There are now two resuscitation courses for health professionals: CORE Immediate and CORE Advanced. These supersede the previous CORE ‘levels’ 4-7.
What does this mean for oral health practitioners?
When oral health practitioners book their resuscitation training, they will have to select one of the following course options:
- CORE Intermediate—for dentists/dental specialists not performing sedation, dental therapists, dental hygienists, orthodontic auxiliaries, clinical dental technicians and dental technicians undertaking restricted activities. Equivalent courses are accepted.
- CORE Advanced—for dentists/dental specialists performing sedation, excluding relative analgesia. Only CORE Advanced courses are accepted.
- Basic life support—dental technicians not undertaking restricted activities.
Both CORE Immediate and CORE Advanced cover the knowledge and skills in managing a collapsed person, airway management, use of an automated external defibrillator and include resuscitation scenarios with emphasis on communication and teamwork.
A four-hour ‘adult collapse’ module forms the basis of CORE Immediate. CORE Immediate also includes a two-hour ‘child collapse’ module—not necessary for clinical dental technicians and dental technicians undertaking restricted activities. CORE Immediate includes a skills assessment.
CORE Advanced is a full-day course that builds on CORE Immediate to include manual defibrillation and recognition of cardiac rhythms. CORE Advanced also includes a knowledge assessment.
More information about CORE can be found at http://nzrc.org.nz/training/CORE/.
The Council practice standard, medical emergencies in dental practice, has been updated to reflect the new terminology.