vol. 14 núm. 26 (2018)

Introduction: Medical emergencies are events that have immediate consequences and are life threatening, for which they require fast and accurate action.   Aim: To determine the level of knowledge of fifth- and sixth-year students from the School of Dentistry at the Universidad Autónoma del Paraguay Pierre Fauchard on the management of medical emergencies that may arise during consultation.   Materials and methods: Cross-sectional, descriptive, observational study. A survey was conducted to test their knowledge about medical emergencies through a structured questionnaire, with 25 multiple choice closed-ended questions to measure the established variables. The sample consisted of 146 fifth- and sixth- year students. The variables of interest were age, sex, participation in first aid courses (theoretical or theo- retical-practical) and level of favorable or unfavorable knowledge, based on a 60 % scale in which a total of 15 correct answers is considered favorable.   Results and conclusions: It is concluded that the level of knowledge of fifth- and sixth-year students from the School of Dentistry at Pierre Fauchard was unfavorable in 56 %, in a predominantly female population with a percentage of 87.7 %, and an age group of 23 years old with a percentage of 35.6 %. Only 17.8% of the students participated in a first aid course, of which 6.8 % was theoretical and 11.0 % was theoreti- cal-practical.