Emergency Medicine

Section 1: Prevention and Section 2: Preparation of Office Staff

About this section

Education Objective: After completing this course, the participant should be able to:

Section I. Prevention
• List the most common medical emergencies occurring in the dental environment
• List the 5 components of physical evaluation of dental patients
• List the 6 vital signs
• Describe the A.S.A. physical status classification system
• Provide examples of ASA 1, 2, 3, and 4 medical problems
• List the 8 components of the Stress Reduction Protocol
• Define the goal of physical evaluation
Section 2: Preparation of Office Staff
• Define the legal obligation of a doctor to the victim of a medical emergency
• List the 4 components of preparation of the office for medical emergencies
• Describe the victim who is  ’clinically dead.’
• Describe the difference between ‘clinical’ and ‘biological’ death
• List and describe the steps in the AHA 2010 cardiac arrest algorithm
• List and describe the steps in the algorithm for all medical emergencies except cardiac arrest
• Explain why survival rates from sudden cardiac arrest are significantly lower in young children than in adults
• Describe the functions of each member of the In-Office Emergency Team
• List the 7 drugs in the bare-bones-basic emergency drug kit

Presenter(s)

Original Date: 05/28/2012 | Review Date: 08/31/2017 | Expiration Date: 08/31/2020

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