The Safe Sedation Certificate (SSC) is the most economical process for single techniques and is a web-based evaluation.

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SAAD Safe Sedation Practice Scheme is a more detailed evaluation with a facility visit and evaluation of live cases. 

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The IACSD standards document that ‘there must be evidence of regular scenario-based team training in the management of potential complications associated with conscious sedation’.

To facilitate this, SAAD has put together some scenarios and prompts covering sedation related complications, that can be adapted for use by individual sedation teams.

Members of SAAD are free to use these resources. You need to ensure that you keep contemporaneous evidence of these practise sessions.

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Coming soon!

SAAD Member Benefit with Kiroku!

SAAD has partnered with Kiroku so SAAD members can save up to 30%.

This includes new SAAD Sedation Templates.

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All of the SAAD Safe Sedation Practice Scheme Evaluators meet the person specification on page 24 of the SAAD Safe Sedation Practice Scheme.

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If you have a question you may find the answer in our FAQs.

Safe Sedation Practice FAQs

SAAD provides sedation courses, the SAAD Life Support (SLS) course, an annual symspoium and sedation webinars.

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We offer sedation update courses and sedation courses for those new to sedation three times a year, with online and in person options.

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Sedation update course for dentists

Sedation course for dentists new to sedation
The SAAD Assessed Sedation (SAS) scheme

We offer sedation update courses and sedation courses for those new to sedation three times a year, with online and in person options.

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Sedation update course for dental nurses

Sedation course for dental nurses new to sedation
The SAAD Assessed Sedation Nurse (SASN) scheme

We offer an annual online sedation update course and a sedation course for those new to sedation. 

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Sedation update course for dental hygienists and therapists

Sedation course for dental nurses and hygienists new to sedation
The SAAD Assessed Sedation Hygienists/Therapist (SASH/T) scheme

Aim: To fulfil the IACSD requirement 'Practitioners must be able to provide age-appropriate Immediate Life Support'

Teaching points: 

• Participants will gain an increased knowledge of medical emergencies, causes and management related to sedation
• They will practice simulated scenarios in small groups
• Learn airway management skills

CPD hours: Five hours, 30 minutes fulfilling GDC learning outcomes C.

Attend a SAAD course and be taught by the UK's most experienced dental sedation teachers!

The SAAD Teaching Faculty has oral surgeons, paediatric dentists, special care dentists, clinical psychologists, GDPs, dental nurses, peripatetic sedationists and resuscitation officers - all experienced teachers. 

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The SAAD online CPD is sedation CPD based on questions about the refereed papers in the current issue of the SAAD Digest.

Access to the online CPD is complimentary for SAAD members or can be purchased as an annual subscription.

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SAAD collates a calendar of dates of interest, this includes events and submission deadlines from SAAD and other organisations.

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