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  1. Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability with effective treatment, including thrombolysis or thrombectomy, being time-critical for favourable outcomes. While door-to-needle time in hospital has been o...

    Authors: Nicolas Drenck, Søren Viereck, Josefine Stokholm Bækgaard, Karl Bang Christensen, Freddy Lippert and Fredrik Folke
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2019 27:3
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  2. The provision of safe, high quality healthcare in the Emergency Department (ED) requires frontline healthcare personnel with sufficient competence in clinical leadership. However, healthcare education curricul...

    Authors: Sissel Eikeland Husebø and Øystein Evjen Olsen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2019 27:2
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  3. Deficient non-technical skills (NTS) among providers of critical care in helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) is a threat to patient and operational safety. Skills can be improved through simulation-ba...

    Authors: Kristen Rasmussen, Henrik Langdalen, Stephen J. M. Sollid, Eirik Bjorheim Abrahamsen, Leif Inge K. Sørskår, Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik and Håkon B. Abrahamsen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2019 27:1
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  4. In patients who call for the emergency medical service (EMS), there is a knowledge gap with regard to the final assessment after arriving at hospital and its association with field assessment.

    Authors: Carl Magnusson, Christer Axelsson, Lena Nilsson, Anneli Strömsöe, Monica Munters, Johan Herlitz and Magnus Andersson Hagiwara
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:111
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  5. The technique of tube thoracostomy has been standardized for years without significant updates. Alternative procedural methods may be beneficial in certain prehospital and inpatient environments with limited r...

    Authors: Byron C. Drumheller, Anthony Basel, Sakib Adnan, Joseph Rabin, Jason D. Pasley, Jason Brocker and Samuel M. Galvagno Jr
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:110
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  6. H2S can also protect nerve cells. The objective of the study is to investigate the effects of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) on the expressions of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its receptors, tyrosine prot...

    Authors: Jiyan Lin, Weicheng Wu, Zhihong Xu, Siyao Liu, Wang Lu and Mandong Pan
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:109
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  7. Cardiac arrest is more common in men than women and a few studies have shown inferior 30-day survival for men than for women. The difference might relate to patient characteristics, intra arrest factors or pos...

    Authors: Angelika Qvick, Manar Radif, Caroline Brever, Jenny Olsson Myrvik, Karin Schenk Gustafsson and Therese Djärv
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:108
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  8. Damage control strategies play an important role in trauma patient management. One such strategy, hypotensive resuscitation, is being increasingly employed. Although several randomized controlled trials have r...

    Authors: Natthida Owattanapanich, Kaweesak Chittawatanarat, Thoetphum Benyakorn and Jatuporn Sirikun
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:107
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  9. We systematically reviewed the literature to investigate whether gasping could predict short and long outcomes in patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).

    Authors: Qiang Zhang, Bo Liu, Zhijiang Qi and Chunsheng Li
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:106
    Content type: Review Published on:

  10. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in severe burns and can lead to significantly poorer outcomes. Although the prognosis has improved in recent decades, the mortality of AKI remains considerabl...

    Authors: I. Rakkolainen, J. V. Lindbohm and J. Vuola
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:105
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  11. Monitoring cardiac output (CO) in shocked patients provides key etiological information and can be used to guide fluid resuscitation to improve patient outcomes. Previously this relied on invasive monitoring, ...

    Authors: Benjamin Mothibe Bussmann, William Hulme, Andrew Tang and Tim Harris
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:104
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  12. Severe intoxication with carbon monoxide (CO) is extremely lethal and causes numerous deaths due to cardiac or respiratory failure. Conventional intensive treatment may not be sufficient. The aim of this study...

    Authors: Carsten Simonsen, Sigridur O. Magnusdottir, Jan J. Andreasen, Marianne Cathrine Rohde and Benedict Kjærgaard
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:103
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  13. Head injury and exsanguination are the leading causes of death in trauma patients. Hemorrhagic shock triggers systemic endothelial glycocalyx breakdown, potentially leading to traumatic endotheliopathy (EoT). ...

    Authors: Erika Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jessica C. Cardenas, Charles S. Cox, Ryan S. Kitagawa, Jakob Stensballe, John B. Holcomb, Pär I. Johansson and Charles E. Wade
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:102
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  14. Authors: Kristi G. Bache, Marius Rehn and Julian Thompson
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:101
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

    The original article was published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2011 19:57

  15. Major haemorrhage is a leading cause of mortality following major trauma. Increasingly, Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) in the United Kingdom provide pre-hospital transfusion with blood products, ...

    Authors: J. E. Griggs, J. Jeyanathan, M. Joy, M. Q. Russell, N. Durge, D. Bootland, S. Dunn, E. D. Sausmarez, G. Wareham, A. Weaver and R. M. Lyon
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:100
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  16. Authors: Roland Bingisser and Christian H Nickel
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:99
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

    The original article was published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:60

  17. Patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with pulseless electrical activity (PEA) as initial cardiac rhythm are not always treated in intensive care units (ICUs): some are admitted to h...

    Authors: Sini SAARINEN, Ari SALO, James BOYD, Päivi LAUKKANEN-NEVALA, Catharina SILFVAST, Ilkka VIRKKUNEN and Tom SILFVAST
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:98
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  18. This study was performed to gain insights into novel therapeutic approaches for acute systemic inflammation in heatstroke. Bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells (BMMNCs) secrete anti-inflammatory proteins and ...

    Authors: Yutaka Umemura, Hiroshi Ogura, Hiroshi Matsuura, Takeshi Ebihara, Kentaro Shimizu and Takeshi Shimazu
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:97
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  19. Training lay rescuers in Basic Life Support (BLS) is essential to improve bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) rates; in addition, simple methods are needed to provide feedback on CPR performance. Thi...

    Authors: Johanna van Dawen, Lina Vogt, Hanna Schröder, Rolf Rossaint, Lina Henze, Stefan K. Beckers and Saša Sopka
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:96
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  20. Measures to improve the accuracy of determining survival and intensive care unit (ICU) admission using the International Classification of Injury Severity Score (ICISS) are not often conducted on a population-...

    Authors: Rebecca J. Mitchell, Hsuen P. Ting, Tim Driscoll and Jeffrey Braithwaite
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:95
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  21. It is a challenge to dispatch Emergency medical Services (EMS) appropriately with limited resources and maintaining patient safety; this requires accurate dispatching systems. The objective of the current syst...

    Authors: K. Bohm and L. Kurland
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:94
    Content type: Review Published on:

  22. In the initial hours after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), it remains difficult to estimate whether the degree of post-ischemic brain damage will be compatible with long-term good neurological outcome. ...

    Authors: Ward Eertmans, Thao Mai Phuong Tran, Cornelia Genbrugge, Laurens Peene, Dieter Mesotten, Jo Dens, Frank Jans and Cathy De Deyne
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:93
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  23. Working in the emergency medical service (EMS) can be extremely varying and sometimes physically and psychologically demanding. Being new in this context can be a great challenge. This study aim to describe wh...

    Authors: Anna Hörberg, Susanne Kalén, Maria Jirwe, Max Scheja and Veronica Lindström
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:92
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  24. Not all patients where an ambulance is dispatched are conveyed to an emergency department. Although non-conveyance is a substantial part of ambulance care, there is limited insight in the non-conveyance patien...

    Authors: Lilian C. M. Vloet, Arjan de Kreek, Emmelieke M. C. van der Linden, Jori J. A. van Spijk, Vince A. H. Theunissen, Maud van Wanrooij, Pierre M. van Grunsven and Remco H. A. Ebben
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:91
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  25. Blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) is a non-penetrating injury to the carotid and/or vertebral artery that may cause stroke in trauma patients. Historically BCVI has been considered rare but more recent publi...

    Authors: Tor Brommeland, Eirik Helseth, Mads Aarhus, Kent Gøran Moen, Stig Dyrskog, Bo Bergholt, Zandra Olivecrona and Elisabeth Jeppesen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:90
    Content type: Review Published on:

  26. The conduct and benefit of pre-hospital advanced airway management and pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia have been widely debated for many years. In 2011, prehospital advanced airway management was identified...

    Authors: K. Crewdson, M. Rehn and D. Lockey
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:89
    Content type: Review Published on:

  27. The assessment of children in the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) is infrequent representing 5.4% of the patients in an urban area in the western part of Sweden. In Sweden, patients are assessed on scene by an...

    Authors: Carl Magnusson, Johan Herlitz, Thomas Karlsson and Christer Axelsson
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:88
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  28. Until now there has been a reported lack of systematic reports and scientific evaluations of rescue missions during terror attacks. This however is urgently required in order to improve the performance of emer...

    Authors: T Wurmb, N Schorscher, P Justice, S Dietz, R Schua, T Jarausch, U Kinstle, J Greiner, G Möldner, J Müller, M Kraus, S Simon, U Wagenhäuser, J Hemm, N Roewer and M Helm
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:87
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  29. For many years, bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (BCPR) has been considered as a favorable factor to improve survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs). To examine the effect of BCPR on the sur...

    Authors: Jianting Song, Wenxiu Guo, Xiaoguang Lu, Xin Kang, Yi Song and Dianbo Gong
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:86
    Content type: Review Published on:

  30. Awareness during Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) also called CPR induced consciousness (CPRIC) is a rare, but increasingly reported condition with significant clinical implications. Health professionals l...

    Authors: Rune Sarauw Lundsgaard and Kristine Sarauw Lundsgaard
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:85
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  31. Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) are a scarce resource that can provide advanced emergency medical care to unwell or injured patients. Accurate tasking of HEMS is required to incidents where advanc...

    Authors: Scott Munro, Mark Joy, Richard de Coverly, Mark Salmon, Julia Williams and Richard M. Lyon
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:84
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  32. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is preparing a new set of regulations that will cover working and resting periods for crew members engaged in emergency medical services with helicopters (HEMS) and a...

    Authors: Eirik Bjorheim Abrahamsen, Jon Tømmerås Selvik, Anders Nordgaard Dahle, Frank Asche and Håkon Bjorheim Abrahamsen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:83
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  33. We examined the effect of advanced preparation and organisation of equipment and drugs for Pre-hospital Emergency Anaesthesia (PHEA) and tracheal intubation on procedural time, error rates, and cognitive load.

    Authors: Paul Swinton, Alasdair R. Corfield, Chris Moultrie, David Percival, Jeffrey Proctor, Neil Sinclair and Zane B. Perkins
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:82
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  34. Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a potential threat for patient safety. We searched for independent determinants of prolonged ED length of stay (LOS) with the aim to identify factors which can be targ...

    Authors: Daniël van der Veen, Claudia Remeijer, Anne J. Fogteloo, Christian Heringhaus and Bas de Groot
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:81
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  35. The hybrid emergency room (hybrid ER) system was first established in 2011 in Japan. It is defined as an integrated system including an ER, emergency computed tomography (CT) and interventional radiology (IVR)...

    Authors: Hiroaki Watanabe, Yoshihide Shimojo, Eiji Hira, Shunsuke Kuramoto, Tomohiro Muronoi, Kazuyuki Oka and Akihiko Kidani
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:80
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  36. After on-scene examination and /or treatment, emergency medical services (EMS) nurses must decide whether the patient requires further assessment or treatment, most frequently in a hospital. The primary object...

    Authors: Wim Breeman, Nathan A. Poublon, Michael H. J. Verhofstad and Esther M. M. Van Lieshout
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:79
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  37. A thorough handover in the emergency department (ED) is of great importance for improving the quality and safety in the chain of care. The satisfaction of handover may reflect the quality of handover. Research...

    Authors: Gijs Thomas Hovenkamp, Tycho Joan Olgers, Remco Robert Wortel, Milou Esmée Noltes, Bert Dercksen and Jan Cornelis ter Maaten
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:78
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  38. Brain injury can occur after cardiac arrest due to the effects of ischaemia and reperfusion. In serious cases this can lead to permanent disability. This risk must be considered when making decisions about ter...

    Authors: Clare Welbourn and Nikolaos Efstathiou
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:77
    Content type: Review Published on:

  39. Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) as an adjunct lesion in patients with upper extremity trauma has not been investigated in a Central European setting so far, despite of its devastating long-term consequences. Thi...

    Authors: Torge Huckhagel, Jakob Nüchtern, Jan Regelsberger and Rolf Lefering
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:76
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  40. Peripheral measurement of venous oxygen saturation and lactate is a less invasive alternative to monitor tissue oxygenation as compared to measurements from a central venous catheter. However, there is a lack ...

    Authors: Raphaelle Avigael Chemtob and Hasse Møller-Sørensen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:75
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  41. Lightning strikes are rare but potentially lethal. The risk for suffering a lightning strike in a mountain environment is unknown. The aim of this nationwide study was to analyse all lightning accidents in the...

    Authors: Mathias Ströhle, Bernd Wallner, Michael Lanthaler, Simon Rauch, Hermann Brugger and Peter Paal
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:74
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  42. Standardised courses for laypeople in Paediatric Basic Life Support (PBLS) and Foreign Body Airway Obstruction Management (FBAOM) teach essential skills for the initiation of resuscitation by bystanders. Perfo...

    Authors: Asbjørn Hasselager, Doris Østergaard, Tim Kristensen, Claus Sønderskov, Cathrine Bohnstedt, Torsten L. B. Lauritsen, Lars Konge and Martin G. Tolsgaard
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:73
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  43. Despite extensive research on the “weekend effect” i.e., the increased mortality associated with hospital admission during weekend, knowledge about disease severity in previous studies is limited. The aim of t...

    Authors: Iben Duvald, Anders Moellekaer, Mathias A. Boysen and Betina Vest-Hansen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:72
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  44. Prehospital acute care and treatment have become more complex, and while invasive procedures are standard procedures, focus on infection control and prevention is scarce. We aimed to evaluate guideline adheren...

    Authors: Heidi Storm Vikke, Matthias Giebner and Hans Jørn Kolmos
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:71
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  45. Mechanical chest compression devices consistently deliver high-quality chest compressions. Small very low-quality studies suggest mechanical devices may be effective as an alternative to manual chest compressi...

    Authors: Keith Couper, Tom Quinn, Ranjit Lall, Anne Devrell, Barry Orriss, Kate Seers, Joyce Yeung and Gavin D. Perkins
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:70
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  46. Risk stratification of patients in the emergency department can be strengthened using prognostic biomarkers, but the impact on patient prognosis is unknown. The aim of the TRIAGE III trial was to investigate w...

    Authors: Martin Schultz, Line Jee Hartmann Rasmussen, Malene H. Andersen, Jakob S. Stefansson, Alexander C. Falkentoft, Morten Alstrup, Andreas Sandø, Sarah L. K. Holle, Jeppe Meyer, Peter B. S. Törnkvist, Thomas Høi-Hansen, Erik Kjøller, Birgitte Nybo Jensen, Morten Lind, Lisbet Ravn, Thomas Kallemose…
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:69
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  47. Hypoxia and hypotension may be associated with secondary brain injury and negative outcomes in patients with traumatic and non-traumatic intracranial pathology. Guidelines exist only for the prehospital manage...

    Authors: Joachim Juelsgaard, Leif Rognås, Lars Knudsen, Troels Martin Hansen and Mads Rasmussen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:68
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  48. Major Trauma remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Blunt Thoracic Injury (BTI) accounts for > 15% of United Kingdom (UK) trauma admissions and is consistently associated with respirator...

    Authors: Edward Baker, Andreas Xyrichis, Christine Norton, Philip Hopkins and Geraldine Lee
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:67
    Content type: Review Published on:

  49. External factors following trauma and iatrogenic intervention influence blood coagulation and particularly clot formation. In particular, three external factors (in detail dilution via uncritical volume replac...

    Authors: Michael Caspers, Nadine Schäfer, Matthias Fröhlich, Ursula Bauerfeind, Bertil Bouillon, Manuel Mutschler and Marc Maegele
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:66
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  50. Helicopter EMS (HEMS) teams may perform a variety of clinical, managerial and transport functions during major incident management. Despite national and international variations in HEMS systems, the rapid deli...

    Authors: Julian Thompson, Marius Rehn and Stephen J. M. Sollid
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2018 26:65
    Content type: Guideline Published on:

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