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General approach to emergency situations
Organs such as the heart and brain are irreversibly damaged by a short period of absent circulation or oxygenation. Therefore, priorities are necessary in the treatment of life-threatening situations such as severe barbiturate poisoning where urgent general measures for circulatory and respiratory support may enable a patient to survive long enough for detoxication and excretion of the poison, and therefore for recovery to take place. There are three stages in the treatment of life-threatening conditions.
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© 1980 F. Wilson and W.G. Park
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Wilson, F., Park, W.G. (1980). Introduction. In: Basic Resuscitation and Primary Care. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8712-8_1
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