2014
DOI: 10.1590/10.1590/1807-3107bor-2014.vol28.0029
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Abstract: This study aimed at evaluating how well dentists understand medical emergency/urgency procedures and issues during dental treatment at a hospital specialized in cleft lip and palate. It comprised a hundred dentists from the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, University of São Paulo (HRAC/USP), Brazil, from different dental specialties. A questionnaire was applied to evaluate their knowledge of medical emergencies/urgencies from June through September 2011. The questionnaire was anonymous, c… Show more

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“…This is comparable to a previous project conducted in Saudi Arabia, which reported only 45% of dentists felt competent to perform CPR (Alhamad et al, 2015). Other studies have likewise reported the majority of dentists felt they are unable or unprepared to provide CPR, BLS or first aid in an emergency (Arsati et al, 2010;Stafuzza et al, 2014;Varma et al, 2015).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 77%
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“…This is comparable to a previous project conducted in Saudi Arabia, which reported only 45% of dentists felt competent to perform CPR (Alhamad et al, 2015). Other studies have likewise reported the majority of dentists felt they are unable or unprepared to provide CPR, BLS or first aid in an emergency (Arsati et al, 2010;Stafuzza et al, 2014;Varma et al, 2015).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 77%
“…The literature suggests that not all dentists are exposed to training about MEs, or basic life support (BLS) including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (Leelavathi et al, 2016;Müller et al, 2008;Stafuzza, Carrara, Oliveira, Santos, & Oliveira, 2014). For example, a study carried out in New Zealand reported that 18% of dentists had no undergraduate ME training (Broadbent & Thomson, 2001), and approximately 25% of two different cohorts in India reported no ME training (Abraham & Afradh, 2016;Varma, Pratap, Padma, Kalyan, & Vineela, 2015).…”
Section: Centre For Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion mentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The percentage of the participants expressing that they received BLS training during dental school was 69%, whereas 37% of the participants took the course during postgraduate education. In the same study, it was suggested that dentists' knowledge and practices of ME should be improved (13).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…4 in spite of of the severity or type of the emergency/urgency, it is important that the dentist should be able and feel safe enough to manage Basic Life Support (BLS), know whom to ask for help, and be trained to perform it, in addition to knowing how to compact with emergency equipment. 5 On the other hand, some factors can decrease the risk of medical emergencies such as thorough evaluation of patient's medical history, physical examination and preparedness for 2 possible changes in treatment plan in case of emergency. 6,7,8 Every dental setting should be ready to handle all probable medical emergencies effectively.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%