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Local Anesthesia Refresher (WHD007-65)
with Denise Bridges
This hands-on local anesthesia course will focus on updating skills in delivering injections. Time will be spent on the Inferior Alvelor Injection, Posterior Superior Alveolar injection and helpful injection technique tips for infiltration and nerve blocks. In order to register for this course, participants must hold current Massachusetts Permit Licensure. Participants must be able to serve as patients and receive as well as administer local anesthesia. 3 CEU's will be awarded upon completion.
You will learn to:
• Practice on our new state of the art local anesthesia simulator program
• Perform local anesthesia techniques commonly used by dental hygienists
• Practice nerve block injections such as inferior alveolar/lingual, mental, greater palatine, nasopalatine
• Learn about new anesthetic products
All participants must bring to class:
- Current Dental Hygiene and Permit L licenses
- Copy of malpractice insurance certificate
- Clinical attire (scrub tops and pants, clinical shoes, masks, gloves and safety glasses)
Who Should Attend?
Registered Dental Hygienists in need of continuing education credits (CEU's). Participants must hold current Massachusetts Permit Licensure.
Instructor:
Denise Parker-Bridges RDH, MHA
Location:
CCCC Main Campus, 22240 Iyannough Road, West Barnstable
Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR) - Live via Zoom
with Maura Weir
Date: Thursday, February 13, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am.
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer. People trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Industry Certificate will be awarded upon completion of session.
Class Format Live via Zoom.
The Cape and Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition has partnered with Cape Cod Community College to offer QPR, safeTALK, Mental Health First Aid, Sudden Death Postvention, and ASIST training programs that provide our communities with the necessary information and tools to raise awareness, educate, and increase action to reduce suicides.
Questions: Contact Val Duffy, Cape Cod Community College, at 508-375-5018 or email vduffy@capecod.edu
safeTALK
with Maura Weir
Date: March 4, 2025, from 9:30 am - 1:30 pm
A training in suicide alertness skills to help people ask about suicide directly, connect others to life-saving resources and keep them safe until those resources take over. Industry Certificate will be awarded upon completion of session.
Class Format: 4 hours (in person)
Location: 4Cs Hyannis Campus, 540 Main St., Hyannis.
Questions: Contact Val Duffy, Administrative Asst. at vduffy@capecod.edu or 508-375-5018
Burnout: Get Unstuck and Reset (WED031-64)
with Elise Tofias Phillips
Do you feel like you're burning the candle from both ends? Are you craving time to feel more balance, energy, and excitement? During this zoom session we will explore what burnout is, how it is affecting you, how to acknowledge and manage these feelings, and how to set priorities and boundaries.
We will look at how to notice and reframe the narrative you may be experiencing, and ways to integrate personal time into your daily life so that you feel refreshed and engage with renewed energy. You will leave this session with a plan that includes reframing your thoughts, and goals and strategies for change.
Goal: To understand and manage burnout for renewed energy
You will learn:
- What burnout is and ways to change and manage the narrative
- How burnout affects you
- How to set boundaries and priorities
- Strategies to become refreshed with renewed energy
Course format
This class is offered using Zoom.