This full-color text prepares dental professionals to promptly and proactively recognize and manage medical emergencies that may occur in the dental office. It details how to anticipate potential emergencies and what resources must be on hand to deal effectively with these situations. The book is arranged in eight sections concentrating on topics such as prevention of emergencies through patient evaluation (medical history) and specific types of more common emergencies that practitioners may encounter.
This is a comprehensive book of medical emergencies seen by dental professionals. This is the fourth edition; the third was published in 1987. The purpose is to stimulate dental professionals to better manage medical emergencies. This book would be ideal as the textbook for a course or continuing education seminar in medical emergencies; it would be a valuable office reference as well. The stated audience is any person in the dental team providing patient care. The book is more appropriate for the dentist or dental student. Stanley Malamed, author of the three previous editions, is considered the leading authority on this subject. This well-organized, usable reference book is organized according to clinical symptoms, and flow sheets are used to emphasize this approach. Many of the tables could be used on a daily basis in the dental office. The author has continued to use up-to-date references and tables. Billed as a chairside reference, it would best be used as a textbook for a course on medical emergencies. The author continues to keep one of the best textbooks in clinical dentistry current and extremely usable. This is a must-have book for all dental practitioners.
This is the definitive textbook on medical emergencies in the dental office.
Dentists do not get a comprehensive medical education simply because there is no time for such a detailed education in the 4+ years of dental school. This book fills in the gap for the dental practitioner. The book is organized in such a fashion so that the dental staff learns to recognize a dental emergency early, and then according to specific algorithms, the appropriate treatment is rendered (until emergency staff arrives). Keeping the patient alive until emergency care arrives is the primary duty of the dental staff. Too many dentists buy an emergency kit full of emergency drugs (that they don't perhaps know how to use properly), yet somehow feel they are covered from liability. Having an emergency kit and not knowing how to use it actually creates more liability for the dental office.
This is a book that every dental professional should examine page by page from cover to cover until a firm understanding of recognizing medical emergencies is ingrained. I bought this copy so that I could review it each year, as one loses knowledge that is not used. Since medical emergencies (thankfully) do not happen each week or month, knowledge of medical emergency treatment slowly slips away like a leaky sieve. It has to be bolstered regularly, and fortunately, this is the book that the dental professional can rely upon to recognize dental/medical emergencies, and then render appropriate treatment. Once mastered, this book'sinformation will give the dentist and his/her staff confidence in treating virtually all medical emergencies that could happen in the dental environment. Dr. Stanley Malamed is the authority in this field, and his book is an absolute essential for every dental office. Better to have this book than a kit full of emergency medications!
Product Details :
Paperback: 568 pages
Publisher: Mosby; 6 edition (March 6, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 032304235X
ISBN-13: 978-0323042352
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.8 x 10.9 inches
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