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Dental office medical emergencies : a manual of office response protocols / Timothy F. Meiller, DDS, PhD, Richard L. Wynn, BSPharm, PhD, Ann Marie McMullin, MD, Cynthia Biron Meiseca, RDH, EMT, MA, Harold L. Crossley, DDS, PhD.
Levy Dental Medicine Library - Stacks RC86.8 .D46 2016
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Lexi-Comp's dental reference library
- LexiComp dental reference library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical emergencies--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Medical emergencies.
- Dental emergencies.
- Dental emergencies--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Dental Offices.
- Emergencies.
- Medical Subjects:
- Dental Offices.
- Emergencies.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 140 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
- Edition:
- Sixth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [Hudson, Ohio] : Lexi-Comp, [2016].
- Contents:
- About the editors
- Editorial Advisory Panel
- Preface
- Introduction
- Section 1 : Office preparedness
- History and physical examination
- Equipment
- Dental office emergency drugs
- Emergency cart supplies
- Staff training
- Measuring vital signs
- Pulse
- Respirations
- Blood pressure
- Determining blood pressure by auscultation
- CPR & basic life support
- Automated external defibrillator (AED)
- Emergency drug monographs
- Section 2 : Dental office medical emergencies
- Basic action plan for stabilization
- Loss of consciousness
- Syncope (vasovagal syncope or simple fainting)
- Orthostatic hypotension
- Hypoglycemia (insulin shock)
- Respiratory distress
- Hyperventilation syndrome
- Asthmatic attack/bronchospasm
- Airway obstruction
- Chest pain
- Angina pectoris
- Acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
- Allergic / drug reactions
- Urticaria or pruritus
- Anaphylaxis
- Natural Rubber Latex (NRL) allergy
- Allergic reactions
- Epinephrine reaction
- Drug overdoses
- Sedative-Hypnotic Overdose
- Narcotic-Analgesic Overdose
- Neurologic dysfunctrion / changes in affect
- Stroke / cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
- Seizure disorders
- Panic attack
- Management of acute bleeding
- Antiplatelet and anticoagulation considerations in dentistry
- Section 3 : Procedures and protocols
- Antibiotic prophylaxis, Preprocedural guidelines for dental patients
- Frequently asked questions for Infective Endocarditis (IE) and prosthetic implants
- Probiotics to reduce gastric symptoms during long-term, repeated or frequent antibiotic therapy
- Oxygen delivery
- Guidelines for the management of occupational exposures to human immunodeficiency virus and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis Osteonecrosis of the jaw
- Animal and human bites guidelines
- References and selected readings.
- Notes:
- Cover title.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-140).
- ISBN:
- 9781591953609
- 159195360X
- OCLC:
- 964075815
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