Absolutely Safe

Within the last few weeks the whole Absolute Dental Team carried out their basic life support and CPR training; this is an annual event which ensures that the Team’s skills and knowledge are up to date with current guidelines.


It is a really important date in everyone’s diary as we review our protocols and systems in the event that one of our patients should become unwell whilst under our care.

Dot, an advanced life support nurse, has been running our annual course for many years; she takes us through various scenarios and we have the opportunity to re-familiarise ourselves with situations which may arise and how best to manage them.

On the day, each Team member needs to demonstrate that they are able to give quality CPR and work together efficiently in an emergency.

Also we are taught how to use a defibrillator and recognise signs of medical emergencies such as heart attacks, severe allergic reactions and other medical emergencies.

We also reviewed the contents of our emergency kits, from medicines to oxygen cylinder, their uses and mode of administration.

As always this was an excellent training session, it is always great to be able to review our knowledge on such a very important subject.

As much as we hope we will never have to use these skills, the Team are always very keen to ensure that they are prepared for any situations and are able to keep the Absolute patients safe.

A very valuable training session.

Melanie