Author/Editor		Grmec, Štefek
Title		Mehansko predihavanje v predbolnišničnem okolju - Center za nujno medicinsko pomoč in reševalne prevoze Maribor
Translated title		Mechanical ventilation 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. 156-9
Language		slo
Abstract		After the airway is secured, the prehospital care provider must ensure that patients are adequately oxygenated and appropriately ventilated. The appropriate monitoring of oxygenation and ventilation are vital to optimal prehospital care, and the provision of mechanical ventilatory support is important to the function of airway or ground critical care transport services. For longer transport or patients requiring careful control of ventilation, mechanical ventilation is preferable. Placement of patients on mechanical ventilators also frees up the hands of the prehospital care provider who otherwise would be absorbed with provision of manual ventilation. Continuous CO2 monitoring (capnometry) and graphic output (capnography), currently in use primarly in intubated patients, provide important information with regard to the adequacy of systemic metabolic function and perfusion. The aim of contribution is analysis of use of mechanical ventilation in Centre of emergency medicine Maribor in the period from January 2003 to March 2004.
Descriptors		EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL CAPNOGRAPHY