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Are dental professionals ready to deal with medical emergencies in their clinical office? A survey of university hospitals
This research aimed to assess the availability and need of dental emergency kits in Saudi Arabia university hospitals. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 267 dentists, including undergraduate, dental interns, general dentists, and specialists in 6 university hospitals (private and governmen...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9514817/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36188656 http://dx.doi.org/10.25122/jml-2022-0012 |
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author | Abdulrahman, Baraa Issam Alasmari, Khaled Mohammed Alratiq, Majed Nasser Alherab, Fahad Adel Alfantoukh, Mohammed Abdullah Alherab, Abdullah Adel |
author_facet | Abdulrahman, Baraa Issam Alasmari, Khaled Mohammed Alratiq, Majed Nasser Alherab, Fahad Adel Alfantoukh, Mohammed Abdullah Alherab, Abdullah Adel |
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description | This research aimed to assess the availability and need of dental emergency kits in Saudi Arabia university hospitals. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 267 dentists, including undergraduate, dental interns, general dentists, and specialists in 6 university hospitals (private and government colleges). In addition, a closed-ended questionnaire was distributed through emails using the online platform. The data revealed that 49.4% of dentists faced medical emergencies. Out of them, 72.7% said that emergency kits were available in their clinics. Sugar sources and oxygen were most commonly available. On the other hand, 37.8% of dentists handled emergencies independently, 34.5% considered themselves competent with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and 28.8% were confident of using emergency (ER) drugs. The most common medical emergencies were vasovagal syncope and hypoglycemia. The emergency kit in dental clinics is relatively available, and the incidence of medical emergencies is relatively minor. However, the competence and confidence of the dentists in tackling an emergency is low, including handling of emergency (ER), knowledge of CPR, and its performance. Therefore, CPR courses should be improved and promoted more widely for this purpose. |
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spelling | pubmed-95148172022-10-01 Are dental professionals ready to deal with medical emergencies in their clinical office? A survey of university hospitals Abdulrahman, Baraa Issam Alasmari, Khaled Mohammed Alratiq, Majed Nasser Alherab, Fahad Adel Alfantoukh, Mohammed Abdullah Alherab, Abdullah Adel J Med Life Original Article This research aimed to assess the availability and need of dental emergency kits in Saudi Arabia university hospitals. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 267 dentists, including undergraduate, dental interns, general dentists, and specialists in 6 university hospitals (private and government colleges). In addition, a closed-ended questionnaire was distributed through emails using the online platform. The data revealed that 49.4% of dentists faced medical emergencies. Out of them, 72.7% said that emergency kits were available in their clinics. Sugar sources and oxygen were most commonly available. On the other hand, 37.8% of dentists handled emergencies independently, 34.5% considered themselves competent with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and 28.8% were confident of using emergency (ER) drugs. The most common medical emergencies were vasovagal syncope and hypoglycemia. The emergency kit in dental clinics is relatively available, and the incidence of medical emergencies is relatively minor. However, the competence and confidence of the dentists in tackling an emergency is low, including handling of emergency (ER), knowledge of CPR, and its performance. Therefore, CPR courses should be improved and promoted more widely for this purpose. Carol Davila University Press 2022-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9514817/ /pubmed/36188656 http://dx.doi.org/10.25122/jml-2022-0012 Text en ©2022 JOURNAL of MEDICINE and LIFE https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Abdulrahman, Baraa Issam Alasmari, Khaled Mohammed Alratiq, Majed Nasser Alherab, Fahad Adel Alfantoukh, Mohammed Abdullah Alherab, Abdullah Adel Are dental professionals ready to deal with medical emergencies in their clinical office? A survey of university hospitals |
title | Are dental professionals ready to deal with medical emergencies in their clinical office? A survey of university hospitals |
title_full | Are dental professionals ready to deal with medical emergencies in their clinical office? A survey of university hospitals |
title_fullStr | Are dental professionals ready to deal with medical emergencies in their clinical office? A survey of university hospitals |
title_full_unstemmed | Are dental professionals ready to deal with medical emergencies in their clinical office? A survey of university hospitals |
title_short | Are dental professionals ready to deal with medical emergencies in their clinical office? A survey of university hospitals |
title_sort | are dental professionals ready to deal with medical emergencies in their clinical office? a survey of university hospitals |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9514817/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36188656 http://dx.doi.org/10.25122/jml-2022-0012 |
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