Basic Life Support and Medical Emergencies for Dental Practice

Equipment requirements - defibrillators and emergency drugs

All clinical areas should have access to an automated external defibrillator (AED) and clinical dental settings staffed by dentists, hygienists or therapists should have an emergency drugs kit.

Dental therapists and dental hygienists working in their own practices need to assess the risk of treating a patient without a dentist available, taking into account the patient’s medical history. This is particularly important for patients with uncontrolled epilepsy being considered for dental treatment, who may be too high risk to treat without access to midazolam, a controlled drug and therefore only available to dentists.

Staff skills requirements

A patient could collapse on any premises at any time, whether they have received treatment or not. It is therefore essential that all dentists, hygienists and therapists registered with the General Dental Council, must be trained in dealing with medical emergencies, including resuscitation, and possess up to date evidence of capability.

Scope of practice

Registrants must know their role in the event of a medical emergency, and ensure they are sufficiently trained and competent to carry out that role.

If the setting in which you work changes, your role in the event of a medical emergency may change as well. You must ensure that you are suitably trained and competent to carry out your new medical emergency role.

Training

The Basic Life Support and Medical Emergencies training delivered by Simply First Aid provides opportunities for you to practice delivering essential life saving skills, utilising the equipment and drugs that you have available to you in practice, in order to meet your skills requirements.

Rates

In-house training - (excluding VAT)
Adult and Paediatric Basic Life Support (4 hours) - £500
Adult and Paediatric Basic Life Support refresher (2 hours) - £375
Basic Life Support and Administering Emergency Oxygen refresher (3 hours) - £400
Basic Life Support and Medical Emergencies (1 day) - £825
Basic Life Support and Medical Emergencies refresher (4 hours) - £500

Qualification: Basic Life Support (SFA / RQF)
Course code: BLS
Duration: 4 hours
Number in Group: up to 12 people
In-house cost: £500 for up to 12 people (excluding VAT)*
 

*Do you have larger groups of people to train? We are happy to deliver this training for up to 24 people at a time. You will need allow an additional 30 minutes for the training

Qualification: Basic Life Support (SFA)
Course code: BLS(R)
Duration: 2 hours
Number in Group: up to 12 people
Cost: £375 for up to 12 people (excluding VAT)*

*Do you have larger groups of people to train? We are happy to deliver this training for up to 24 people at a time. You will need allow an additional 30 minutes for the training

Qualification: Basic Life Support and Administering Emergency oxygen (SFA)
Course code: BLS+O2(R) 12
Duration: 3 hours
Number in Group: up to 12 people
Cost: £400 for up to 12 people (excluding VAT)*

*Do you have larger groups of people to train? We are happy to deliver this training for up to 24 people at a time. You will need allow an additional 30 minutes for the training

Qualification: Medical Emergencies Responder Training (SFA)
Course code: MERT
Duration: 1 day
Number in Group: up to 12 people
Cost: £825 (excluding VAT)

Qualification: Medical Emergencies Responder Training (SFA)
Course code: MERT-R
Duration:  4 hours
Number in Group: up to 12 people
Cost: £500 (excluding VAT)

Life Support is of vital importance when managing a medical emergencies