Package Description

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.

Price:

  • Members: $15
  • Non-members: $30

Continuing Education

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ADS is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.

ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.

Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.

Please email the ADS office at [email protected] or call +1 (410) 571-0003 if you wish to be in contact with the course author/creator(s) with any questions or for clarification of course concepts or for technical assistance in completing the online test.

All participants assume individual responsibility for providing evidence of contact hours of continuing education to the appropriate authorities and for the maintenance of their individual records.

Learn more about ADS’s CE Program & Provider Recognition.

CE Credits: 1.0
Educational Method: Lecture, Recorded, Self-instructional (self-study)
Location: Online
Publication Date: June 2025
Expiration Date: June 30, 2028

Speaker:

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.

Disclosure: No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Refund & Cancellation

This course is non-refundable. Click here to view the complete Product Agreement.