Abstract

HANNA, Leila Maués Oliveira; ALCANTARA, Hellen do Socorro Costa; DAMASCENO, Jéssica Mendes  and  SANTOS, Maria Teresa Botti Rodrigues. Knowledge of Dental Surgeons in Emergency/ Medical Emergency. Rev. cir. traumatol. buco-maxilo-fac. [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.2, pp. 79-80. ISSN 1808-5210.

Emergency situations and medical emergencies can happen at any time in the dental office and to any individual. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of knowledge of dentists ( CDs ) in Belém do Pará , as for emergencies and emergency dental office . The study was exploratory and descriptive , cross-sectional design and quantitative approach . A questionnaire was applied to 362 CDs in order to characterize the professional profile ( sex, year of graduation , whether general practitioner or specialist ) , occurrence of urgency / emergency , which is the most common occurrence in clinical practice , as it was conducted as act against emergencies / urgent in cases of vasovagal syncope, hypertensive crisis medication in case of anaphylactic shock and convulsion . Sample consisted of 102 men , 147 women and 121 respondents did not report sex . There was a predominance of respondents with 1-5 years of graduates ; 50.5 % had a Specialist and 49.5 % were GPs . Of 125 (33.8 % ) who experienced situations CDs urgent / emergency , hypoglycaemia was the most common ( 48.8 % ). Noticeable is a gap in the training of CDs on the differential diagnosis and how to approach in the event of an emergency / medical emergency in the dental office.

Keywords : Emergencies; Emergency Medicine; General Practice; Dental..