title: Medical emergencies in dental practice: an update on drugs and the management of acute airway obstruction.
abstract: In response to interest from readers the authors provide an update of their 1986 papers on coping with medical emergencies in dental practice. In particular they review drug regimes and the technique of cricothyroidostomy.
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Edmondson
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Frame
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Malins
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*; D003729:Dental Care; D004630:Emergencies; D005392:First Aid; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal