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Aug 31, 2024
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DH 303 - Prevention and Management of Medical Emergencies Credits: 2 Description Provides a foundation for critical decision making in the management of medically compromised patients during oral health care. Emphasis on precautions and treatment alterations for patients with medical complications and protocols managing a medical emergency.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate the signs of a medical emergency and follow the protocols for patient management
- Formulate a dental hygiene care plan to accommodate the special patient in the clinical setting to prevent medical complications
- Differentiate standard of care responses to: unconsciousness, respiratory distress, altered consciousness, seizures, drug-related emergencies, chest pain, and cardiac arrest
- Appraise the medicolegal implications of medical emergencies
- Determine activities and equipment needed to prepare for dental office emergencies
- Evaluate the management of common dental emergencies: anesthetic overdose, broken instrument, foreign body in the eye, airway obstruction, avulsed tooth, dislocated jaw, oral lacerations, and burns
Prerequisite: Admission to the B.S. Dental Hygiene program
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