Abstract Background: In dental practice, dealing with medical situations is unavoidable. Consequently, it goes without saying that any dental professional or student must possess a full and vivid understanding of how to handle these circumstances. The objective of this study is to access the knowledge and awareness of dental students regarding commonly occurring medical emergencies in the dental practice in Wardha, Maharashtra. Methodology: One hundred dental undergraduate students and interns participated in a questionnaire-based cross-sectional study with 10 questions. Participant’s informed consent was acquired. Using SPSS software 21 version (IBM Corporation, Chicago, USA) (RRID: SCR₀02865), the result was derived using frequency distribution and the knowledge of 3 rd year, final year, and interns was compared using the Chi-square test. Results: The results and observation from the study showed that the mean scores of interns were the highest with 7. 275. The 3 rd -year and final year students had mean scores of 2. 870 and 4. 586, respectively. The results were statistically significant with P = 0. 021 when the knowledge and awareness were compared between the 3 rd year, final year, and interns. All the participants had poor knowledge about various life-threatening medical conditions and their management such as chronic liver disease, renal failure, and patients with prosthetic valves. Conclusion: The students’ knowledge, attitude, practice, and self-perceived competencies should continue to be improved. The basic life support and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training courses, as well as classroom lectures and workshops, should be reinforced frequently and repeatedly and skills evaluations should be conducted.
Das et al. (Thu,) studied this question.