765 UCLA School of Dentistry and Wendel Family Dental Centre present: Moderate Sedation with Multiple Oral & Parenteral Agents

The purpose of this course is to enable the participant to deliver safe and effective conscious sedation, with special emphasis on intravenous sedation. At the conclusion of this course, the participant should be able to select an appropriate sedative regimen for a given patient and use that regimen safely in the clinical setting. Through the use of proper patient evaluation and selection, monitoring, administration technique, and emergency management, the participant should be able to avoid most adverse responses to moderate sedation and respond effectively to those emergencies that may occur. Completion of this course will satisfy the requirements for IV Conscious Sedation in most states. Pre-approval through your state dental board is recommended.

Topics

• Define and contrast moderate sedation, deep sedation, and general anesthesia
• Describe pharmacokinetic principles that affect drugs used for moderate sedation, such as:

(1) the influence of lipid solubility on drug onset, potency, and duration of effect

(2) single vs. multicompartmental pharmacokinetic models

(3) drug cumulation and context-sensitive half-times

• Describe the relative advantages and disadvantages of the intravenous and other routes of drug administration for fear and anxiety control
• Obtain and record an appropriate medical history and physical assessment of a given patient and suitably evaluate the patient for moderate sedation
• Obtain an adequate informed consent for moderate sedation and provide appropriate preoperative and post operative instructions to a given patient
• Establish and maintain a patent intravenous line
• Compare different drugs used for moderate sedation and administer an appropriate regimen for anxiety control in a given clinical situation
• Discuss how patient and procedural variables influence drug selection for intravenous sedation
• Describe and use appropriate monitoring and chart recording methods for moderate sedation techniques
• Describe the uses of oral premedication and nitrous oxide/oxygen administration alone, in combination, and with intravenous sedation
• Outline possible adverse effects associated with moderate sedation & perform appropriate corrective measures
• Respond effectively to an emergent situation relating to moderate sedation
• Review relevant state legislation and regulations regarding the use of intravenous sedation and how these relate to existing national standards/guidelines
• Most states require Basic Life Support or Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification, in addition to this course prior to obtaining a Conscious/Moderate Sedation license.

Instructors

Steven Ganzberg, DMD, MS, UCLA Dentistry
Christine L. Quinn, DDS, MS, UCLA Dentistry
Roger J. Wendel, DMD, Wendel Family Dental Centre

For detailed information or to register, contact:

Jennifer Sigman at Wendel Family Dental Centre
7012 NE 40th Street Vancouver, WA 98661
360-944-3105 360-254-3698 fax
Email: jennifers@wendeldental.com