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Ventilation in Emergency Situations and During Transport

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

D. Paravicini ,
U. Hartenauer  and
P. Lawin
D. Paravicini
Affiliation:
Clinic for Anesthesia and Intensive Medicine of Westfalischen, Wilhelms University, Munster, Germany.
U. Hartenauer
Affiliation:
Clinic for Anesthesia and Intensive Medicine of Westfalischen, Wilhelms University, Munster, Germany.
P. Lawin
Affiliation:
Clinic for Anesthesia and Intensive Medicine of Westfalischen, Wilhelms University, Munster, Germany.
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In acute respiratory failure, an immediate restoration of respiratory functions is imperative. Depending upon the available equipment and the qualifications of the physician and nursing staff, the most suitable ventilation procedure should be selected. In every case, accurate ventilation is accomplished by Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation (IPPV). If emergency equipment is not available, the simplest method of achieving this is mouth-to-mouth or mouth-to-nose breathing. The efficacy of this method is limited by the low FiO2 (about 17%) and by the physical condition of the first aider; after 30 minutes of resuscitation, even an experienced and well conditioned emergency rescuer will be exhausted.

Type
Research Article
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 3 , Issue 1: Contributions from the Third World Congress on Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Rome, Italy, May, 1983 , 1987 , pp. 33 - 36
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1987

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