Emergency protocol in the dental clinic: Assessing medical emergency training requirements and guidelines for dentists.
Medical
clinic
emergency
interprofessional
regulation
training
Journal
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939)
ISSN: 1943-4723
Titre abrégé: J Am Dent Assoc
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7503060
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2023
04 2023
Historique:
received:
11
08
2022
revised:
24
10
2022
accepted:
12
12
2022
medline:
31
3
2023
pubmed:
30
1
2023
entrez:
29
1
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Medical emergencies are an unavoidable reality affecting dental practices. This review synthesizes and examines the guidelines offered by governmental and professional organizations. Licensing agencies and professional associations were chosen as organizations of focus based on legal authority, high professional regard, or both. International and interprofessional organizational counterparts were chosen as points of comparison. In total, 11 organizations were examined. Guidelines reported were compiled by examination of documents published on official agency websites and in associated peer-reviewed journals. Guidelines for the handling of medical emergencies in the dental clinic vary in level of detail and scope among sources. Licensing agencies provide basic requirements for training, encouraging oral health care providers to develop and integrate their own emergency response plans. Professional associations provide extensive detail on instruction in medical emergency management. Both licensing agencies and professional associations provide lists of emergency medications and equipment, with varying levels of instruction on drug maintenance and organization. Professional associations emphasize regular review of training and office emergency drills. Oral health care professionals are provided with basic and required elements of medical emergency training by licensing agencies. They may seek out recommended, but not required, instruction from professional associations. Although guidance is provided, literature on protocol instituted in dental practices is limited. Further research is necessary to determine the oral health care community's approach to emergency management. Providers must be prepared to handle medical emergencies that they encounter. Accessible and understandable guidelines are crucial to safe dental practice.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Medical emergencies are an unavoidable reality affecting dental practices. This review synthesizes and examines the guidelines offered by governmental and professional organizations.
TYPES OF STUDIES REVIEWED
Licensing agencies and professional associations were chosen as organizations of focus based on legal authority, high professional regard, or both. International and interprofessional organizational counterparts were chosen as points of comparison. In total, 11 organizations were examined. Guidelines reported were compiled by examination of documents published on official agency websites and in associated peer-reviewed journals.
RESULTS
Guidelines for the handling of medical emergencies in the dental clinic vary in level of detail and scope among sources. Licensing agencies provide basic requirements for training, encouraging oral health care providers to develop and integrate their own emergency response plans. Professional associations provide extensive detail on instruction in medical emergency management. Both licensing agencies and professional associations provide lists of emergency medications and equipment, with varying levels of instruction on drug maintenance and organization. Professional associations emphasize regular review of training and office emergency drills.
CONCLUSION
Oral health care professionals are provided with basic and required elements of medical emergency training by licensing agencies. They may seek out recommended, but not required, instruction from professional associations. Although guidance is provided, literature on protocol instituted in dental practices is limited. Further research is necessary to determine the oral health care community's approach to emergency management.
PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS
Providers must be prepared to handle medical emergencies that they encounter. Accessible and understandable guidelines are crucial to safe dental practice.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36710159
pii: S0002-8177(22)00753-X
doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2022.12.004
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doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
301-310Commentaires et corrections
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Informations de copyright
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