General Practice Residency Objectives: Emergency Room

This rotation is designed to provide the dental resident with training and experience which will facilitate his/her ability to anticipate, diagnose, and treat emergencies that may occur concurrently with dental procedures.

The objectives are:

• To gain experience in anticipation, evaluation, and management of medical emergencies.



• To enhance their skills and knowledge in taking a medical history and to better recognize factors which may predispose a patient to a systemic emergency during dental treatment.



• To learn the organizational structure and protocol of the emergency room.



• To learn the procedures for processing a patient through the emergency room.



• To develop an understanding of the patient triage process.