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  1. Not all patients who call the ambulance service are subsequently transported to hospital. In 2018, a quarter of deployments of an emergency ambulance in Bavaria were not followed by patient transport. This stu...

    Authors: Florian Dax, Heiko Trentzsch, Marc Lazarovici, Kathrin Hegenberg, Katharina Kneißl, Florian Hoffmann and Stephan Prückner
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:93
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  3. Call centers can be found in various industries. However as a Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) the term “Call centers” does not reflect the critical purpose of handling emergency calls. We recommend “emergency m...

    Authors: Astrid K. V. Harring, Jesper Blinkenberg, Guttorm Brattebø, Magnus Hjortdahl, Siri Idland, Emil Iversen, Ann-Chatrin. L. Leonardsen, Erik Zakariassen and Trine M. Jørgensen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:91
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  4. Some patients involved in a road traffic collision (RTC) are physically entrapped and extrication is required to provide critical interventions. This can be performed either in an expedited way, or in a more c...

    Authors: Eyston Vaughan-Huxley, Joanne Griggs, Jasmit Mohindru, Malcolm Russell, Richard Lyon and Ewoud ter Avest
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:90
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  5. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is an established rescue therapy for both out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA). However, there remains significant het...

    Authors: Arne Diehl, Andrew C. Read, Timothy Southwood, Hergen Buscher, Mark Dennis, Vinodh Bhagyalakshmi Nanjayya and Aidan J. C. Burrell
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:89
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  7. Mass casualty incidents (MCI) pose significant challenges to existing resources, entailing multiagency collaboration. Triage is a critical component in the management of MCIs, but the lack of a universally acc...

    Authors: Amir Khorram-Manesh, Eric Carlström, Frederick M. Burkle, Krzysztof Goniewicz, Lesley Gray, Amila Ratnayake, Roberto Faccincani, Dinesh Bagaria, Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen, Mohammed A. S. Sultan, Carl Montán, Johan Nordling, Shailly Gupta and Carl Magnusson
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:88
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  8. Trauma is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Morbidity and mortality review of selected patient cases is used to improve the quality of trauma care by identifying opportunities for...

    Authors: Hussein Albaaj, Jonatan Attergrim, Lovisa Strömmer, Olof Brattström, Martin Jacobsson, Gunilla Wihlke, Liselott Västerbo, Elias Joneborg and Martin Gerdin Wärnberg
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:87
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  9. Patients admitted to hospital after an injury are often found to have used psychoactive substances prior to the injury. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between psychoactive substances...

    Authors: Thomas Wilson, Torben Wisborg, Vigdis Vindenes, Ragnhild Elèn Gjulem Jamt and Stig Tore Bogstrand
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:86
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  10. Prehospital tracheal intubation (TI) is associated with increased mortality in patients with penetrating trauma, and the utility of prehospital advanced airway management is debated. The increased incidence of...

    Authors: Mattias Renberg, Martin Dahlberg, Mikael Gellerfors, Elham Rostami and Mattias Günther
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:85
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  11. Prehospital analgesia is often required after traumatic injury, currently morphine is the strongest parenteral analgesia routinely available for use by paramedics in the United Kingdom (UK) when treating patie...

    Authors: F. Michelet, M. Smyth, R. Lall, H. Noordali, K. Starr, L. Berridge, J. Yeung, G. Fuller, S. Petrou, A. Walker, J. Mark, A. Canaway, K. Khan and G. D. Perkins
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:84
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  12. Prehospital emergency care is complex and influenced by various factors, leading to the need for decision-support tools. Studies suggest that cognitive aids improve provider performance and patient outcomes in...

    Authors: Ieva Paliokaite, Zilvinas Dambrauskas, Paulius Dobozinskas, Evelina Pukenyte, Aida Mankute-Use and Dinas Vaitkaitis
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:83
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  13. The study aimed to investigate whether a bystander’s emotional stress state affects dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DA-CPR) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The primary outcome was ...

    Authors: Rebecca Hvidt Tuffley, Fredrik Folke, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Stig Nikolaj Fasmer Blomberg and Gitte Linderoth
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:82
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  14. Checklists are a powerful tool for reduction of mortality and morbidity. Checklists structure complex processes in a reproducible manner, optimize team interaction, and prevent errors related to human factors....

    Authors: Helena Droege, Heiko Trentzsch, Alexandra Zech, Stephan Prückner and Sebastian Imach
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:81
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  15. This experimental study was performed to evaluate the role of blended learning for technical skill teaching on the European Trauma Course (ETC). While online modules are extensively used for theoretical teachi...

    Authors: Elonka Bergmans, Alistair Billington and Karl-Christian Thies
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:80
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  16. Volunteer First Responders are used worldwide. In the Region of Southern Denmark, two types of programs have been established. One of these programs consists of voluntary responders without any requirements of...

    Authors: Oliver Beierholm Sørensen, Louise Milling, Eva Laerkner, Søren Mikkelsen and Henriette Bruun
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:79
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  17. Research in paramedicine faces challenges in developing research capacity, including access to high-quality data. A variety of unique factors in the paramedic work environment influence data quality. In other ...

    Authors: Neil McDonald, Nicola Little, Dean Kriellaars, Malcolm B. Doupe, Gordon Giesbrecht and Rob T. Pryce
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:78
    Content type: Review Published on:

  18. Caring for people who are ill or injured in pre-hospital environments is emotionally draining and physically demanding. This article focuses on the Psychosocial and Mental Health Programme commissioned by the ...

    Authors: Richard Williams, Verity Kemp, Jennifer Burgess, Esther Murray, Suzy Stokes, Andrew Wood, Samantha Batt-Rawden, Laura Bland and David Lockey
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:77
    Content type: Guideline Published on:

  19. Hemorrhage has always been the focus of battlefield and pre-hospitalization treatment. With the increasing fatality rates associated with junctional bleeding, treatment of bleeding at junctional sites has grad...

    Authors: Weihang Wu, Wangwu Liu, Nan Lin, Hu Zhao, Jin Yang, Zhi Ye, Weijin Yang, Yu Wang and Yongchao Fang
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:75
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  20. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that contributes significantly to protracted hospitalisations globally. The unique positioning of paramedics and other emergency care cadres in emergency contexts enable ...

    Authors: Megan De Silva, William Chadwick and Navindhra Naidoo
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:74
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  21. Authors: E. ter Avest, M. Kratz, T. Dill and M. Palmer
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:73
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:36

    The original article was published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:23

  22. The work of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) teams crosses the boundaries of several high-risk occupations including medicine, aviation, and transport. Working conditions can be challenging and ope...

    Authors: C. Rose, E. ter Avest and R. M. Lyon
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:72
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  23. Major incidents (MI) happen infrequently in Scandinavia and mass shootings are even less frequently occurring. Case reports and research are called for, as literature is scarce. On 3rd July 2022, a mass shooti...

    Authors: Peter Martin Hansen, Søren Mikkelsen, Henrik Alstrøm, Anders Damm-Hejmdal, Marius Rehn and Peter Anthony Berlac
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:71
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  24. Fixed-wing air ambulances play an important role in healthcare in rural Iceland. More frequent use of helicopter ambulances has been suggested to shorten response times and increase equity in access to advance...

    Authors: Björn Gunnarsson, Kristrún María Björnsdóttir, Sveinbjörn Dúason and Ármann Ingólfsson
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:70
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  25. Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) is increasingly used. The recently published UK-REBOA trial aimed to investigate patients suffering haemorrhagic shock and randomized to standa...

    Authors: Jostein Rødseth Brede and Marius Rehn
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:69
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  26. Accidental hypothermia designates an unintentional drop in body temperature below 35 °C. There is a major risk of ventricular fibrillation below 28 °C and cardiac arrest is almost inevitable below 24 °C. In su...

    Authors: Tal Soumagnac, Jean-Herlé Raphalen, Wulfran Bougouin, Damien Vimpere, Hatem Ammar, Samraa Yahiaoui, Christelle Dagron, Kim An, Akshay Mungur, Pierre Carli, Alice Hutin and Lionel Lamhaut
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:68
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  28. Authors: Sarper Yilmaz
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:66
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

    The original article was published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:47

    The original article was published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:40

  29. Most older adults with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) reach the emergency department via the ambulance service. Older adults, often with mild TBI symptoms, risk being under-triaged and facing poor outcomes. Th...

    Authors: J. W. Barrett, J. Williams, S. S. Skene, J. E. Griggs, D. Bootland, J. Leung, A. Da Costa, K. Ballantyne, R. Davies and R. M. Lyon
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:65
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  30. Gunshot injury to the hand is severe trauma, requiring complicated reconstruction surgery for the damaged anatomic site to restore all the hand functions. The aim of this study was to show the example of the d...

    Authors: Serhii V. Tertyshnyi, Igor Lurin, Igor P. Khomenko, Kostiantyn V. Gumeniuk, Volodymyr Yu. Shapovalov, Volodymyr V. Nehoduiko, Maksym Gorobeiko and Andrii Dinets
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:64
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  32. Autoresuscitation is the phenomenon of spontaneous return of circulation after cessation of CPR, also known as the Lazarus phenomenon. Most of the evidence is based on case reports and a few systematic reviews...

    Authors: Janina Pasierski, Gian-Reto Kleger and Paul Imboden
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:62
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  33. Accidental hypothermia, recognized by core temperature below 35 °C, is a lethal condition with a mortality rate up to 25%. Hypothermia-induced cardiac dysfunction causing increased total peripheral resistance ...

    Authors: Anders Lund Selli, Mohammadreza Ghasemi, Taylor Watters, Francis Burton, Godfrey Smith and Erik Sveberg Dietrichs
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:61
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  34. The presence of in-house attending trauma surgeons has improved efficiency of processes in the treatment of polytrauma patients. However, literature remains equivocal regarding the influence of the presence of...

    Authors: Karlijn J. P. van Wessem, Luke P. H. Leenen, R. Marijn Houwert, Kim E. M. Benders, Roger K. J. Simmermacher, Mark C. P. M. van Baal, Ivar G. J. M. de Bruin, Mirjam B. de Jong, Stefaan J. B. Nijs and Falco Hietbrink
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:60
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  35. Performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) inevitably causes significant physical, as well as psychological stress for rescuers. Physical activity at high altitude, a hypobaric and hypoxic environment, sim...

    Authors: Maximilian Niederer, Katharina Tscherny, Josef Burger, Bettina Wandl, Verena Fuhrmann, Calvin L. Kienbacher, Wolfgang Schreiber, Harald Herkner, Dominik Roth and Alexander Egger
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:59
    Content type: Original research Published on:

    The Letter to the Editor to this article has been published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:92

  36. Helicopter emergency medical service provides timely care and rapid transport of severely injured or critically ill patients. Due to constructional or regulatory provisions at some hospitals, a remote helicopt...

    Authors: Dominik J. Hoechter, Bjarne Schmalbach, Merve Schmidt, Stephan Prueckner and Andreas Bayer
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:58
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  38. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) presents unique challenges due to limited access to patients in cardiac arrest (CA) and the distinct physiological conditions present...

    Authors: Jan Schmitz, Felix Liebold, Jochen Hinkelbein, Sophia Nöhl, Serge C Thal and Timur Sellmann
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:57
    Content type: Review Published on:

  39. Accurate pain assessment is essential in the emergency department (ED) triage process. Overestimation of pain intensity, however, can lead to unnecessary overtriage. The study aimed to investigate the influenc...

    Authors: Nai-Wen Ku, Ming-Tai Cheng, Chiat Qiao Liew, Yun Chang Chen, Chih-Wei Sung, Chia-Hsin Ko, Tsung-Chien Lu, Chien-Hua Huang and Chu-Lin Tsai
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:56
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  40. Previous studies have shown varying results on the validity of the rapid emergency triage and treatment system (RETTS), but have concluded that patient age is not adequately considered as a risk factor for sho...

    Authors: G. Malmer, R. Åhlberg, P. Svensson, B. af Ugglas and E. Westerlund
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:55
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  41. Norway has a diverse population pattern and often long transport distances from injury sites to hospitals. Also, previous studies have found an increased risk of trauma-related mortality in remote areas in Nor...

    Authors: Inger Marie Waal Nilsbakken, Mathias Cuevas-Østrem, Torben Wisborg, Stephen Sollid and Elisabeth Jeppesen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:53
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  42. For critically ill and injured patients, timely access to definitive care is associated with a reduction in avoidable mortality. Access to definitive care is significantly affected by geographic remoteness. To...

    Authors: Adam Greene, Pierre-Marc Dion, Brodie Nolan, Rob Trachter, Erik Vu and Jan Trojanowski
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:52
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  44. The Norwegian Trauma Registry (NTR) is designed to monitor and improve the quality and outcome of trauma care delivered by Norwegian trauma hospitals. Patient care is evaluated through specific quality indicat...

    Authors: N Naberezhneva, Oddvar Uleberg, M Dahlhaug, V Giil-Jensen, K G Ringdal and O Røise
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:50
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  45. A broad range of pathophysiologic conditions can lead to cardiopulmonary arrest in children. Some of these children suffer from refractory cardiac arrest, not responding to basic and advanced life support. Ext...

    Authors: Lars Mommers, Cornelis Slagt, Freek Coumou RN, Ruben van der Crabben, Xavier Moors and Dinis Dos Reis Miranda
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:49
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  46. Patients with a syncope constitute a challenge for risk stratification in (prehospital) emergency care. Professionals in EMS and ED need to differentiate the high-risk from the low-risk syncope patient, with l...

    Authors: Lucia G. uit het Broek, B. Bastiaan A. Ort, Hester Vermeulen, Thomas Pelgrim, Lilian C.M. Vloet and Sivera A.A. Berben
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:48
    Content type: Review Published on:

  47. Authors: Ali Cankut Tatliparmak and Rohat Ak
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:47
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

    The Letter to the Editor to this article has been published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:66

    The original article was published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:40

  48. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains one of the main causes of mortality and long-term disability worldwide. Maintaining physiology of brain tissue to the greatest extent possible through optimal management of...

    Authors: Jürgen Knapp, Pascal Doppmann, Markus Huber, Lorenz Meuli, Roland Albrecht, Stephen Sollid and Urs Pietsch
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:46
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  49. Sweden is facing a surge of gun violence that mandates optimized prehospital transport approaches, and a survey of current practice is fundamental for such optimization. Management of severe, penetrating traum...

    Authors: Mattias Renberg, Martin Dahlberg, Mikael Gellerfors, Amir Rostami, Mattias Günther and Elham Rostami
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:45
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  50. Healthcare laws allow for exceptions from the consent requirement when patients are not competent to consent or pose a danger to themselves or others. In these cases, the use of coercion may be an alternative ...

    Authors: Nina Oeye Thorvaldsen, Tonje Lossius Husum and Stephen J.M. Sollid
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2023 31:44
    Content type: Original research Published on:

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