title: Medical emergencies in dental practice: 1. The drug box, equipment and general approach.
abstract: Every dental practitioner needs a knowledge of the diagnosis and management of medical emergencies. This first paper, in a series of two, deals with the general aspects of emergency treatment, including basic principles applicable to all emergencies and a consideration of the management of cardiac arrest. The second paper deals with more specific aspects of medical emergency management.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  All dental practitioners require a knowledge of medical emergency management.
authors.affiliation: School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4BW, UK.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Greenwood
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000517:prevention & control; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D047548:Defibrillators; D003797:Dental Staff / Q000193:education; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000295:instrumentation; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations