title: [Early management of the intrathoracic area].
abstract: The procedures of preclinical management of chest injuries are presented. Emphasis is put on the different aspects of "acute thorax": sucking chest wound, pericardial tamponade, oligemic shock and open thorax. The primary acute management includes the chest tube, intubation, ventilation, pericardiocentesis and surgical management of penetrating chest trauma. The different in the literature are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Chirurgie, Bundeswehrzentralkrankenhauses Koblenz, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lenz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Roscheck
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Marohl
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D004630:Emergencies; D005392:First Aid / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods
vernacular_title: Frühversorgung im Intrathorakalbereich.