJSAF Medical Center in California. He served as a staff oral surgeon at a major military hospital for three years and also was deployed to the Desert Storm Conflict as part of a Maxillofacial Trauma Team. He returned to Portland, Oregon in 1991 began his practice in Portland, which is now known as Sunset Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He has lectured on management of medical emergencies to numerous dental hygiene groups on a regular basis.