Student or staff member notify supervising faculty of emergency
Supervising faculty assesses severity of emergency
MINOR EMERGENCY:
- Supervising faculty ask staff or student to retrieve emergency kit and/or emergency oxygen if indicated
- Record details in EHR as applicable
Once emergency is resolved, notify Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs by submitting IDinc event report
MODERATE/SEVERE EMERGENCY:
Supervising faculty asks staff or student to retrieve emergency kit, emergency oxygen, AED, & crash cart if indicated
If assistance needed from Oral Surgery (OS):
- Call OS emergency pager at 9-413-1143 from clinic phone or (352) 413-1143 from cell phone
- After series of beeps, enter room number as 4 digit number. For example: enter 0217 if calling from room D2-17 (Clinic 2B)
- Send student or staff member to meet OS responders:
- Emergency is on 1st floor: outside Oral Surgery’s oak double doors
- Emergency is not on 1st floor: at stairwell across from Oral Surgery on 1st floor
If transfer to UF Health (Shands) Emergency Department (ED) is indicated:
- Call ED at 9-733-0185 from clinic phone or (352) 733-0185 from cell phone
- Inform staff that a patient from UFCD is being transported to ED
If assistance needed from UFHealth (Shands) Code Blue Team:
- From clinic phone- call Code Blue team at 5-#-66
- Tell operator “we have a medical emergency in the Dental Tower”
- Remain on the line to answer questions and hang up only when instructed by operator
- Send students and staff teams to meet Code Blue responders
- Patient elevators on 1st floor- look down both hallways leading to UFHealth
- If emergency is on another floor, send students and staff to patient elevators on floor of occurrence, in addition to patient elevators on 1st floor
- One person to remain at elevators and other to lead responders to emergency location
- There may be several “waves” of responders that arrive at differing times
- Record details in EHR as applicable
Once emergency is resolved, notify Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs by submitting IDinc event report
Emergency Phone Numbers:
- Oral Surgery emergency pager: 9-413-1143 (from clinic phone) (352) 413-1143 (from cell phone)
- Enter 4-digit room location after series of beeps
- Code Blue Team: “Dental Tower” for location 5-#-66 (from clinic phone)
- UFHealth (Shands) Emergency Department (ED): 9-733-0185 from clinic phone (352) 733-0185 from cell phone
- University Police and Security: (352) 392-1111
- Fire: 911
- Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure (Needlestick) Hotline: (352) 265-2727
Other Phone Numbers:
Facilities Services: (352) 273-5560
UFHealth (Shands) Operator: 5-5-0111 (from clinic phone)
Dental Maintenance: 3-8001 (from clinic phone) (352) 273-8001 (from cell phone)
Environmental Health & Safety: (352) 392-8400
Housekeeping: (352) 273-9700