Welcome to the SAAD Life Support course!
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There will be photographs taken during the course that may be used in the SAAD Digest & Newsletters, on the SAAD website or on social media.If you would prefer that we did not use any photographs in which you appear please make yourself known to the photographer.
Venue
Graduate Centre
Mile End Road
London
E1 4NS
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Please click here for further information about the venue including travel information.
Parking is only available for blue badge holders.
It is recommended that delegates enter campus via Bancroft Road and walk towards the Graduate Square. Th entrance to the Graduate Centre is on the opposite side of the square.
Mile end and Stepney Green Tube stations are both a 5-10 minute walk from campus.
Street parking is available for delegates unable to park onsite, please see https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/transport_and_streets/Parking/parking_zones_and_charges/Parking_zones.aspx for more information.
Registration
We are using remote sign-in instead of a paper register, the link to sign in is below and the password will be available in the foyer. Members of the SAAD Faculty will be there to welcome you and to assist with signing in if necessary.
The link is www.saad.org.uk/signin
You will need to sign in using the password provided to ensure that you receive your attendance certificate.
Programme
SAAD reserves the right to make changes to this programme.
We request that you do not make video or audio recordings of the course.
Mentimeter - for use in the quiz
We will be using ‘Mentimeter’ (www.mentimeter.com) during the course, and so please ensure that your smart phone is fully charged!
Meet the faculty!
SAAD Course Director, Past President & Honorary Life Member
Carole is a Consultant and Clinical Lead for Special Care Dentistry at Guy’s, and St Thomas’ Hospitals in London. Her particular interests are using sedation for people who require special care, teaching sedation both to undergraduates and postgraduates and providing dental care under general anaesthesia. She is a member of Dental Council at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
SAAD Trustee & CDS Sedation Lead
Leah is a Senior Dental Officer and Sedation Lead within the Community Dental Service in Gloucestershire. Prior to this she was a GDP and sedation lead in a private sedation practice and gained her MSc in Conscious Sedation from Cardiff University. Leah has a special interest in treating anxious children and adults and providing conscious sedation, as well as teaching sedation and mentoring dentists, therapists and nurses
Resuscitation Council Instructor, Adult and Paediatric Advanced Life Support
Mary is an experienced registered nurse with an ED background and has been a Resuscitation Officer for over 20 years working within the NHS. Mary is a Resuscitation Council instructor in both adult and paediatric Advanced Life Support Courses. She has a keen interest in education and has a PgDip in Education.
Senior Resuscitation Officer at GSTT
Anthony has a wealth of experience attending emergencies and teaches undergraduate dental students. He is an ALS, APLS, NLS and Generic Resuscitation Instructor with a keen interest in non-technical skills. He has a Masters in Quality and Safety in Healthcare evaluating resuscitation teams.
Oral Surgery registrar and medical doctor
Elle is an oral surgery registrar and medical doctor. Her interests are in teaching and providing conscious sedation for anxious patients undergoing oral surgery. She works both in hospital and practice environments and has a keen interest in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.
Your attendance certificate
After the course you will receive an email with a link to the online evaluation feedback form. Once you have submitted your feedback your attendance certificate will download.
Please ensure that you complete the evaluation and download your certificate before Monday 24 February.
Contact contact@saad.org.uk with any questions.
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