The Top 10 List for an Emergency Kit: Color Coding

Credit Details
This electronically delivered self-instructional program is designated for 2 hours of CE credit by Farran Media.
AGD Code: 730.

The fee to view this course is $36. This cost includes the fee to take the exam and claim your CE credits.

Synopsis:
With the general population living longer and with that associated need for dental care, there will be more medical emergencies occurring in our offices. Dr. Dan Pompa, an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, presents this in-depth Medical Emergency course. This course describes the essential drugs needed for an Emergency Kit and how to use them according to Color Coding the Medical Emergencies. Addressed are the needs as dentists to recognize the early signs and symptoms and for the management of these crisis situations. The viewer will learn through scenarios of patients experiencing these emergencies along with the proper sequence of responses for each emergency.

Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Learn to differentiate the Signs and Symptoms for different Medical Conditions.
• Utilize a systematic approach for each emergency depicted on color coded cards.
• Know when to pre-medicate patients with Oxygen.
• Understand that placing the patient in the proper position after an emergency begins may be the only step to take to save their life.
• Learn the newest routes of administration for drugs to be used in a Medical Crisis.

Description of Speaker:
After graduating from New York University College of Dentistry in 1978, Dr. Pompa completed a General Practice Residency at Long Island Jewish Hospital, followed by specialty training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Lincoln Hospital, New York Medical College. In 1982, he became a Fellow of The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and in 1992 a Fellow in The International Congress of Oral Implantologists.

Dr. Pompa has been a guest lecturer at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and New York University College of Dentistry and is now a guest faculty at NYU College of Dentistry and the University of Florida College of Dentistry.

Dan has lectured extensively, including at the Academy of Osseointegration, the International Interdisciplinary Congress on Craniofacial and Skull Base Surgery, and has presented at the annual Greater New York Dental Meeting numerous times throughout the years. In November 2013, Dr. Pompa became a Seminar Series Speaker/Consultant for the American Dental Association. In 2015 Dr. Pompa became a Colgate Speaker.

Dr. Pompa is an author, having published in such journals as the Journal of the American Dental Association. In December 2013, he became an online author for the ADA with the course: “Apical Surgery: To Pull or Not to Pull.” Recently, in the Winter 2014 Journal of NYSAGD, Dr. Pompa published “Update on Basic Physical Diagnosis,” which summarizes many new innovations for a simple, chairside medical workup.

Dan is also an inventor, having been issued a U.S. Patent for his innovative work in the field of Dental Implantology (U.S. Patent # 5,320,529). This patent was one of the first to introduce the concept and advantages of using Computer Guided Surgery for the placement of Implants.

Disclosure:
In the past 12 months, the speaker has had a financial interest, arrangement, or affiliation with Colgate and has received honorariums at various lectures.

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