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Basic Emergency Kit: For A Dental Practice

The basic emergency kit for a dental practice should contain: 1) Equipment like an AED, oxygen tanks and masks, pulse oximeter, glucometer, syringes and needles, sphygmomanometer, and thermometer to treat medical emergencies like cardiac arrest, asthma, anaphylaxis, hypoglycemia, and vasovagal syncope. 2) Medications like EpiPens, epinephrine, Benadryl, nitroglycerin, salbutamol inhaler, glucose, and aspirin with specified dosages to treat allergic reactions, angina, asthma, and hypoglycemia. 3) CPR masks and training in C

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Basic Emergency Kit: For A Dental Practice

The basic emergency kit for a dental practice should contain: 1) Equipment like an AED, oxygen tanks and masks, pulse oximeter, glucometer, syringes and needles, sphygmomanometer, and thermometer to treat medical emergencies like cardiac arrest, asthma, anaphylaxis, hypoglycemia, and vasovagal syncope. 2) Medications like EpiPens, epinephrine, Benadryl, nitroglycerin, salbutamol inhaler, glucose, and aspirin with specified dosages to treat allergic reactions, angina, asthma, and hypoglycemia. 3) CPR masks and training in C

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BASIC EMERGENCY KIT

FOR A DENTAL PRACTICE


EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES INDICATIONS
Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) Cardiac arrest
Oxygen Type E cylinder Asthma
2 masks: 1 for adults and 1 for children Anaphylactic shock
Overdose of local anesthetic
Vasovagal syncope
Chest pain (depending on the O2 saturation rate) pulse oximeter
Pulse oximeter Administration of oxygen
Glucometer Hypoglycemia
1-ml and 3-ml syringes with 20- to 25-gauge needles (for vials)
Tensiometer or stethoscope and sphygmomanometer
Thermometer
2 CPR masks: 1 for adults and 1 for children*
MEDICATIONS DOSAGE
Adult >25 kg Child < 25 kg
EpiPen 2 auto-injectors: Bronchospasm
1 for adults and 1 for children .............................. 0.3 mg 0.15 mg Anaphylactic shock
Repeat as required Repeat as required Severe urticaria
Epinephrine 1:1000 2 vials of 1 ml each
for IM injection .................................................. 0.3 ml 0.15 ml
Repeat as required Repeat as required
Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) Allergic reactions
Syrup ............................................................ 2.5 to 20 ml Urticaria
50-mg tablets ................................................ 25 to 50 mg Laryngeal edema
1-ml vial (50 mg/ml) Anaphylactic shock
for IM injection .............................................. 0.2 to 1 ml 0.01 mg/kg (max. 0.5 ml)
Nitroglycerine 0.4-mg spray or 0.4-mg Angina
sublingual tablets
Salbutamol (Ventolin) bronchodilator inhaler 2 to 3 inhalations 1 inhalation Asthma/bronchospasm
(100 g/inhalation)
Glucose: tablets/gel Hypoglycemic shock
(Insta-Glucose)
Uncoated aspirin 80-mg chewable tablets 2 to 4 tablets Chest pain with heart attack symptoms angina

* Recertification in CPR is required every two years. Last revision: May 2017

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