PREPAREDNESS OF DENTAL CLINICS FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES IN THE MIDDLE REGION OF SYRIA (A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY)

Sudden and unexpected medical conditions pose an immediate risk to a person's life or health. Preparedness and ability to deal with medical emergencies in dentistry requires adequate equipment and appropriate drugs as well as sufficient scientific background. This cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the readiness and assets of emergency drugs in the clinics in the middle region in Syria. It was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire by the physician to determine the physician's specialty, the age of the clinic, its readiness and the emergency cases. Results were collected according to the SPSS method, the way ANOVA test and the significance level is equal to (p=0.6). We found that specialist dental clinics in the middle region were better equipped than general dental clinics for emergency cases (p=0.5). The most common equipment pieces in the clinics are the sphygmomanometers, serums and the sugar screening devices. However, the least common equipment is the Ambu bags, airway and intravenous catheters, and there are no intubation tubes. The older the clinic, the better its preparedness for emergency cases p = 0.03. The most common cases are loss of consciousness, hypotension and hypoglycemia. Yet, the least common cases were myocardial infarction, cardiac arrhythmia and angina pectoris. Self-assessment of the mid-area clinics was medium and good respectively. Conducting a study covering the Syrian Arab Republic and raise the readiness of doctors and clinics for the reception of emergency, cases.