Research Catalog

Title

Medical emergencies : essentials for the dental profession / Ellen B. Grimes.

Author

Grimes, Ellen B.

Publication

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, [2009], ©2009.

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Description

xii, 296 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm

Subjects

• Emergency Treatment > methods
• Emergencies
• Dentists
• Dental emergencies
• Medical emergencies
• Dentistry > methods

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Emergency Preparation -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The Emergency Kit -- Ch. 3. Vital Signs and Hypertensive Urgency and Emergency -- Ch. 4. Oxygen Administration -- Pt. 2. Neurological Emergencies -- Ch. 5. Syncope -- Ch. 6. Shock -- Ch. 7. Hyperventilation -- Ch. 8. Seizure Disorders -- Ch. 9. Cerebrovascular Accident -- Pt. 3. Cardiac Emergencies -- Ch. 10. Angina Pectoris and Myocardial Infarction -- Ch. 11. Heart Failure and Acute Pulmonary Edema -- Ch. 12. Cardiac Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Malfunction -- Pt. 4. Respiratory Emergencies -- Ch. 13. Asthma -- Ch. 14. Obstructed Airway or Aspiration of a Foreign Object -- Ch. 15. Allergic Reactions -- Pt. 5. Endocrine Emergencies -- Ch. 16. Diabetes-Related Emergencies -- Ch. 17. Adrenal Insufficiency and Crisis -- Ch. 18. Thyroid Emergencies -- Pt. 6. Bleeding Emergencies -- Ch. 19. Epistaxis -- Ch. 20. Excessive Bleeding Following an Extraction -- Pt. 7. Other Emergencies -- Ch. 21. Intraocular Foreign Body -- Ch. 22. Broken Instrument Tip -- Ch. 23. Avulsion of Teeth -- Ch. 24. Drug Overdose and Toxicity -- App. Medical Emergencies at a Glance.

ISBN

• 9780131718777
• 0131718770

LCCN

2007037672

OCLC

• ocn171258257
• 171258257
• SCSB-5388658

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries