Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office

Medical Emergencies In The Dental Office is a textbook for dental and dental auxiliary students and is reference for use by the entire dental team. Its purpose is to enable dental professionals to improve and maintain their skills for the prevention of medical emergencies. It provides instruction on preparing for, recognising, and managing the emergency, should it occur, to diminish the danger.

The book is arranged in eight sections. The first concentrates on the prevention of emergencies through thorough physical and psychological evaluation and an accurate assessment of the patient; it also stresses the importance of being prepared, should unpreventable emergencies occur. The remaining sections address specific types of emergencies: unconsciousness, respiratory difficulty, altered consciousness, seizures, drug-related emergencies, chest pain, and cardiac arrest. The format is organized around signs and symptoms, and presents the appropriate management in a step-by-step fashion. The appendix provides a quick reference section (algorithms) for life-threatening situations.

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* Includes the latest American Heart Association guidelines for CPR. * Organized by clinical signs and symptoms to convey the information quickly and easily. * The Quick Reference Section to Life Threatening Situations provides seven algorithms on management of specific emergency situations.Initialism: Positioning
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has been added to each clinical situation discussion to help the reader correlate information for handling emergencies. PABCD follows the American Heart Association guidelines for CPR.Management summary boxes for testing knowledge have been updated.
Contains the 1997 AHA recommendations for prophylactic antibiotics and emergency cardiac procedures.