DH 106L - Dental Emergency Management Lab

1 Credit(s)

Prerequisite(s): Successful admittance to a Dental program.

Corequisite(s): DH 106

Course Description: Covers routine preparedness for dental team members through hands-on scenario-based activities: the dental assistant’s role in emergency care, managing a dental office emergency kit, the ABC’s of CPR (airway/breathing/circulation), foreign body airway obstruction, the causes, signs, and treatment of medical emergencies, and specific dental emergencies. Course is dual numbered as DA 106L.

Course Learning Outcomes:

CLO#1: Obtain vital signs, including blood pressure, pulse rate, respiratory rate, and temperature.
CLO#2: Explain strategies used by dental office staff to prevent medical emergencies. (ILO: Information Literacy)
CLO#3: Identify possible emergency situations in the dental office and actions for prevention and discern the duties of different office personnel in an emergency.
CLO#4: Demonstrate possible emergency situations in the dental office and actions for prevention and discern the duties of different office personnel in an emergency.

ACTI Code and Course Type
210 Career / Tech Preparatory

Length of Course:
A required State minimum of (30) and a standard RCC delivery of (33) lab hours per term, not to exceed (33) hours per term.