Medical Emergencies

Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Understanding Dental Care 1.1 Importance of Dental Care 1.2 Components of Dental Care 1.3 Dental Professionals: Who Does What?

Contents Foreword by Karen Elley ix Acknowledgements x 1 Medical emergencies and resuscitation in the dental practice: an overview 1 Introduction 1 Concept of the chain of survival 2 Incidence of medical emergencies in dental practice 3 General Dental Council guidelines on medical emergencies 5 Resuscitation Council (UK) statement 5 ABCDE assessment of the sick patient 7 Medical risk assessment in general dental practice 8 Principles of safer handling during cardiopulmonary resuscit...

1. Sources, signs and symptoms of sepsis include, but are not limited to:: - Fever, UTI, Pneumonia, wounds or insertion sites, patient is on antibiotics and has significant diarrhea, abdominal pain or tenerdess, recent history of surgery/invasive medical procedure, AMS and/or poor oral intake over the past 24-48 hours, bed sores, abscesses, cellulitis or imnmobility 2. Transport all Sepsis Alerts as:: Priority 2 3. SEPSIS ALERT CRITERIA. If all of the following are met, call a SEPSIS ALERT: Ad...

ILOs of Medical Emergencies Recognize the basic first aid measures in 1. Epileptic seizure s 2. Febrile convulsions 3. CAD 4. Stroke 5. Diabetic emergency 6. Asthma attack

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MEDICAL EMERGENCIES FISDAP QUESTIONS 3rd test 1. Which of the following meds helps the body transport sugar into the cells? • Insulin/ Orinase/ Diabinese/ Oral glucose Reason: Because insulin the key to the cells. 2. A 32 year PT is found unconscious in the snow. You cannot detect a pulse or respiration rate within 10 seconds. What should you do? • Give a few rescue breaths then check for a response/ Take at least 2 minutes to detect a pulse rate/ Assess her pulse for 30-45 secon...