Medical Emergencies
One of the most important ways to prevent a medical emergency.
What is know your patient?
Thermometer that allows you to take a patient's temperature within the ear canal.
What is tympanic thermometer?
The first anatomist to describe the differences between each type of tooth.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Professional organization for dental assistants
What is American Dental Assistants Association?
National agency responsible from administering the certification exam and issuing the credential of CDA
What is Dental Assisting National Board (DANB)?
The medical term for redness of the skin (often caused by injury or irritation)
What is erythema?
Slower than 12 breaths per minute.
What is bradypnea?
The Grand Old Man of Dentistry.
Who is G.V. Black?
Dental specialty concerned with neonatal through adolescent patients and patients with special needs.
What is pediatric dentistry?
The term for the seated dentist and chairside assistant working together as a team.
What is four-handed dentistry?
Most sudden cardiac arrest victims experiencing this complication.
What is ventricular fibrillation?
Frequently interspersed deeper breath.
What is sighing?
Served as George Washington's dentist?
Who is John Greenwood?
Credentialing in a specific state to practice dental assisting.
What is registered dental assistant (RDA)?
A patient's oxygen saturation demonstrates they are hypoxic
What is low oxygen levels in the blood causing medical symptoms?
Pulse characteristics.
What is Rate, rhythm, and volume?
Employed the first dental assistant.
Dental specialty that diagnoses and treats diseases of the pulp
What is endodontics?
Pathway for a CDA certification that requires graduating from a CODA- accredited program and holding a CPR certification from a DANB accepted provider
What is Pathway one?
C-A-B as it relates to life support
What is compressions, airway, breathing?
Blood pressure category for 140 or higher systolic or 90 or higher diastolic.
What is hypertension stage 2?
Measures used to prevent disease.
What is prophylaxis?
Dental specialty involved with the diagnosis and tx of diseases of the structures surrounding and supporting the teeth.
What is periodontics?
Serves as an extra pair of hands where needed throughout clinical areas.
What is circulating assistant?