This book covers:
-What exactly constitutes a medical emergency
-How to assess and manage a sick patient
-The fundamental systems of the body
-Emergency procedures such as defibrillation
-Medical emergencies most commonly encountered in the dental setting and how to deal with them
Table of Contents: The Management of Medical Emergencies
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Foreword Barry Cockcroft
Introduction
Fundamental Systems of the Body
Chapter
Fundamentals of the respiratory system
Fundamentals of the cardiovascular system
Fundamentals of the nervous system
Emergency Procedures
Basic life support
Defibrillation
Emergency drugs and routes of administration
Assessment of the sick patient
Medical Emergencies
Anaphylaxis
Angina and myocardial infarction
Asthma
Cerebrovascular accident
and transient ischaemic attack
Epilepsy
Faints
Hyperventilation and panic attacks
Hypoglycaemia
Rarer causes of collapse
Transfer to the paramedics
Self assessment
Resources