Four events every dentist must recognise and treat in the first five minutes
BDS · Public Health & General Medicine · TOPIC E1 Chairside Medical Emergencies Four events every dentist must recognise and treat in the first five minutes Most dental practice runs uneventfully — but every chair will, eventually, hold a patient who collapses, fits, or reacts to a drug. The four scenarios every dentist must own are vasovagal syncope (overwhelmingly the commonest), hypoglycaemia (very common in fasted or diabetic patients), generalised seizure , and anaphylaxis . None requires advanced equipment to manage well in the first five minutes; all require a calm, dri…
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