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Emergency medical care in dentistry: A cross sectional analysis of competencies for undergraduate students

BACKGROUND: The possibility of a medical crisis, albeit a relatively uncommon occurrence in a dental practice, is often overlooked and it is imperative that dental practitioners equip themselves with the knowledge and skills essential to manage potentially life-threatening situations. The aim of thi...

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Autores principales: Hashim, Raghad, Mathew, Lity Susan, Rustom, Suhad, Amer, Fatima, Odeh, Ruba
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8183368/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34159135
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJCIIS.IJCIIS_107_19
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author Hashim, Raghad
Mathew, Lity Susan
Rustom, Suhad
Amer, Fatima
Odeh, Ruba
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description BACKGROUND: The possibility of a medical crisis, albeit a relatively uncommon occurrence in a dental practice, is often overlooked and it is imperative that dental practitioners equip themselves with the knowledge and skills essential to manage potentially life-threatening situations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and competency levels of dental undergraduate students training across universities in the UAE in basic life support (BLS) and medical emergencies in a dental setting. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey-based study was conducted and 411 students undergoing clinical training (4(th) and 5(th) year of dental school) voluntarily participated in this study. The questionnaire comprised questions related to commonly occurring medical emergencies that they may have encountered in a dental setting. Data collected were then tabulated and subjected to descriptive statistical analysis. RESULTS: More than half of the respondents (55.2%) reported that they had lower confidence in handling medical emergencies, with 54.7% claiming that they had not received training on the subject during their undergraduate course. Majority of the respondents (216) reported that they would only choose to record vital signs if the medical history of the patient was indicative of an underlying condition. DISCUSSION: Findings from the present study strongly mandate the inclusion of training for BLS and medical emergencies in the existing dental curriculum to equip graduate dental practitioners to handle a medical crisis in their dental practice.
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spelling pubmed-81833682021-06-21 Emergency medical care in dentistry: A cross sectional analysis of competencies for undergraduate students Hashim, Raghad Mathew, Lity Susan Rustom, Suhad Amer, Fatima Odeh, Ruba Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci Original Article BACKGROUND: The possibility of a medical crisis, albeit a relatively uncommon occurrence in a dental practice, is often overlooked and it is imperative that dental practitioners equip themselves with the knowledge and skills essential to manage potentially life-threatening situations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and competency levels of dental undergraduate students training across universities in the UAE in basic life support (BLS) and medical emergencies in a dental setting. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey-based study was conducted and 411 students undergoing clinical training (4(th) and 5(th) year of dental school) voluntarily participated in this study. The questionnaire comprised questions related to commonly occurring medical emergencies that they may have encountered in a dental setting. Data collected were then tabulated and subjected to descriptive statistical analysis. RESULTS: More than half of the respondents (55.2%) reported that they had lower confidence in handling medical emergencies, with 54.7% claiming that they had not received training on the subject during their undergraduate course. Majority of the respondents (216) reported that they would only choose to record vital signs if the medical history of the patient was indicative of an underlying condition. DISCUSSION: Findings from the present study strongly mandate the inclusion of training for BLS and medical emergencies in the existing dental curriculum to equip graduate dental practitioners to handle a medical crisis in their dental practice. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021 2021-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8183368/ /pubmed/34159135 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJCIIS.IJCIIS_107_19 Text en Copyright: © 2021 International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Amer, Fatima
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8183368/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34159135
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJCIIS.IJCIIS_107_19
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