2025 ADS Annual Conference: Management of Medical Emergencies in Dental Offices (On-Demand)

This course will explore the most common medical emergencies experienced in the dental office, including what is probably the most dangerous emergency situation that most offices are unprepared to handle. Responses and best practices to these emergencies will be reviewed. Office readiness protocols and emergency prevention strategies will also be discussed.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  1. Describe the most common medical emergencies experienced in the dental office setting.
  2. Demonstrate the standard interventions for these common medical emergencies.
  3. Define key components of the medical emergency kit.

Steps to Complete Course:

  1. Click on On-Demand Recording below and watch the video
  2. Complete the Assessment (requires a passing score of 70%)
  3. Complete the Evaluation 

Instructors

Steven Yun, MD

Dr. Yun is a board-certified Anesthesiologist who focuses on providing anesthesia for patients in dental and oral surgery offices. 

He received his B.S. with Honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his M.D. with Honors from the University of Southern California in 1996, followed by three years of additional training in Anesthesiology at the UCLA Medical Center. He has been in private practice since 2000. 

He is an expert consultant for the Dental Board of California, and Medical Advisory Board member for HealthFirst and DOCS Education. He serves on the Board of Counselors for the UCLA School of Dentistry.Dr. Yun is also a Clinical Professor at Western University of Health Sciences and a Lecturer at the Loma Linda School of Dentistry. He has received the Physician of Excellence Award multiple times from the Orange County Medical Association and has been recognized as “Anesthesiologist of the Year” by the Fresh Start Surgical charity.