Dentists should improve the ability to deal with medical emergencies in dental clinic
- VernacularTitle:口腔医师应加强对门诊医疗突发事件的认知和处理能力
- Author:
Jian PAN
1
;
Xuejuan LIAO
;
Zhuang ZHANG
Author Information
- Keywords: dentist; medical emergencies; clinical investigation; prevention
- From: West China Journal of Stomatology 2015;(4):336-338
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: In?recent?years,?the?number?of?outpatients?in?stomatological?hospital?is?in?increasing?year?by?year?and?being?accompanied?by?the?corresponding?medical?risks.?One?of?the?risks?which?may?endanger?the?patient?life?is?medical?emergency?which?need?emergency?treatment?by?the?dentists?in?dental?clinical?practice.?The?most?common?emergency?type?is?syncope,?followed?by?hyperventilation,?drug?overdose,?adrenaline?reaction?and?hypertension,?etc.?Unexpected?events?mainly?occurred?at?the?end?of?the?treatment?and?before?leaving?the?dental?clinic,?during?or?immediately?after?the?local?anesthesia,?in?the?treat-ment?process.?Tooth?extraction?related?emergency?is?the?most?frequently?occurring?emergency,?followed?by?the?local?anes-thesia?related?ones.?It’s?strongly?suggested?that?dentists?should?pay?more?attention?to?outpatient?clinical?emergency?treatment,?and?related?knowledge?and?skills?training?should?be?offered?to?improve?the?ability?to?handle?medical?emergencies.
