Emergency management and Its Preparation….
Preparation means “Provision by which one prepares for something Preparation of emergency in dental is extremely important to prevent most sever medical emergencies. Every Dentist have well equipped and sophisticated emergency Kit but life threatening emergency like seizure,sever allergic reaction,hypo tension with opposite hypertension,still emergencies occur on dental chair of reputed well known dentist…
So I can called them DENTAL PROTOCOLS
For protocol management every member of dental team is responsible. Dentist should be the team leader,and directing all activities of all members.
Following steps should be taken:-
*The leaders should be dental hygienist,especially in an emergencies involving his or her patient or involving the dentist.
*All dental staff should have Basic life Support (BSL)Certificate from regconised school.
*The receptionist needs to be prepared to recognized emergencies that occur in waiting room.He/She has all important emergency service call.
*Regular check up of emergency cart,mobile van,mobilizing the cart in the event of an emergency.
*Biannual or semiannual mock emergency drill to keeps the office prepared.
By above steps up to certain limit we can prevent the following emergencies –
1.Air obstruction
2.Seizure
3.Unstable Hypotension/Hypertension
4.Sever allergic reaction
5.Idatrogenic(Dental)
Gaurang Thanvi
Jodhpur National University,Jodhpur
