Management of Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office

The Dr. Elizabeth Tippett Pope Lectureship in Patient Care is proud to present:

Management of Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office 

November 25, 2023  9:30 AM – 4:30 PM (CST)

Description

Medical emergencies do occur in dental offices. The primary objective of this course is to prepare the entire dental team, including general dentists, specialists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants, to take part in their management. This course will begin with a discussion of how to utilize the medical history to implement steps to minimize the likelihood of a medical emergency, by reviewing relevant drug interactions and the management of medically compromised patients. This will be followed by a discussion of basic principles that apply to all medical emergencies in dentistry. Suggestions for equipment and the pharmacology of emergency drugs will be reviewed. The signs and symptoms of specific emergencies, including syncope, severe allergic reactions, cardiovascular emergencies, respiratory emergencies, endocrine emergencies, and local anesthetic toxicity, and step-by-step protocols for their management, will then be presented. It is assumed that all attendees are already knowledgeable in basic life support (CPR), and this course builds upon that knowledge. The program will conclude with practical points regarding how to create and organize an emergency kit, the role of individual staff members as part of a team approach to management, and communication among staff members as well as to external help during an emergency.

Learning Objectives

• At the end of the course, the participant will be able to:
  • Utilize the medical history to implement steps to minimize the likelihood of a medical emergency.
  • Create and organize a medical emergency kit.
  • Interpret signs and symptoms to determine a differential diagnosis of a medical emergency.
  • Manage a medical emergency in a dental office.
  Program Special

Speaker

Daniel Haas, DDS, PhD, FRCD(C)  

Daniel Haas, DDS, PhD, FRCD(C), is a professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry. He was Dean at this school from 2012 – 2022, and prior to that was head of its graduate specialty program in dental anaesthesia from 1998 – 2012. He has a cross-appointment with the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine.

His scholarship has been recognized internationally with the receipt of a number of major awards: these include the International Association for Dental Research Distinguished Scientist Award for Pharmacology research in 2004; the Heidbrink Award from the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology in 2007; the Leonard Monheim Award of the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists in 2010; and the Horace Wells Award, the highest recognition awarded by the International Federation of Dental Anesthesiology Societies in 2018. He has been the only Canadian to win each of these 4 awards.

In 2022, Professor Haas received the Association of Canadian Faculties of Dentistry Distinguished Service Award. He is also the recipient of a number of teaching awards including: 17 Dental Students’ Society Teaching Awards; the A. Bruce Hord Master Teacher Award (1991 and 2000); and the W.W. Wood Award for Excellence in Dental Education (2005).

Dr. Haas has also played an active role with a number of dental organizations, including the National Dental Examining Board of Canada, the Association of Canadian Faculties of Dentistry, the Royal College of Dentists of Canada, and the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists.

The Dr. Elizabeth Tippett Pope Lectureship in Patient Care

The Dr. Elizabeth Tippett Pope Lectureship in Patient Care honors the career and contributions of Dr. Elizabeth Tippett Pope who loved practicing dentistry in Winnipeg, Manitoba while making patients feel comfortable in the dental chair and working with her specialist colleagues.  Dr. William Pope, her loving husband, has established this endowment lectureship to celebrate the occasion of her 75th birthday.

Dr. Elizabeth Tippett Pope, BDS, DDS, LDSRCS(ENG)

Dr. Elizabeth Tippett Pope was born in London UK into a family of highly respected dentists. She graduated from Guy’s Hospital in London with the Final Year Prize in 1969, the fourth generation in her family to pursue the dental profession. She graduated from the University of Toronto DDS in 1973.

Before moving to Canada, she practiced in London for several years as a member of the General Dental Council, and was a member of the American Dental Society of Europe. From 1970-71, she spent a year in Oral Surgery Internship at Western University where she met Bill Pope. They moved to Winnipeg in 1976 where she practiced at Academy Dental until 2010. She served as a dental consultant for Manitoba Public Insurance until her retirement from practice in 2019.

Dr. Tippett Pope was well-known as an excellent clinician and a caring health care provider who put her patients at the centre and made them feel comfortable in the dental chair. Her educational contributions included time as a dental anatomy demonstrator (1978-1980) and a pre-clinical instructor (1978-1983) at the University of Manitoba. She was deeply involved in the professional community as a member of the Gold Foil Group, President of the Winnipeg Dental Society, and member of the Academy of Operative Dentistry (USA) where she was the first Canadian woman to serve on the Academy’s Board of Directors.

Registration

Registration is required for attendance to the event.  Please open/sign into a CPD account to register. Registrant must provide an email address to receive a Verification of Attendance for submission to their respective regulatory authority to attain CDE credit hours.  Registration fee is complimentary.

This event is available in-person only.  The event will take place at the Bannatyne Campus of the University of Manitoba. Venue/lecture theatre is to be confirmed.  A light lunch will be provided to registered attendees.

Study Credits

This course provides up to 6 hours of Continuing Dental Education (CDE) Credits.

Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, University of Manitoba. Nationally Approved PACE Program Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement. The current term of approval extends from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2026. Provider ID# 214210.  AGD Subject Code 142.