Author/Editor		Štupnik, Tomaž; Mavko, Ana; Vidmar, Stanko; Eržen, Janez
Title		Torakalna drenaža na terenu
Translated title		Chest tube thoracostomy in a prehospital setting
Type		članek
Source		In: Gričar M, Vajd R, editors. Urgentna medicina: izbrana poglavja. Zbornik 13. mednarodni simpozij o urgentni medicini; 2006 jun 14-17; Portorož. Ljubljana: Slovensko združenje za urgentno medicino,
Publication year		2006
Volume		str. 311-8
Language		slo
Abstract		The main purpose of chest tube insertion is to drain the pleural cavity of any air and/or fluid (blood, pus, transudate, etc.). The doctor on emergency call often deals with seriously injured patients with chest trauma and hemothorax or pneumothorax that require immediate emergency room thoracostomy. Therefore a question is raised: would it be aproppriate for him to perform an urgent chest tube or needle thoracostomy in a prehospital setting? Main principles of relieving the pleural cavity are described and good and bad points of prehospital thoracostomy discussed.
Descriptors		EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES THORACOSTOMY CHEST TUBES PLEURAL EFFUSION PNEUMOTHORAX