title: [Emergency cardiac defibrillation in a prehospital setting].
abstract: It has been show four successful defibrillations performed on a level of the emergency aid under different conditions (ambulance, apartment of a patient, open space) with the definite survival of defibrillated patients who suffered cardiac arrest according to the type of ventricular fibrillation because of various causes. It has been stressed the importance of good equipment and proper education of the Emergency Aid Service for performing complete measures of cardiopulmonary resuscitation including electrotherapy, both in ambulance as well as under difficult out of ambulance conditions. It has been pointed out advantages that Emergency Aid Services have in performing and resulting of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in small urban environments where because of their specific urban characteristic there is a possibility their specific urban characteristics there is a possibility of setting up a connection with clinically dead patients.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Aid Service, Medical Centre, Trebinje.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kovac
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Urgentna defibrilacija srca u vanbolnickim uslovima.