Basic Life Support and Medical Emergencies; The NEW Guidelines Update and an Insight into the Next Five Years

It is exciting times in the world of resuscitation as on 29^th October 2025, the Resus Council UK brought out the new guidelines to steer the next five years of clinical practice. This presentation will discuss the medical emergencies that dental practitioners are expected to respond to and start to treat appropriately and safely in line with the new 2025 guidelines

Learning objectives

By the end of this lecture delegates will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the following subject areas:

• Adult, child & infant CPR and choking
• Automated External Defibrillation
• Anaphylaxis
• Recognition and first aid of seizures, acute asthma, hypoglycaemia & other potential emergencies
• Safe delivery of oxygen and basic airway management

This talk satisfies the GDC’s learning outcomes:

• A – Effective communication with patients, the dental team, and others across dentistry, including when obtaining consent, dealing with complaints and raising concerns when patients are at risk
• B – Effective management of self and effective management of others or effective work with others in the dental team, in the interests of patients at all times; providing constructive leadership where appropriate
• C – Maintenance and development of knowledge and skill within your field of practice
• D – Maintenance of skills, behaviours and attitudes which maintain patient confidence in you and the dental profession and put patients’ interests first

Alice Gribble, Resuscitation Officer, University Hospital Southampton. Advanced Life Support and European Paediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor

Dani Tirel, Resuscitation Officer, University Hospital Southampton. Advanced Life Support and European Paediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor

Rebecca Peckham, Resuscitation Officer and Emergency Department Sister, University Hospital Southampton. Advanced Life Support and European Paediatric Advanced Life Support Course Director and GIC Instructor

Biography

Rebecca works for Southampton General hospital, with 15 years’ experience previously as an Emergency Department Sister.

Alice’s background is in intensive care nursing, working as a ITU sister in Surrey before moving to Southampton.

Dani is a registered nurse working at Southampton General Hospital having worked in acute and Emergency Medicine for 8 years.

Their current roles are as a Resuscitation Officers; dealing with medical emergencies, the critically unwell and cardiac arrest patients.  Additionally, they instruct on both Adult and Paediatric advanced, and basic life support courses.