en Oral & maxillofacial surgery Oral & maxillofacial surgery Original article Original article <div> <table align="center" hspace="0" vspace="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding: 0in 12px; text-align: justify;" valign="top"> <p><span style="font-size:13pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">Background and Aim</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">:</span></span></span></b><b> </b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">Medical emergencies can happen habitually in dental setting. It is ultimately a dentist&#39;s responsibility to foresee the situation and manage it effectively. The aim was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of dental interns and postgraduates regarding managing medical emergencies in dental chair</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">. &nbsp;</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">Materials and Methods</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""> A cross-sectional study was conducted for a period of 6 months from June 2021 to November 2021 on postgraduates and dental interns studying in dental colleges in and around the Chennai city</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">. A pre-validated questionnaire consisting of 20 close-ended questions was circulated through Google forms. It consisted of questions on experience of medical emergencies encountered by interns during their graduation, knowledge about the essential drugs and equipment, amount of medical emergency training undertaken by participants, and preparedness of interns in handling of medical emergencies. Extracted data were statistically analysed by the Chi square test</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">Results:</span></span></span></b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">Of 217 participants, only 50.63% of interns and 49.37% of postgraduates had good knowledge about drugs used in medical emergencies; 71.65% of interns and 28.35% of postgraduates had come across medical emergencies and were confident enough in handling them during their practice. Also, 64.79% of interns and 35.21% of postgraduates were well informed about treating patients with airway obstruction, haemophilia, diabetes, epilepsy, spontaneous bleeding after extraction, acute asthmatic attack, and adrenal crisis</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">The majority of postgraduates had a good knowledge about management of medical emergencies in dental chair while the interns lacked confidence in handling some of the medical emergencies</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">. &nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"></div> Attitude of Health Personnel, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Emergency Medical Services, Practice Management, Dental 233 240 http://jrdms.dentaliau.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-977-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 V Arivazhagan drlrmaxfac@gmail.com 100319475328460010590 000000016289399X Yes Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, SRM Kattankulathur Dental College and Hospital, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM nagar, Kattankulathur, 603203 Kancheepuram, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India AC Lakshmi Rathan 100319475328460010591 100319475328460010591 No Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, SRM Kattankulathur Dental College and Hospital, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM nagar, Kattankulathur, 603203 Kancheepuram, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India S Chandran 100319475328460010592 100319475328460010592 No Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, SRM Kattankulathur Dental College and Hospital, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM nagar, Kattankulathur, 603203 Kancheepuram, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India V Narayanan 100319475328460010593 100319475328460010593 No Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, SRM Kattankulathur Dental College and Hospital, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM nagar, Kattankulathur, 603203 Kancheepuram, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India K Ramakrishnan 100319475328460010594 100319475328460010594 No Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, SRM Kattankulathur Dental College and Hospital, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, SRM nagar, Kattankulathur, 603203 Kancheepuram, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India