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A New Route to Rescue: Intranasal Epinephrine versus Autoinjectors by Dr. Mark Donaldson

A New Route to Rescue: Intranasal Epinephrine versus Autoinjectors by Dr. Mark Donaldson

12/11/2025 3:37:29 PM   |   Comments: 0   |   Views: 19

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Medical emergencies are defined as any condition that if left untreated may lead to patient morbidity or mortality. However, if your definition of an emergency is any condition of a patient that raises your blood pressure or pulse rate - then you need to take this course!

Medical emergencies happen. Studies estimate that on average a practitioner will be faced with a medical emergency in the dental office at least once every two years. Some of these occurrences can be minor; some of these situations can be life-threatening. The good news for practitioners is that 75% of emergencies can be mitigated with good local anesthesia (pain control) and good stress reduction (sedation). For those few instances when an appropriate response could be lifesaving, each practitioner must be prepared with a properly equipped emergency drug kit. The purpose of the course is to emphasize patient safety and educate you on new information on the most essential drug you must be familiar: epinephrine. Even though the right answer always includes dialing 9-1-1, when this drug is indicated, you need start the chain of survival in your office immediately.

Epinephrine is the primary treatment for anaphylaxis, and while the most common form of administration is typically as an auto-injector, there are barriers to its use, which increase the dangers of anaphylaxis. These barriers include incorrect administration, poor design, trypanophobia, limited shelf-life and in some cases, limited access to auto-injectors. The introduction of an epinephrine nasal spray helps overcome these barriers by offering a new dosage form that is considered safer, more effective and even more economical. This course updates the practitioner and Team on new data and new formulations of epinephrine taking you from the past to the future!


Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
            
  • Recognize the most common medical emergencies in the dental office.
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  • Identify the seven essential drugs. Required in the minimal dental emergency kit.
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  • Learn the pitfalls of some of our historical emergency drug dosage formulations.
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  • Learn the pitfalls of some of our historical emergency drug dosage formulations.
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  • Review the proper use and administration of an epinephrine formulation delivered as a nasal spray.

Dr. Mark Donaldson holds a baccalaureate degree from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and a Doctorate in clinical pharmacy from the University of Washington. He is currently the associate principal of clinical pharmacy for Vizient's Advisory Solutions in Whitefish, Montana. He serves as a clinical professor at the University of Montana's Department of Pharmacy and a clinical associate professor at OHSU's School of Dentistry, with affiliate faculty status at UBC. Donaldson has 28 years of experience delivering international lectures on dental pharmacology and therapeutics. He has published extensively and serves on the editorial board for the Journal of the American Dental Association. Additionally, he is board certified in healthcare management and has been recognized for his contributions, receiving the AGD's "Dr. Thaddeus V. Weclew Award" in 2016 and the Canadian Dental Association's "Special Friend of Canadian Dentistry Award" in 2019 for his exceptional support and service to the dental profession.
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