Dental Immediate Life Support
Practical immediate life support training for dental teams providing conscious sedation and managing medical emergencies in primary dental care.
Dental Immediate Life Support (DILS)
Medical emergencies in dental practice are uncommon, but when they occur the response needs to be immediate, structured and coordinated.
Dental Immediate Life Support (DILS) prepares dental teams to recognise deterioration, manage airway and breathing emergencies, provide effective resuscitation and work together safely until advanced help arrives.
Designed specifically for dentistry and delivered at your own practice by HCPC registered paramedics, DILS provides practical training based on realistic dental scenarios rather than generic classroom exercises.
Course Description
- Dental Immediate Life Support (DILS) is a practical course for dental professionals and dental teams who may need to respond to medical emergencies, patient deterioration or cardiac arrest in a dental setting.
- The course focuses on structured assessment, CPR, AED use, airway support, oxygen, emergency equipment, team roles, escalation and safe response before further help arrives.
- One day.
Suitability
- Practices providing conscious sedation
- Implant dentistry
- Oral surgery
- Higher risk patients
- Dentists, dental nurses, dental hygienists, dental therapists and wider dental team members who may be involved in managing medical emergencies in dental practice.
- It is particularly relevant for practices providing sedation, aesthetic dentistry, oral surgery, implant dentistry, minor procedures or care for patients with increased clinical risk.
Compliance & Alignment
- Designed specifically for dental practice and reflects current UK expectations for managing medical emergencies in dentistry.
- Aligned with General Dental Council expectations for medical emergency training in dental practice.
- Meets the GDC requirement for dental registrant training in dealing with medical emergencies, including resuscitation, and evidence of current capability.
- Aligned with the CQC and Resuscitation Council UK guidance for medical emergencies, training, emergency drugs and equipment in dentistry.
- The course also reflects the Resuscitation Council UK Quality Standards for primary dental care, while recognising that sedation practice may require additional standards and local governance.
Core Content
- Recognition of medical emergencies in dental practice
- Structured patient assessment using ABCDE
- Management of a collapsed patient
- Adult CPR and AED use
- Simple airway manoeuvres and airway support
- Oxygen use in dental emergencies
- Suction and emergency equipment awareness
- Common dental medical emergencies
- Emergency medicines awareness within role and local policy
- Team roles during an emergency
- Communication, escalation and handover
- Scenario based practice relevant to dental settings
Delivery & venue
- Delivered in your own practice, using your surgery layout and team roles to make training relevant to real clinical work.
- Maximum 6 learners per tutor.
- The course is delivered using practical skills teaching, scenario based training and structured discussion relevant to the client’s clinical or care environment.
Entry requirements
- Learners should work in a dental or clinical role where they may need to respond to a medical emergency.
- Learners should be able to take part in practical training, including CPR and scenario based assessment. Reasonable adjustments can be discussed before the course.
Tutor standards
Courses are delivered by HCPC registered paramedics with:
- At least ten years in clinical practice
- At least five years in a specialist clinical role.
- A paramedic degree
- A postgraduate qualification
- An approved teaching qualification
- Full membership of the Royal College of Paramedics
Assessment & Certification
- Learners are assessed throughout the course through practical skills, participation and scenario based assessment and an MCQ.
- Certification is provided electronically.
Pricing
Courses are delivered by HCPC registered paramedics with:
- DILS Update £695.00+vat (4 hours)
- Full DILS course £895.00+vat (7 hours)
- Price includes course delivery, electronic certification and course materials.
- Payment is required in advance of course delivery.