Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
Dent Traumatol. 2010 Jun;26(3):212-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2010.00900.x.
To be able to help at the site of the oro-facial injury, the majority of persons would turn to medical books and first-aid books to extend their knowledge. Proper information in first-aid textbooks and manuals should be the best way to present necessary procedures on how to act at the site of injury. The objective of this review is to report the quality of the knowledge presented in first-aid books and manuals.
We carried out a review of first-aid international textbooks and manuals available in Medical University Libraries in Poland. The inclusion criteria were all manuals on first-aid that were written for medical staff and lay persons, and were published between 1969 and 2007. All texts were screened for dental trauma treatment recommendations.
Our literature review has shown that among 45 first-aid textbooks and manuals only 19 mention procedures for use in case of dental trauma. Of those texts, only 13 detail the storage media for an avulsed tooth until replantation.
Current, evidence-based, recommendations concerning first-aid procedures after dental trauma should be incorporated in forthcoming editions of first-aid textbooks and manuals. The guidance on procedures contained in reviewed texts is misleading.
为了能够在口腔颌面损伤现场提供帮助,大多数人会翻阅医学书籍和急救书籍来扩展自己的知识。急救教材和手册中的正确信息应该是展示如何在受伤现场采取行动的必要程序的最佳方式。本综述的目的是报告急救书籍和手册中呈现的知识质量。
我们对波兰医科大学图书馆中可用的国际急救教科书和手册进行了综述。纳入标准是为医务人员和非医务人员编写的、出版于 1969 年至 2007 年之间的所有急救手册。所有文本都针对牙科创伤治疗建议进行了筛选。
我们的文献综述表明,在 45 本急救教科书中,只有 19 本提到了牙科创伤的处理程序。在这些文本中,只有 13 本详细说明了外伤性脱位牙再植前的储存介质。
应将最新的、基于证据的关于牙科创伤后急救程序的建议纳入即将出版的急救教材和手册中。所审查文本中关于程序的指导是误导性的。