title: [Non-invasive ventilation in prehospital emergency medicine].
abstract: Non-invasive ventilation has not yet been established in prehospital emergency medicine. This most likely due to missing technical prerequisites. Meanwhile emergency ventilators feasible for prehospital NIV are available. Recognizing the pathophysiology of acute respiratory insufficiency, treatment with NIV is superior in comparison to treatment with oxygen and medication only. The advantages of NIV may lead to reduced morbidity and mortality as long as attention is paid to possible contraindications.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum Anästhesiologie, Rettungs- und Intensivmedizinder Uniklinik Göttingen und Arztlicher. mroessl1@gwdg.de
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roessler
mesh_terms: D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000503:physiopathology; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange / Q000502:physiology; D012126:Respiratory Dead Space / Q000502:physiology; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012132:Respiratory Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio / Q000502:physiology