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Dental Medical Emergencies, Sedation & Airway Management

Life support, airway and sedation-emergency training for dental sedation teams, mapped to IACSD standards.

1 day (6 hrs 45 min)

Course Overview

Our Dental Medical Emergencies, Sedation & Airway Management course is designed for dental teams providing conscious sedation. It combines adult life support, airway management, assisted ventilation and the recognition and rescue of sedation-related emergencies into a single, doctor-led day built around what can go wrong in the dental chair.

The course is mapped to the life-support, airway and sedation-complication requirements of the IACSD Standards for Conscious Sedation in the Provision of Dental Care, and every learner is individually assessed on each practical skill and leads at least one sedation-emergency scenario.

Successful completion provides 6 hours 45 minutes of verifiable CPD. After each course your practice also receives an inspection evidence pack: certificates, an attendance and taught-time record, the IACSD mapping and an in-house drill record you can show a CQC inspector or sedation lead.

Certification

Successful learners receive a First Aid Doctor certificate of successful completion, recording the knowledge assessment and individually assessed practical competencies in:

  • Adult BLS & AED
  • Emergency Oxygen
  • OPA, NPA and i-gel insertion
  • Bag-Valve-Mask Ventilation
  • Management of Simulated Sedation-Related Deterioration

This course provides:

  • 6 hours 45 minutes of verifiable CPD

This is not an official Resuscitation Council UK ILS Provider course and does not qualify the holder to provide sedation. Annual refresher training is recommended.

Course Formats Available

Available Course Options

  • Dental Medical Emergencies, Sedation & Airway Management (Adult): £895 per group (up to 12 delegates)
  • Half-day annual refresher at your practice: £575 per group

Delivery Options

  • On-site training at your dental practice
  • Training delivered at a venue arranged by First Aid Doctor (additional venue costs may apply)

How to Book

This course is booked by quote. Request a quote with your team size and preferred dates, and we will confirm availability and send the full course specification.

Book at our venue

On request

  • Price per person
  • For individuals
  • Location: Biggleswade
  • Small groups welcome
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Book at your workplace

From £895

  • Price per group
  • For businesses
  • Delivered across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and surrounding counties
  • Up to 12 delegates
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What You Will Learn

By the end of this course learners will be able to:

  • Recognise deterioration and apply a structured ABCDE assessment
  • Perform high-quality adult CPR and use an AED safely
  • Recognise over-sedation, respiratory depression, airway obstruction and apnoea
  • Stop treatment, start rescue and escalate to 999 promptly
  • Open and maintain the airway, including suction and airway adjuncts
  • Provide effective assisted ventilation with a bag-valve-mask and oxygen
  • Recognise vomiting and aspiration risk, adverse reactions and delayed recovery
  • Recognise anaphylaxis and understand the role-based use of emergency medicines
  • Lead a team response and give a structured SBAR handover

Practical Training

Learners will participate in practical training covering:

  • ABCDE assessment
  • Adult CPR and AED use
  • Recovery Position and choking management
  • Emergency oxygen setup and safety
  • Airway opening, clearance and suction
  • Oropharyngeal (OPA) and nasopharyngeal (NPA) airways
  • i-gel supraglottic airway insertion
  • One- and two-person Bag-Valve-Mask ventilation
  • Four dental-chair sedation emergency scenarios

Practical Assessment

Learners are individually assessed and must successfully demonstrate:

  • Effective CPR and safe AED use
  • Emergency oxygen setup
  • Airway opening, clearance and suction
  • Safe OPA, NPA and i-gel insertion on a manikin
  • Effective one- and two-person Bag-Valve-Mask ventilation
  • Recognition and correction of ineffective ventilation
  • Leading a simulated sedation emergency, including 999 call and handover

A 20-question knowledge assessment (pass mark 16/20) is also completed.

Who Should Attend?

This course is suitable for:

  • Dentists and Sedationists
  • Dental Nurses, including Sedation Nurses
  • Dental Hygienists
  • Dental Therapists
  • Any member of the dental team involved in conscious sedation or recovery
  • Practice Managers and Reception Staff may join team exercises

This course covers adult patients only.

Want this course for your team — or just for you?

Book an individual place at our Biggleswade venue, or arrange on-site training for your whole team.
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