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  1. The present study evaluates whether the quality of advanced cardiac life support (ALS) is improved with an interactive prototype assist device. This device consists of an automated external defibrillator linke...

    Authors: Rainer Nitzschke, Christoph Doehn, Jan F. Kersten, Julian Blanz, Tobias J. Kalwa, Norman A. Scotti and Jens C. Kubitz
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:36
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  2. Discussions on ethical aspects of life-and-death decisions within the hospital are often made in plenary. The prehospital physician, however, may be faced with ethical dilemmas in life-and-death decisions when...

    Authors: Søren Mikkelsen, Caroline Schaffalitzky de Muckadell, Lars Grassmé Binderup, Hans Morten Lossius, Palle Toft and Annmarie Touborg Lassen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:35
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  3. The return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after cardiac arrest (RACA) score may have implications as a quality indicator for the emergency medical services (EMS) system. We aimed to validate this score exte...

    Authors: Petteri Kupari, Markus Skrifvars and Markku Kuisma
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:34
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  4. Trauma resuscitation has undergone a paradigm shift with new emphasis on the early use of blood products and increased proportions of plasma and platelets. However, it is unclear how this strategy is applied o...

    Authors: Brett Mador, Bartolomeu Nascimento, Simon Hollands and Sandro Rizoli
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:33
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  5. The chain of trauma survival is a concept that originated in the area of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and was adapted to the treatment of trauma. In out-of-hospital cardiac arrest research into bystan...

    Authors: Håkon Kvåle Bakke and Torben Wisborg
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:32
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  6. Authors: Osama Bin Abdullah, Johannes Grand, Astha Sijapati, Petrine Nimskov, Finn Erland Nielsen, Jens Christian Schmidt, Noel Pérez, Tanja Kirkegaard, Marianne Fløjstrup, Mikkel Brabrand, Mathias Galthen-Sørensen, Rasa Ramoskiene, Arman Arshad, Annmarie Lassen, Lars Stubbe Teglbjærg, O. Andersen…
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25(Suppl 2):29
    Content type: Meeting abstracts Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 25 Supplement 2

  7. Targeted temperature management in cardiac arrest was introduced following evidence of increased survival from two controlled trials published in 2002. We wanted to investigate whether the introduction of targ...

    Authors: Eirik A. Buanes, Karl O. Hufthammer, Jørund Langørgen, Anne-Berit Guttormsen and Jon-Kenneth Heltne
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:31
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  8. Fibrinogen and prothrombin have been suggested to become rate limiting in trauma associated coagulopathy. Administration of fibrinogen is now recommended, however, the importance of prothrombin to patient outc...

    Authors: Clare A. Balendran, Ann Lövgren, Kenny M. Hansson, Karin Nelander, Marita Olsson, Karin J. Johansson, Karim Brohi, Dietmar Fries and Anders Berggren
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:30
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  9. Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a devastating soft tissue infection associated with potentially poor outcomes. The Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis (LRINEC) score has been introduced as a diag...

    Authors: Ayman El-Menyar, Mohammad Asim, Insolvisagan N. Mudali, Ahammed Mekkodathil, Rifat Latifi and Hassan Al-Thani
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:28
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  10. Emergency medical communication centres (EMCCs) dispatch and allocate ambulance resources, and provide first-aid guidance to on-scene bystanders. We aimed to 1) evaluate whether dispatcher guidance improved by...

    Authors: Håkon Kvåle Bakke, Tine Steinvik, Håkon Ruud and Torben Wisborg
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:27
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  11. Although the recreational use of psychoactive substances is common there is only limited systematic collection of data on acute drug toxicity or hospital presentations. Currently, data from Switzerland are onl...

    Authors: Evangelia Liakoni, Sabine Müller, Adrian Stoller, Meret Ricklin, Matthias E. Liechti and Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:26
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  12. Fluid therapy is a common and crucial treatment in the emergency department (ED). While fluid responsiveness seems to be a promising method to titrate fluid therapy, the evidence for its value in ED is unclear...

    Authors: Mohammed H. Elwan, Ashraf Roshdy, Eman M. Elsharkawy, Salah M. Eltahan and Timothy J. Coats
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:25
    Content type: Review Published on:

  13. Prehospital intravenous access provides the opportunity to sample blood from an emergency patient at the earliest possible moment in the course of acute illness and in a state prior to therapeutic intervention...

    Authors: Johannes Prottengeier, Nicola Jess, Frank Harig, Christine Gall, Joachim Schmidt and Torsten Birkholz
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:24
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  14. Current sepsis screening tools rely on vital parameters which are, however, normal in one third of patients with serious infections. Therefore, there is a need to include other variables than vital parameters ...

    Authors: Ulrika Margareta Wallgren, Katarina Eva Margareta Bohm and Lisa Kurland
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:23
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  15. Pre-hospital emergency care requires proper categorization of emergency calls and assessment of emergency priority levels by the medical dispatchers. We investigated predictors for emergency call categorizatio...

    Authors: Thea Palsgaard Møller, Thora Majlund Kjærulff, Søren Viereck, Doris Østergaard, Fredrik Folke, Annette Kjær Ersbøll and Freddy K. Lippert
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:22
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  16. Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is associated with higher mortality in the acute phase than other stroke types. There is a particular risk of early and devastating re-bleeding. Patients therefore need urgent ass...

    Authors: Maren Ranhoff Hov, Annette Ryen, Katrine Finsnes, Janne Storflor, Thomas Lindner, Jostein Gleditsch and Christian Georg Lund
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:21
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  17. As many as half of all patients with major traumatic injuries do not receive the recommended care, with variance in preventable mortality reported across the globe. This variance highlights the need for a comp...

    Authors: Kate Curtis, Rebecca Mitchell, Amy McCarthy, Kellie Wilson, Connie Van, Belinda Kennedy, Gary Tall, Andrew Holland, Kim Foster, Stuart Dickinson and Henry T. Stelfox
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:20
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  18. Traumatic rib fractures can cause chest complications that need further treatment and hospitalization. We hypothesized that an increase in the number of displaced rib fractures will be accompanied by an increa...

    Authors: Chih-Ying Chien, Yu-Hsien Chen, Shih-Tsung Han, Gerald N. Blaney, Ting-Shuo Huang and Kuan-Fu Chen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:19
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  19. Transportation by helicopter may reduce time to hospital admission and improve outcome. We aimed to investigate the effect of transport mode on mortality, disability, and labour market affiliation in patients ...

    Authors: Kamilia S. Funder, Lars S. Rasmussen, Nicolai Lohse, Rasmus Hesselfeldt, Volkert Siersma, Jesper Gyllenborg, Sandra Wulffeld, Ole M. Hendriksen, Freddy K. Lippert and Jacob Steinmetz
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:18
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  20. Authors: Alexander White, Han Xian Ng, Wai Yee Ng, Eileen Kai Xin Ng, Stephanie Fook-Chong, Phek Hui Jade Kua, Marcus Eng Hock Ong, Alvilda Thougaard Steensberg, Lars Bredevang Andersen, Mette Mølby Eriksen, Ole Mazur Hendriksen, Thomas Thougaard, Andreas Claesson, J. Lennartsson, L. Svensson, M. Ringh…
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25(Suppl 1):16
    Content type: Meeting abstracts Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 25 Supplement 1

  21. Although differences of opinion and controversies may arise, lessons learned from military conflicts often translate into improvements in triage, resuscitation strategies, and surgical technique. Our fully int...

    Authors: Jeffry L. Kashuk, Kobi Peleg, Elon Glassberg, Adi Givon, Irina Radomislensky and Yoram Kluger
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:17
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  22. Severe accidental hypothermia can cause circulatory disturbances ranging from cardiac arrhythmias through circulatory shock to cardiac arrest. Severity of shock, pulmonary hypoperfusion and ventilation-perfusi...

    Authors: Tomasz Darocha, Sylweriusz Kosiński, Anna Jarosz, Paweł Podsiadło, Mirosław Ziętkiewicz, Tomasz Sanak, Robert Gałązkowski, Jacek Piątek, Janusz Konstanty-Kalandyk and Rafał Drwiła
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:15
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  23. There is increasing interest for quality measurement in health care services; pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS) included. However, attempts of measuring the quality of physician-staffed EMS (P-EMS)...

    Authors: Helge Haugland, Marius Rehn, Pål Klepstad and Andreas Krüger
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:14
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  24. The Emergency Department (ED) is prone to diagnostic error. Most frequent diagnostic errors involved “minor” trauma. Our goal was to determine how frequently a missed diagnosis was detected during follow up an...

    Authors: Pieter-Jan Moonen, Luc Mercelina, Willem Boer and Tom Fret
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:13
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  25. Early transfusion of packed red blood cells (PRBC) has been associated with improved survival in patients with haemorrhagic shock. This study aims to describe the characteristics of patients receiving pre-hosp...

    Authors: Richard M. Lyon, Eleanor de Sausmarez, Emily McWhirter, Gary Wareham, Magnus Nelson, Ashley Matthies, Anthony Hudson, Leigh Curtis and Malcolm Q. Russell
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:12
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  26. Few studies have addressed risk factors for acute kidney injury (AKI) in geriatric patients. We investigated whether thrombocytopenia was a risk factor for AKI in geriatric patients with medical illnesses.

    Authors: Chia-Ter Chao, Hung-Bin Tsai, Chih-Kang Chiang and Jenq-Wen Huang
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:11
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  27. Major trauma is associated with chest injuries in nearly 50% of multiple injuries. Thoracic trauma is a relevant source of comorbidity throughout the period of multiply-injured patient care and may require swi...

    Authors: J. Bayer, R. Lefering, S. Reinhardt, J. Kühle, N. P. Südkamp and T. Hammer
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:10
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  28. The medical dispatcher plays an essential role as part of the first link in the Chain of Survival, by recognising the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) during the emergency call, dispatching the appropriat...

    Authors: Søren Viereck, Thea Palsgaard Møller, Josephine Philip Rothman, Fredrik Folke and Freddy Knudsen Lippert
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:9
    Content type: Review Published on:

  29. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between the deeper and faster chest compressions suggested by the 2010 cardiopulmonary resuscitation guidelines and complications arising from chest c...

    Authors: Jin Ho Beom, Je Sung You, Min Joung Kim, Min Kyung Seung, Yoo Seok Park, Hyun Soo Chung, Sung Phil Chung and Incheol Park
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:8
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  31. A sudden shortage of physician resources due to overwhelming patient needs can affect the quality of care in the emergency department (ED). Developing effective response strategies remains a challenging resear...

    Authors: Kumiko Tanaka, Taka-aki Nakada, Hiroshi Fukuma, Shota Nakao, Naohisa Masunaga, Keisuke Tomita, Yosuke Matsumura, Yasuaki Mizushima and Tetsuya Matsuoka
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:6
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  32. Patients with proximal femoral neck fracture have a high short-term mortality, a high risk of postoperative complications, and impaired quality of life. One of the challenges related to the prehospital treatme...

    Authors: Kristian D. Friesgaard, Erika F. Christensen, Hans Kirkegaard, Mette D. Bendtsen, Flemming B. Jensen and Lone Nikolajsen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:5
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  33. Bee and wasp stings are among the most common triggers of anaphylaxis in adults representing around 20% of fatal anaphylaxis from any cause. Data of pre-hospital treatment of bee and wasp induced anaphylactic ...

    Authors: Athamaica Ruiz Oropeza, Søren Mikkelsen, Carsten Bindslev-Jensen and Charlotte G. Mortz
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:4
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  34. We respond to the Lorton et al. article on external validation of the PECARN study. With an event rate of only 0.6%, we believe that their study failed to confirm the safety of this rule. Such a low number of ...

    Authors: Yonathan Freund and Anne-Laure Philippon
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:3
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  35. The traditional prehospital management of trauma victims with potential spinal injury has become increasingly questioned as authors and clinicians have raised concerns about over-triage and harm. In order to a...

    Authors: Daniel K Kornhall, Jørgen Joakim Jørgensen, Tor Brommeland, Per Kristian Hyldmo, Helge Asbjørnsen, Thomas Dolven, Thomas Hansen and Elisabeth Jeppesen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:2
    Content type: Review Published on:

  36. Focussed Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) is a bedside ultrasonography technique used to detect free intraperitoneal fluid in patients presenting with blunt abdominal trauma (BAT) in the emergency ...

    Authors: D. Dammers, M. El Moumni, I.I. Hoogland, N. Veeger and E. ter Avest
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2017 25:1
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  38. A new classification of hypovolemic shock based on the shock index (SI) was proposed in 2013. This classification contains four classes of shock and shows good correlation with acidosis, blood product need and...

    Authors: Matthias Fröhlich, Arne Driessen, Andreas Böhmer, Ulrike Nienaber, Alhadi Igressa, Christian Probst, Bertil Bouillon, Marc Maegele and Manuel Mutschler
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2016 24:148
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  39. Cushing’s reflex usually results from intracranial hypertension. Although Cushing’s sign can implicate severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in injured patients, no major investigations have been made. The purpo...

    Authors: Tetsuya Yumoto, Toshiharu Mitsuhashi, Yasuaki Yamakawa, Atsuyoshi Iida, Nobuyuki Nosaka, Kohei Tsukahara, Hiromichi Naito and Atsunori Nakao
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2016 24:147
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  40. Osseous healing of distal lower leg fractures can be prolonged and is often associated with wound healing problems because of the marginal soft - tissue and vascular supply in this area. Postoperative complica...

    Authors: Mirjam V. Neumann, Peter C. Strohm, Kilian Reising, Joern Zwingmann, Thorsten O. Hammer and Norbert P. Suedkamp
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2016 24:146
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  41. The early use of blood products has been associated with improved patient outcomes following severe hemorrhage or traumatic injury. We aimed to investigate the influence of pre-hospital blood products (i.e. pl...

    Authors: Hanne H. Henriksen, Elaheh Rahbar, Lisa A. Baer, John B. Holcomb, Bryan A. Cotton, Jacob Steinmetz, Sisse R. Ostrowski, Jakob Stensballe, Pär I. Johansson and Charles E. Wade
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2016 24:145
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  42. Only a small number of patients survive out-of-hospital-cardiac-arrest (OHCA). The duration of CPR varies considerably and transportation of patients under CPR is often unsuccessful. Termination-of-resuscitati...

    Authors: Victoria Maria Rotering, Sonja Trepels-Kottek, Konrad Heimann, Jörg-Christian Brokmann, Thorsten Orlikowsky and Mark Schoberer
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2016 24:144
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  43. Rewarming from accidental hypothermia is often complicated by hypothermia-induced cardiac dysfunction, calling for immediate pharmacologic intervention. Studies show that although cardiac pharmacologic support...

    Authors: Erik Sveberg Dietrichs, Georg Sager and Torkjel Tveita
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2016 24:143
    Content type: Review Published on:

  44. In Finland, calls for emergency medical services are prioritized by educated non-medical personnel into four categories—from A (highest risk) to D (lowest risk)—following a criteria-based national dispatch pro...

    Authors: Marko Hoikka, Sami Länkimäki, Tom Silfvast and Tero I. Ala-Kokko
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2016 24:142
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  45. The head warming in hypothermic victims is an alternative way of heat donation, which does not inhibit shivering and does not impede the access to the patient’s chest. It seems to be a safe method in mild hypo...

    Authors: Paweł Podsiadło, Tomasz Darocha and Sylweriusz Kosiński
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2016 24:141
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  46. Because of a lack of randomized controlled trials and the methodological weakness of currently available observational studies, the benefits of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) over ground emergenc...

    Authors: Asuka Tsuchiya, Yusuke Tsutsumi and Hideo Yasunaga
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2016 24:140
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  47. Although nonoperative management (NOM) has become standard care, optimal treatment of liver injuries in children is still challenging since many of these patients have multiple injuries. Moreover, the role of ...

    Authors: Tomohide Koyama, Jorunn Skattum, Peder Engelsen, Torsten Eken, Christine Gaarder and Pål Aksel Naess
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2016 24:139
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  48. The TTH48 trial aims to determine whether prolonged duration (48 hours) of targeted temperature management (TTM) at 33 (±1) °C results in better neurological outcomes compared to standard duration (24 hours) a...

    Authors: Hans Kirkegaard, Asger Roer Pedersen, Ville Pettilä, Jakob Hjort, Bodil Steen Rasmussen, Inge de Haas, Jørgen Feldbæk Nielsen, Susanne Ilkjær, Anne Kaltoft, Anni Nørgaard Jeppesen, Anders Morten Grejs, Christophe Henri Valdemar Duez, Alf Inge Larsen, Valdo Toome, Urmet Arus, Fabio Silvio Taccone…
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2016 24:138
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  49. The aim of this study was to evaluate the current state of two publication practices, reporting guidelines requirements and clinical trial registration requirements, by analyzing the “Instructions for Authors”...

    Authors: Matthew T. Sims, Nolan M. Henning, C. Cole Wayant and Matt Vassar
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2016 24:137
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  50. The causes of post-traumatic acute kidney injury (AKI) are multifactorial, and shock associated with major trauma has been proposed to result in inadequate renal perfusion and subsequent AKI in trauma patients...

    Authors: Wei-Hung Lai, Cheng-Shyuan Rau, Shao-Chun Wu, Yi-Chun Chen, Pao-Jen Kuo, Shiun-Yuan Hsu, Ching-Hua Hsieh and Hsiao-Yun Hsieh
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2016 24:136
    Content type: Original research Published on:

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