Dentistry

at a Glance

Elizabeth Kay

Multiple Choice: Chapter 21 Other emergencies

Question 1. A type 1 diabetic patient attends for an extraction, but you keep her waiting for 45 minutes, and whens she sits in the chair she complains to you of feeling light headed and a little faint and tells you she suspects a ‘hypo' episode is imminent. What would you do for this patient in the first instance?

A Provide 15 L/min oxygen and call an ambulance
B Administer 1 mg of glucagon IM
C Administer 25 g Glucogel into buccal mucosa
D Provide a glucose drink with at least 10 g glucose and repeat 10 minutes later
E Lie patient down in the head down position and administer 15 L/min oxygen