Citation

Gremion C, Wicky R, Niquille M. Rev. Med. Suisse 2005; 1(29): 1905-1909.

Vernacular Title

Triage et prise en charge initiale des victimes d'inhalation de fumees

Affiliation

Service d'anesthesiologie, Brigade sanitaire cantonale, HUG, 1211 Geneve 14.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Medecine et Hygiene)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16152880

Abstract

Medical teams are often confronted with numerous victims due to house fires. The time course of these disasters is difficult to predict and requires an excellent rescue organization as well as good cooperation with the fire brigades and appropriate matching and raising of means to the magnitude of the disaster. Victims usually present with three types of injuries: thermal, traumatic and toxic. In order to avoid an overflow of patients in surrounding hospitals, adequate triage and treatment are required on the field. Triage is best relized by history and physical examination and the main treatment remains maximal oxygen therapy. In case of severe monoxide intoxication, cyanide poisoning should be highly suspected.