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A 78-year-old male patient suffered a cardiac arrest in the waiting room of a dental surgery. He was successfully resuscitated and subsequently returned to complete his treatment. This would appear to be the first published report of such an emergency being successfully treated by a dental team in the community using advanced life support techniques
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Hunter, P. Cardiac arrest in the dental surgery. Br Dent J 170, 284 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4807511
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