Ivan Utrobicic Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Surgery
Department of surgery, University Hospital Centre Split, Croatia
He is affiliated to Department of surgery, University Hospital Centre Split, Croatia. He has authored and co-authored several national and international publications and also working as a reviewer for reputed professional journals. He is having an active association with different societies and academies around the world. He made his mark in the scientific community with the contributions and widely recognition from honourable subject experts around the world. He has received several awards for the contributions to the scientific community.
Short Communication Open Access
Author(s): Bozidar Duplancic, Zeljko Nincevic, Mate Perkovic, Ivan Utrobicic, Svjetlana Dosenovic, Hrvoje Vucemilovic, Ruben Kovac and Filip Peris
Middle aged male with severe and extensive burns sustained after attempted suicide with ignited propane butane containing gas bottle was transported to emergency department of University Hospital Split after more than 12 hours since initial injury. Explosion and fire caused second and third degree burns to the patient on 70 percent body surface area. At the moment of admission, he was extremely aggressive, combat and uncooperative. It is important to emphasize that patient had no intravenous access, so author decided to apply midazolam, ketamine and atropine intramuscularly. After patient was in general anaesthesia, central venous access was established via left subclavian vein and immediate crystalloid infusion therapy was initiated. According ... view more»