Author/Editor     Kovač, Miha
Title     Pomoč predoziranemu narkomanu na terenu - prikaz primera
Translated title     How to help an overdose drug addict in the field - case report
Type     članek
Source     In: Križančič M, editor. Nujna medicinska pomoč. Zbornik izbranih tem Delavnica Urgentne medicine; 2003; Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Društvo študentov medicine Slovenije,
Publication year     2003
Volume     str. 48-50
Language     slo
Abstract     Prehospital emergency doctors of the Ljubljana Medical Centre often help overdose drug addicts. The majority of drug addicts take drugs, mostly heroin, intravenously. Heroin intake is on the rise and last year there were 14 cases of cocaine abuse. In the following case, we acted on the emergency call of a younger man. He asked us to help his friend who wasn't breathing. We first thought of drugs because also the man on the phone seemed to be drugged. On the scene we found an unconscious younger boy sitting in a car on the fellow passengers seat. He was completely cyanotic and almost apnoic since he inhaled only three times a minute. His puls was 150 a minute. The medical technician offered artificial respiration through bag-valve-mask device. The driver helped the doctor to place an intravenous channel and inject an ampule of Narcanty (0.4mg). Within next minute the man started to breath normally and came to. Slightly somnolet, he was then taken over by the internist in the emergency unit.
Descriptors     SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE
OVERDOSE
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
ADULT