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• Title:Dental office medical emergencies : a manual of office response protocols / Timothy F. Meiller [and others].
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Meiller, Timothy F.
  
• Published/Created:[Hudson, Ohio] : Lexi-Comp, ©2016.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WU49 .D4137 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Medical emergencies--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  Dental emergencies--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  
• Medical Subjects: Dental Offices.
  Emergencies.
  
• Genre/Form:Handbooks and manuals.
  
• Edition:6th ed.
  
• Description:140 pages ; 28 cm
  
• Series:Lexi-Comp's dental reference library.
  
• Notes:Cover title.
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-140).
  
• ISBN:9781591953609
  159195360X
  
• 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 bits guidelines
  References and selected readings.