Out-of-hospital treatment in case of drowning
Author(s) -
Vladan Popović,
Ljiljana Gvozdenović,
Igor Ivanov,
Saša Milić
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns1102064p
Subject(s) - medicine , basic life support , life support , advanced life support , intubation , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , advanced trauma life support , life saving , first aid , ventilation (architecture) , poison control , injury prevention , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , emergency medicine , resuscitation , anesthesia , mechanical engineering , engineering
Drowning is a leading preventable cause of unintentional morbidity and mortality. The dominant pathophysiological mechanism of drowning includes the development of acute hypoxia.
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