We'd like to welcome you to the SAAD Life Support (SLS) course!
Aim: To fulfil the IACSD requirement 'Practitioners must be able to provide age-appropriate Immediate Life Support'
Teaching points:
- Participants will gain an increased knowledge of medical emergencies, causes and management related to sedation
- They will practice simulated scenarios in small groups
- Learn airway management skills
CPD hours: Five hours, 30 minutes fulfilling GDC learning outcomes C.
Places are limited, and so please register now to secure your place.
This is an in person event and will not be live-streamed/recorded.
Date: Saturday 8 February 2025
Times: 10:00 - 17:30
Programme
Sample programme....
Venue
The Graduate Centre, QMUL Campus, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS
Fees
Fees: £275 (non member)
SAAD members £250 (log onto the SAAD website for the discount to be applied, the discount will show after you press 'BOOK NOW')
DCPs £150 (contact info@saad.org.uk for a discount code, quoting your GDC number)
There are discounts available for group bookings:
- For groups of three or more (including one dentist) booked at the same time there will be a 10% discount on the total - please use the code Group10
- For groups of six or more(including one dentist) booked at the same time there will be a 15% discount on the total - please use the code Group15
Registration closing date: Wednesday 8 January at noon. Please be aware that places are limited!
Please note:
If you are registering more than one person at different rates please contact us for a personalised discount code. Please provide the names and discount rates applied for.
If you are registering more than one person please enter a different email address for each participant because the email address will form part of the login for the certificate download.
If your registration fee will be paid by a third party please ensure that you enter, under 'purchaser info', all of the details they require to appear on the invoice.
Enquiries to: info@saad.org.ukor 01302 578 835
Cancellation Policy, Terms & Conditions
Speakers
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Carole Boyle - Biography
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.
Leah Adams - Biography
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.
Mary Hicks - Biography
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.
Anthony McKay - Biography
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.
If you would like to attend the symposium, but find that registration has closed, please email fiona@saad.org.uk.