Sedation

IV Sedation Certification

About This Course

Comprehensive IV sedation training program that allows dentists to earn IV sedation permits primarily from home or office, satisfying moderate sedation requirements. The program combines extensive home study with hands-on clinical training.

Learning Outcomes

✓Incorporate methodologies to safely provide both enteral (oral) and parenteral (IV) minimal and moderate sedation in an outpatient setting
✓Fulfill ADA-recommended advanced airway management and opioid prescription training
✓Qualify for ACLS certification
✓Understand advantages and disadvantages of minimal and moderate sedation and the sedation spectrum
✓Learn prevention, recognition, and management of complications from venipuncture and other parenteral techniques
✓Understand protocols for management of commonly encountered emergencies in the dental office
✓Master techniques of intravenous access, intramuscular injection, and other parenteral techniques
✓Gain competency in patient evaluation, assessment, selection, monitoring and recordkeeping

Course Curriculum

1.The sedation spectrum
2.Mechanisms of orofacial pain and analgesia
3.Psychological aspects of pain and anxiety
4.Principles of pharmacology
5.Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics of conscious sedation medications
6.Drug interactions
7.Patient assessment
8.Advanced airway maintenance and management
9.Monitoring
10.IV sedation protocol
11.Venipuncture
12.Record-keeping
13.Sedation blunders
14.Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
15.Basic Science: Pharmacotherapeutics (4 hours)
16.Basic Science: Physiology (2 hours)
17.Electives: Emergency Training/CPR (15 hours)
18.Electives: Psychosocial anxiety and fear in dentistry (2 hours)
19.Anesthesia and Pain Management: Parenteral techniques (62 hours)
20.Anesthesia and Pain Management: Prescription management (3 hours)

Course Details

Price: $23,995
CPD Hours: 90
Format: hybrid
Duration: 4-day clinical session

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IV@DOCSEducation.com 855-227-6505

Provider

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