title: Skills in cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a survey of dental practitioners.
abstract: Emergency preparedness questionnaires were mailed to 4,905 dentists in Florida and 1,600 dentists in Kentucky. A total of 1,605 questionnaires were returned. Of the respondents, 52% reported being certified currently as providers of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Dentists reported that they used their skills in cardiopulmonary resuscitation more than 900 times during a 10-year period. More than a third of the life-threatening situations occurred in dental offices.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Fast
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D003729:Dental Care; D003815:Dentists; D004497:Education, Dental; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000193:education*