Emergency Preparedness and Response for Dental Professionals

 Emergencies can happen at any time, they can be a natural act such as floods, earthquakes and  mudslides or non-natural acts such as a bioterrorist attack, detonated bombs, transportation accidents and  workplace violence.
 This course will cover written emergency plans, medical emergencies, fire safety, MSDS, threats at the  workplace, chemical agents, floods, recovery planning and more.
 This course is three hours in length. Upon completion of the course participants will offer receive three continuing education units in Category I.

Section 01 (RCED 949I-01) - Enrollment opens 7/1/08

Date: August 26, 2008 8:30 am - 10:30 am
Continuing Education Building, Room 107
Instructor: Jeannie Pittman
Fee: $40

Who should enroll?

All California dental licensees, dentists, RDAs, and RDHs.

Bio

Ms. Pittman has been teaching for seven years. Ms. Pittman is a continuing education provider for the Dental Board of California and teaches the California Dental Practice Act for license renewal in addition to Infection Control for California license renewal. Ms. Pittman is an approved trainer by the United States Department of Labor to instruct up to 30 continuing education hours in the GISO CFR 29, throughout the country. Ms. Pittman also offers courses in Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare professionals and first aid and CPR for the layperson using the AHA guidelines. She is co-owner of Sierra Office Safety with offices in California and Florida.