HANDLING DENTAL CLINIC EMERGENCIES: UFCD GAINESVILLE

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