Avaliação da percepção dos estudantes de odontologia sobre emergências médicas.

Abstract

The term emergency comes from the Latin emergentia and can be used to describe a critical situation, a dangerous event or unexpected situations that require professional intervention, as a result of a sudden change in the state of health of the patient. The objective of this study was to evaluate the level of perception of dental students in face of major dental emergencies. This was a cross-sectional and descriptive study with a quantitative data approach through questionnaires. We interviewed 138 students from fifth to tenth period of dentistry at the Federal University of Campina Grande, in the city of Patos, Paraíba. It was observed that 86.2% of the total students interviewed knew the difference between urgency and emergency; 52.2% of the students confirmed receiving or received extracurricular instruction on the subject; 59.4% answered that the undergraduate learning on this subject is not enough. About 17.4% of these students answered to know how to carry out the maneuvers of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, 11.6% of respondents felt prepared to deal with an emergency situation and 81.9% of the students interviewed intend to pursue complementary training during or after graduation. It is noticeable that undergraduate students in dentistry are not fully prepared to deal with medical emergencies in the dental office. The implementation of periodic curricular components that emphasize the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of emergency in the office can significantly increase undergraduate learning.