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OMFS Board Exam Review #13 - IV Sedation, Airway, Chest Pain, MI, VTach & PE Emergencies

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Top 5 Topics:

- IV Sedation Preoperative Assessment in obese patients with hypertension and asthma

- Airway Obstruction Management during sedation

- Recognizing and Treating Chest Pain & Myocardial Infarction

- Handling Ventricular Tachycardia & Cardiac Arrest

- Pulmonary Embolism Recognition and Treatment

*** These are live recordings of my review sessions for the oral OMFS boards that I’ll be taking in January 2025 - I can get answers and concepts wrong! Please comment, DM me, or text me with any corrections, additions, or your own board prep tips on these topics so we can learn from my mistakes. ***

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Questions & Topics:

00:00 – How do you structure a preoperative assessment for IV sedation in obese patients?

01:45 – What’s the role of ASA classification, fasting status, and airway exam in sedation risk?

03:06 – How do you manage a patient with SpO2 dropping to 88% and snoring under sedation?

05:40 – When should you use jaw thrust, positive pressure ventilation, or reversal agents?

07:07 – Why might a patient be slow to wake up after IV sedation and how do you manage it?

10:52 – What are the immediate steps when a patient develops chest pain post-sedation?

12:45 – How do you manage an acute MI with ST elevation in the dental office before EMS arrives?

14:33 – What is the difference in management of stable vs unstable ventricular tachycardia?

18:10 – How do you handle a patient on aspirin & clopidogrel after a stent who needs extraction?

21:53 – What’s the immediate IV treatment for pulmonary embolism in a crashing patient?

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- 9.2025

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