Newsletter: May 2016
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Resuscitation training requirements The updated Medical Emergencies in Dental Practice – Practice Standard was introduced in September 2014.
Resuscitation training requirements
The updated Medical Emergencies in Dental Practice – Practice Standard was introduced in September 2014. The obligations on the new resuscitation training requirements (new training levels and revalidation every two years) are still subject to staggered implementation.
What does this mean for me?
Note: CORE = Certificate of Resuscitation and Emergency Care.
All practitioners must have a valid resuscitation training certificate at the correct level, to meet the training obligations under this practice standard.
Requirement to hold oxygen and the associated equipment[1]
The requirement to hold oxygen and the associated equipment by those practitioners who have not yet been required to complete their new CORE Level 4 training has been extended until the expiry of their current resuscitation certificate, or by 30 September 2016, whichever is earlier.
[1] This could apply to: dentists not undertaking sedation excluding relative analgesia, dental hygienists, dental therapists, clinical dental technicians, dental technicians undertaking restricted activities, and orthodontic auxiliaries.