Medical Emergencies Exam 2026 – Comprehensive Practice Questions
and Study Guide
medical emergencies can and do occur in the dental office. a well prepared office will:
a. all be proficient in basic life support
b. have an emergency team and plan
c. know who to call when there is an emergency (911)
d. have basic emergency drugs and equipment available
e. all of the above - correct answer ✔✔ e all of teh above
four phases observed in generalized tonic-clonic seizures are: postictal phase, clonic phase,
tonic phase, prodromal phase. basic life support becomes critical during the ________ phase -
correct answer ✔✔ postictal
epinephrine can be administered using the epi pen 1:1,000. this device dispenses 0.3 ml of
solution. this is ________ mg of epinephrine - correct answer ✔✔ 3/10
your diabetic patient tells you she does not feel good. she faints, falls to the floor and seizes.
your treatment would be? - correct answer ✔✔ P.A.B.C.D
position
airway
breathing
circulation
definitive care ( I didn't have anything else down for this one)
, a 20 year old healthy male is seated upright in your dental chair. waiting for you to administer
loccal anesthesia. he comments he's feeling warm and dizzy. he is sweating appears pale and
does not respond to your questions. your treatment? - correct answer ✔✔ lay the guy supine
in all medical emergencies, you immediately:
1. maintain an airway
2. assess breathing
3. monitor circulation
4. administer epinephrine
5. place patient supine - correct answer ✔✔ 1,2,3
a fifteen year old female presents to you for extraction of premolars before orthodontic
treatment. before you begin treatment. she begins to cough and wheeze. she is struggling for
air. your treatment should be?
1. position patient trendelenburg
2. administer a bronchodilator
3. activate EMS if no history of asthma, if no bronchodilator available, if no relief after two doses
of bronchodilator - correct answer ✔✔ 2,3
a 4 year old male weight 35 lbs presents to you for restorative dentistry. you administer ten
carpules of mepivicain 3%. five minutes later the patients facial muscles begin to twitch. the
treatment for this reaction would be to adminster the reversal agent for local anesthesia -
correct answer ✔✔ false.
reversal agent vasodilates
and Study Guide
medical emergencies can and do occur in the dental office. a well prepared office will:
a. all be proficient in basic life support
b. have an emergency team and plan
c. know who to call when there is an emergency (911)
d. have basic emergency drugs and equipment available
e. all of the above - correct answer ✔✔ e all of teh above
four phases observed in generalized tonic-clonic seizures are: postictal phase, clonic phase,
tonic phase, prodromal phase. basic life support becomes critical during the ________ phase -
correct answer ✔✔ postictal
epinephrine can be administered using the epi pen 1:1,000. this device dispenses 0.3 ml of
solution. this is ________ mg of epinephrine - correct answer ✔✔ 3/10
your diabetic patient tells you she does not feel good. she faints, falls to the floor and seizes.
your treatment would be? - correct answer ✔✔ P.A.B.C.D
position
airway
breathing
circulation
definitive care ( I didn't have anything else down for this one)
, a 20 year old healthy male is seated upright in your dental chair. waiting for you to administer
loccal anesthesia. he comments he's feeling warm and dizzy. he is sweating appears pale and
does not respond to your questions. your treatment? - correct answer ✔✔ lay the guy supine
in all medical emergencies, you immediately:
1. maintain an airway
2. assess breathing
3. monitor circulation
4. administer epinephrine
5. place patient supine - correct answer ✔✔ 1,2,3
a fifteen year old female presents to you for extraction of premolars before orthodontic
treatment. before you begin treatment. she begins to cough and wheeze. she is struggling for
air. your treatment should be?
1. position patient trendelenburg
2. administer a bronchodilator
3. activate EMS if no history of asthma, if no bronchodilator available, if no relief after two doses
of bronchodilator - correct answer ✔✔ 2,3
a 4 year old male weight 35 lbs presents to you for restorative dentistry. you administer ten
carpules of mepivicain 3%. five minutes later the patients facial muscles begin to twitch. the
treatment for this reaction would be to adminster the reversal agent for local anesthesia -
correct answer ✔✔ false.
reversal agent vasodilates
