Description:
Updated for 2018
This program
reviews the basic management protocol for all medical emergencies occurring in
the dental office environment –P-C-A-B-D (Positioning – Circulation – Airway –
Breathing – Definitive Care).
Learning
Objectives:
- List the steps in the Basic Algorithm in Managing Medical Emergencies
- Describe each of the steps of the Basic Algorithm
- Describe the proper positioning for patients during a medical emergency
- Describe the method of assessing airway patency and of managing a patent
airway
- Describe the method of assessing breathing and of ventilating an apneic
patient
- Describe the method of assessing circulation
- List and discuss the use of advanced airway devices
Abstract:
In this section the basic management of all medical emergencies is
introduced. The algorithm is P-C-A-B-D – Positioning – Circulation – Airway –
Breathing – Definitive Care. Each of these steps is described for (1) the
conscious patient and (2) the unconscious patient.
Outline:
- Introduction
- Legal obligation of healthcare provider in medical emergency
- Recognition & diagnosis of emergency situation
- By patient
- Angina pectoris
- Bronchospasm (asthma)
- By doctor or dental staff
- Diagnosis based on response – or lack of – to emergency treatment
- Syncope
- Cardiac arrest
- Hypoglycemia
- Through recognition of presenting signs & symptoms
- The basic emergency management algorithm: P – C – A –
B – D
- P = Positioning of victim
- Conscious
- Unconscious
- C = Circulation
- Conscious
- Unconscious
- A = Airway
- Conscious
- Unconscious
- B = Breathing
- Conscious
- Unconscious
- D = Definitive care
- Diagnosis
- Drugs
- Defibrillation
PREPCE
