Emergency Preparedness and Response for Dental Professionals

Emergencies can happen at any time, they can be a natural act such as floods, earthquakes, fires and mudslides or non-natural acts such as a bioterroist attack, detonated bombs, transportation accidents and workplace violence. This workshop 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 this workshop licensed dental health care professionals will receive three (3) continuing education units.

Section 01 (RCED 949I-01) - Thanks for attending

Date: Friday, October 23rd 2009, 8:30am -11:30am
Continuing Education Building, Room 107
Instructor: Jeannie Pittman
Fee: $40

Who should enroll?

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

Topics Include:

• Elements of an emergency action plan
• Material Safety Data Sheets
• OSHA requirments
• CDC requirments

Instructor Biography:

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 offers courses in Basic-Life Support (BLS) for healthcare professionals and first aid and CPR for the layperson. She is an instructor with the Emergency Care and Safety Institute and has taught at multiple venues throughout Northern California over the last seven years. She is also an approved continuing education provider for the Dental Board of California and has her certificate training in Incident Command Systems (ICS). She is the CEO and trainer of Sierra Office Safety.