Dental Assisting faculty preparing the patient for an emergency scenario.

Dental Assisting has a two chair lab for use by students.  The clinic has also been used to provide emergency dental care to Springfield School District children. 

Faculty are using patient simulation to teach students how to recognize and react to various medical emergencies that may arise in a typical dental practice. 

A portable control cart was used to keep the "realism" high in the Dental Assisting scenario.

A "portable" control station is used to separate the students from the operators to provide a higher level of "realism."  The Laerdal Nursing Anne was selected for use since she is easy to transport and still provide the essential components of emergency situations.  Two scenarios were created, one for reaction to medication and the other cardiac .


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