Department of Public Health Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig. 2021;72(2):193-201. doi: 10.32394/rpzh.2021.0160.
Medical emergencies can be distressing for any dental professional, whether in a dental practice, hospital or other sites.
To assess the knowledge and awareness of dental practitioners towards medical emergencies and its management in Bhubaneswar.
In this cross-sectional investigation, a self-administered questionnaire which included demographic details and 19 questions regarding knowledge about medical emergencies, was disseminated to a random sample of 183 dentists working in their private dental clinic set up in Bhubaneswar. Chi-square test was used for statistical analysis.
Total sample size was 183, out of which 79 (43.17%) were males and 104 (56.83%) were females. The mean age was found out to be 30.7 ± 5.38 years. Practically 96% of the practitioners were not certain enough to deal with the emergency conditions at dental office. Around 67% had not attended any workshop on emergency training. It was amazing to observe that larger part (90%) of the experts didn't possess first aid kit at their dental office. In instances of handling emergency situation at the dental chair no statistical significance (p>0.05) with respect to age and gender was found.
This investigation showed that hypothetically dental professionals had better knowledge on medical emergencies yet at the same time they were not equipped efficiently to manage the same at their workplace.
医疗急症可能会令任何牙科专业人员感到困扰，无论是在牙科诊所、医院还是其他场所。
评估印度布巴内斯瓦尔地区牙科从业者对医疗急症及其管理的知识和意识。
在这项横断面调查中，我们向在布巴内斯瓦尔私人牙科诊所工作的 183 名牙医随机发放了一份自我管理问卷，其中包括人口统计学细节和 19 个关于医疗急症知识的问题。我们使用卡方检验进行统计分析。
总样本量为 183 名，其中 79 名（43.17%）为男性，104 名（56.83%）为女性。平均年龄为 30.7 ± 5.38 岁。实际上，96%的从业者对处理牙科诊室的紧急情况没有足够的把握。约 67%的人没有参加过任何急救培训课程。令人惊讶的是，大部分（90%）专家在他们的牙科诊所有没有急救包。在牙科椅上处理紧急情况时，年龄和性别之间没有统计学意义（p>0.05）。
本调查表明，牙科专业人员在理论上对医疗急症有更好的了解，但同时他们在工作场所处理这些急症的能力并没有得到有效提升。
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