Table 1 Literature search strategy and number of hits in the databases searched
From: Clinical reasoning in the emergency medical services: an integrative review
Search terms/ databases | CINAHL | Cochrane Library | PsycINFO | PubMed | Scopus | Web of Science | Total |
Ambulance OR EMS OR prehospital emergency care | 14,727 | 6,195 | 9,061 | 27,373 | 53,629 | 21,881 | 132,866 |
Clinical reasoning OR clinical decision- making OR thinking skills OR critical thinking OR judgment OR decision-making | 64,396 | 10,780 | 341,925 | 163,626 | 4,546 | 568,985 | 1,154,258 |
Total | 79,123 | 16,975 | 350,986 | 190,999 | 58,175 | 590,866 | 1,287,124 |
Combined search terms | CINAHL | Cochrane Library | PsycINFO | PubMed | Scopus | Web of Science | Total |
Ambulance OR EMC OR prehospital emergency care AND clinical reasoning OR clinical decision- making OR thinking skills OR critical thinking OR judgment OR decision-making | 791 | 8 | 462 | 1,015 | 30 | 1,373 | 3,679 |
Relevant articles | 36 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 62 | 138 |