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Dental School Medical Emergency Response Protocol

When assistance is needed (after no response from a verbal outcry), leave to get help after reassuring the victim that you will return as quickly as possible:

During the Normal Business Hours of Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM; Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (C-3 Clinic) 5:00PM to 7:00 PM:

• For Immediate Life-Threatening Emergencies, or Serious Behavioral Incidents:
  • Use a clinic phone to call Campus Police by dialing 711 (DO NOT dial 9 first). Campus Police will call for an ambulance if needed, and/or send officers to assist.
  • Follow a call to campus police with an immediate page for the Dental School Emergency Response Team
• For Non-Life-Threatening Emergencies:
  • Page the Dental School Emergency Response Team only
• For A Glucometer Test or Blood Pressure Verification on an Asymptomatic Patient:
  • Members of the Emergency response team can be paged individually at the pager numbers listed at the bottom of this page. Nurses are to be paged before the Doctor

After the Normal Business Hours or when there is no nurse coverage or no nurse available:

Use clinic phones to call 711 (campus police will call for an ambulance or come to assist as needed). Report the incident to a Dental School nurse verbally or by email at the earliest opportunity.