Raven Marie Blanco died during dental treatment on March 9, 2007. Since that time her family created a foundation that advocates much stricter guideline for medical emergency readiness. Virginia has no requirements other than basic CPR, but dentists regularly sedate children for dental treatment.
March 9, 2012 will be the 5 year anniversary of Raven’s death and on that day, the Virginia dental board will present the petition to its members to enlist comments for or against the petition.
The petition asks that the Six Links of Survival developed in 2003 by the Institute of Medical Emergency Preparedness become part of the license renewal process for Virginia dentists.
You can email the dental board your comments at:
denbd@dhp.virginia.gov
The Six Links to Survival are:
- Dentist's training
- Staff training
- Mock drills
- Maintaining a written emergency plan
- Stocking appropriate medications
- Maintaining appropriate equipment
