Online CPD – Defibrillator (AED) Supported CPR
For all dental professionals
This course will update your knowledge of defibrillator supported cardiopulmonary resuscitation ensuring you are able to administer prompt, and potentially, life-saving treatment to cardiac arrest victims.
What you will learn from this CPD course
- How to identify and manage a cardiac arrest.
- How to promptly provide life potentially saving treatment and summon help from other team members and emergency services for cardiac arrests.
- Your role in managing a cardiac arrest in the dental practice
- How to provide chest compressions, rescue breaths and use a defibrillator (Defibrillator supported cardiopulmonary resuscitation.) in both adult and child patients.
Our Defibrillator (AED) Supported CPR course is quality assured and specifically tailored to help you fulfil your enhanced CPD requirements set out by the GDC. It also meets the CQC regulations to ensure you and your practice are delivering the highest standard of dental care.
Course modules
Module 1 – Assessing the patient
- Primary and Secondary surveys.
- DR ABC DE
- Managing the conscious and unconscious patient.
Module 2 – Defibrillator supported Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- CPR equipment
- Chest compression and rescue breaths
Defibrillator conditions for use, indications and contraindications
Relevant Legislation
Quality Standards: Primary dental care
GDC guidance on medical managing medical emergencies
CQC Dental Myth buster – List of medical emergency drugs and equipment required in the dental practice
CQC Regulation 12 (Safety of care and treatment).
CQC Regulation 17 (Good governance)
GDC Principle Seven – Maintain, develop and work within your professional knowledge and skills
GDC Principle One – Put patients’ interests first
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