Top 5 Topics:

- Sedation Risks in Obese Patients

- Emergency Airway Rescue

- Cardiac Arrest in the Dental Chair

- Post-Op Chest Pain & Heart Attacks

- Life-or-Death Crisis Management

*** 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 – What’s the ASA classification for a healthy 45-year-old, and why does it matter for IV sedation?

02:23 – How does obesity (BMI 42) change sedation risk and airway complications?

05:14 – Patient drops to 88% O₂ and snores mid-sedation — what’s your first move?

07:57 – BP tanks to 80/50 during sedation — most likely cause and immediate fix?

10:49 – Patient seizes during sedation — what’s the first-line drug and dose?

13:30 – Post-op agitation and thrashing — hypercarbia vs. emergence delirium?

16:03 – Chest pain post-sedation — MI vs. PE vs. aspiration vs. pneumothorax?

19:05 – Patient goes pulseless — what’s the immediate action and first drug to push?

21:32 – Post-resuscitation: What’s the critical info to relay to EMS and first ICU step?

23:47 – Oozing from sockets, INR 2.5, platelets 90K — DIC or warfarin effect, and how do you treat it?

26:25 – Severe ARDS confirmed — what ventilator settings do you adjust, and why?

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

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- 8.2025

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