Medical Emergencies in the Dental Office...
Instructor: Edward Miller, D.M.D.
Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, active Attending in the Mt. Sinai Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program and at the N.Y. Harbor VA Medical Center
This presentation will review how to be prepared for the more common medical emergencies encountered in the dental office. We will review medical history highlights and red flags, the equipment needed to be prepared to treat these medical emergencies and then specific med emergencies. The medical emergencies covered will include syncope, diabetic emergencies, emergencies with pregnant patients, asthma-related emergencies, toxic overdose emergencies, seizures, allergic reaction, anaphylaxis, chest pain, airway obstruction. cardiac arrest and others as time allows.