Jason Leitch is a 2005-06 Quality Improvement Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (www.ihi.org) in Boston, USA, sponsored by the UK Health Foundation. He is the 05-06 president of the anaesthesiology research section of the International Association of Dental Research, a member of the sedation standards group of the Scottish Dental Advisory Group, and a member of the Quality in Dental Practice working group. Jason also is a trustee of the UK wing of the Indian Rural Evangelical Fellowship which runs orphanages in southeast India. Every two years, he organizes a medical team to visit the orphanages and conduct comprehensive health examinations and interventions for these children. He holds advanced degrees from the University of Glasgow and is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

1. Introduction

2. Risk assessment

3. Circulatory Emergencies

4. Central Nervous System Emergencies

5. Endocrine Emergencies

6. Respiratory Emergencies

7. Drug Related Emergencies

8. Cardiovascular System Related Emergencies

9. Basic Life Support

10. Immediate and Advanced Life Support