Author/Editor		Grmec, Štefek; Kupnik, Dejan
Title		Uporaba zdravil pri oskrbi dihalne poti v predbolnišničnem okolju - Center za nujno medicinsko pomoč in reševalne prevoze Maribor
Translated title		The use of medications for airway management in the prehospital setting - The centre for emergency medicine Maribor
Type		članek
Source		In: Bručan A, Gričar M, Vajd R, editors. Urgentna medicina: izbrana poglavja. Zbornik 11. mednarodni simpozij o urgentni medicini; 2004 jun 9-12; Portorož. Ljubljana: Slovensko združenje za urgentno medicino,
Publication year		2004
Volume		str. 111-3
Language		slo
Abstract		Airway management is the single most important skill of the emergency physician. Some say it is the defining skill of emergency medicine. Timely, effective, and decisive management of the airway can quite literally make the difference between life and death or between ability and disability. The emergency physician must be proficient with the pharmacology and effects of neuromuscular blocking agents, sedative or induction agents and other medications used to improve outcome or mitigate adverse effects. The aim of contribution is representations of use of drugs in emergency airway management in the Centre for emergency medicine Maribor in the period from Januar 2003 to March 2004.
Descriptors		EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL ETOMIDATE FENTANYL KETAMINE THIOPENTAL VECURONIUM BROMIDE SUCCINYLCHOLINE