TRAUMA CARD

*****Trauma Card*****

Professionally-made, properly fitted Custom Mouthguards are recommended for all contact and collision sports. AVULSION (Entire Tooth Knocked Out) Avoid additional trauma to tooth while handling. Do Not handle tooth by the root. Do Not brush or scrub tooth. Do Not sterilize tooth. If debris is on tooth, gently rinse with water. If possible, reimplant tooth and stabilize by biting down gently on the towel or handkerchief. Do only if athlete is alert and conscious. If unable to reimplant: Best - Place tooth in a physiologic transport medium (e.g. Hank's Balanced Saline Solution) 2nd best - Place tooth in milk. 3rd best - Wrap tooth in saline-soaked gauze. 4th best - Place tooth under athlete's tongue. Do this ONLY if athlete is conscious and alert. 5th best - Place tooth in a cup of water. Time is very important. Reimplant within 30 minutes has the highest degree of success rate. TRANSPORT IMMEDIATELY TO DENTIST. LUXATION (Tooth in socket, but wrong position) THREE POSITIONS EXTRUDED TOOTH- Upper tooth hangs downs and/or lower tooth raised up. Reposition tooth in socket using firm finger pressure. Stabilize tooth by gently biting on towel or handkerchief. TRANSPORT IMMEDIATELY TO DENTIST. LATERAL DISPLACEMENT- Tooth pushed back or pulled forward. Try to reposition tooth using finger pressure. Athlete may require local anesthetic to reposition tooth; if so, stabilize tooth by gently biting on towel or handkerchief. TRANSPORT IMMEDIATELY TO DENTIST INTUDED TOOTH - Tooth pushed into gum - looks short. Do nothing - avoid any repositioning of tooth. TRANSPORT IMMEDIATELY TO DENTIST. FRACTURE (Broken Tooth) If tooth is totally broken in half, save the broken portion and bring to the dental office as described under Avulsion, Item 4. Stabilize portion of tooth left in mouth by gently biting on towel or handkerchief to control bleeding. Should extreme pain occur, limit contact with other teeth, air or tongue. Pulp nerve may be exposed, which is extremely painful to athlete. IMMEDIATELY TRANSPORT PATIENT AND TOOTH FRAGMENTS TO DENTIST. PROPERLY FITTED MOUTHGUARDS SHOULD BE STANDARD EQUIPMENT Anyone who participates in a sport with a risk of contact to the face should wear a mouthguard. If you find this article useful, please consider making a donation. I offer an unrivaled level of support to teams or sporting groups who require bulk numbers of mouthguards. And will travel to any destination on a given day or night (ex. a night time training session) and will take impressions from a panel of players. The complete set of mouthguards will be ready for delivery within one week. For more information: DR. EDGAR SANTOS, D.M.D. Suite 516 Medical Arts Building St. Luke's Medical Center 279 E. Rodriguez Sr., Blvd. Quezon City, Philippines 1102 +63 908 135 7199 Smart +63 922 233 8245 Sun +63 906 317 8781 Globe +63 2 923 9120 Landline Email:dredsantos@ymail.com http://dredsantos.blogspot.com/ http://health77.multiply.com/