Program Overview

Immediate Life Support Training in Dentistry

Course Overview

This one-day Life Support Training course is designed for dental practitioners involved in the management of patients treated with conscious sedation. The course covers immediate life support training (ILS) in dentistry and the recognition and management of sedation-related complications, including oversedation and respiratory depression.

Why Study with Us

• Meets requirement for annual scenario-based training and training in the management of sedation-related emergencies for all dental staff involved in managing patients with conscious sedation
• This course is for all members of the dental team who treat adult patients with conscious sedation

Course Information

• Delivery: Campus
• Study mode: Part time
• Duration: 8 hours (one day)
• Campus: Preston
• Start date: Wednesday 23 July 2025

Course Objectives

On this course, you will:

• Gain knowledge of the use of ABCDE approach in the recognition and management of a sick patient
• Gain the ability to recognise and manage respiratory depression and cardiac arrest and know how to summon help in an emergency
• Learn and demonstrate the use of effective chest compressions as a single rescuer and part of a team
• Learn and demonstrate administration of oxygen using a bag-valve-mask and management of the airway using appropriate airway adjuncts
• Learn and demonstrate the safe and effective operation of an automated external defibrillator
• Have knowledge of how to recognise and manage common sedation, medical and dental emergencies in the dental practice and administer drugs appropriate to your role in the clinical team

Fees and Funding

• Course fee: £140 per candidate

Enquiries and Applications

For all enquiries, please email the Postgraduate Dentistry inbox. Apply via the online store.

Future Careers

This course is designed to maintain the skills required to manage patients with conscious sedation in dentistry. This helps people in the dentistry career keep up with their annual training. Our course facilitates attendance as a team and encourages attendees to maintain their skills.