Seymour Dental Blog

Medical Emergencies in the Dental Practice 2024 – Anaphylaxis and Adrenaline – Part 3

Adrenaline is an example of how the body uses one hormone (and medication) to achieve multiple effects in the body. We use adrenaline in everyday dentistry. It’ ...
Medical Emergencies in the Dental Practice 2024 – Why CPR? – Part 2

You never know when you learn something new. In amongst all the knowledge and training for medical emergencies, is the crucial reason for all of it. Keep the brain aliv ...
Medical Emergencies in the Dental Practice 2024 – Part 1

Every year we spend a Friday morning 9am-2pm learning of the change in handling a medical emergency in a dental practice. Remember, a dental practice starts from the fron ...
Medical Emergencies in the Dental Practice 2023 – Part 5 – The Ambulance Arrives!

The paramedics came very quickly after the second call due to the change in breathing and her confused state. It’s important to do a hand over to the paramedics as t ...
Medical Emergencies in the Dental Practice 2023 – Part 4 – In Real Life!

I was in church recently when an elderly person suddenly hunched over in the pew. She was not responsive. Everyone around her, had their opinions of what to do; “sit he ...
Medical Emergencies in the Dental Practice 2023 – Part 3 – In Surgery Demo

At our Cynergex, at the surgery, yearly Medical Emergency training there is something new to learn or to emphasise. The most important sign that all i ...