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COURSE SYLLABUS

1. TITLE OF COURSE: DENTAL AND MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
  PREFIX/NUMBER: DEH 111 CREDIT HOURS: 2
2. PREREQUISITE: Currently enrolled in Dental Hygiene Program at PCC
3. RESOURCES NEEDED:  
 

TEXT:

Malamed, Stanley F., Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office, 5th. Ed., St. Louis, C. J. Mosby

Co., 2000.

 

SUPPLIES:

Notebook, pen and/or pencil, medical dictionary

4. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Introduces the management of emergency situations in the dental office setting. Emphasizes reduction of risk for emergencies, identification and management of anxiety, and stress recognition protocol. Provides practical skills applicable to dental hygienists and the scope of responsibility for medical emergency management as dictated by state dental practice law. Covers the basic categories of emergencies, causes and management. Includes content and use of emergency kits and oxygen support systems.
5. COURSE GOAL:

This course is designed to provide instruction in the

prevention, recognition, and management of medical

emergencies.  This instruction should be sufficient to

permit the student to acquire the skills necessary to

develop an orderly and confident approach to the

diagnosis and supportive care of an acutely ill person

whose life is endangered.

 

6. COURSE OBJECTIVES:
  Students will be given a detailed list of course/instructional objectives on the first day of class.
7. EVALUATION PROCEDURES:
 

1.

Written examinations, quizzes, and homework assignments covering units of academic instruction presented during the course will constitute 80% of the final course grade.  A final examination will comprise 20% of the final course grade.

   

GRADING SCALE

 

93 - 100%

A

85 -  92%

B

77 - 84%

C

69 - 76%

D

0 - 68%

F

 

   

 

 

   

 
   

 
   

 
   

 

Special Remarks:

A.

Attendance:  Will be required for all classes with more than two absences resulting in the lowering of the final grade by grade level.

B.

Tardy Policy:  A student who is late three times (enters classroom after instruction begins) or leaves early (before instruction is over) will be charged with one full absence.

8. COURSE OUTLINE:
See instructor on the first day of class for a detailed course outline.
9. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
  The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.
10. ADA NOTICE:
  Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.