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Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:68
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Relationship between admission coagulopathy and prognosis in children with traumatic brain injury: a retrospective study
Coagulopathy in adult patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) is strongly associated with unfavorable outcomes. However, few reports focus on pediatric TBI-associated coagulopathy.
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:67 -
Randomised controlled trials in pre-hospital trauma: a systematic mapping review
Trauma is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide with about 5.8 million deaths globally and the leading cause of death in those aged 45 and younger. The pre-hospital phase of traumatic injury is ...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:65 -
Rapid sequence induction: where did the consensus go?
Rapid Sequence Induction (RSI) was introduced to minimise the risk of aspiration of gastric contents during emergency tracheal intubation. It consisted of induction with the use of thiopentone and suxamethoniu...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:64 -
Defining major trauma: a Delphi study
Retrospective trauma scores are often used to categorise trauma, however, they have little utility in the prehospital or hyper-acute setting and do not define major trauma to non-specialists. This study employ...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:63 -
Helicopter emergency medical service dispatch in older trauma: time to reconsider the trigger?
Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) respond to serious trauma and medical emergencies. Geographical disparity and the regionalisation of trauma systems can complicate accurate HEMS dispatch. We sought...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:62 -
Severe traumatic brain injury and hypotension is a frequent and lethal combination in multiple trauma patients in mountain areas – an analysis of the prospective international Alpine Trauma Registry
Hypotension is associated with worse outcome in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and maintaining a systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥110 mmHg is recommended. The aim of this study was to assess the inci...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:61 -
Point-of-care ultrasound of the heart and lungs in patients with respiratory failure: a pragmatic randomized controlled multicenter trial
Point-of-care ultrasound is a focus oriented tool for differentiating among cardiopulmonary diseases. Its value in the hands of emergency physicians, with various ultrasound experience, remains uncertain. We t...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:60 -
Which symptoms pose the highest risk in patients calling for an ambulance? A population-based cohort study from Denmark
Emergency medical service patients are a vulnerable population and the risk of mortality is considerable. In Denmark, healthcare professionals receive 112-emergency calls and assess the main reason for calling...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:59 -
Out-of-hospital resuscitation of a 3 month old boy presenting with recurrent ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest: a case report
A 3 month old boy, with no known health conditions, suffered a sudden collapse at home. On first EMS arrival, ventricular fibrillation (VF) cardiac arrest was identified and resuscitation following UK national...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:58 -
Normalization of blood clotting characteristics using prothrombin complex concentrate, fibrinogen and FXIII in an albumin based fluid: experimental studies in thromboelastometry
Colloid fluids supplemented with adequate combinations of coagulation factor concentrates with the capability to restore coagulation could be a desirable future treatment component in massive transfusion.
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:57 -
Falls in ED patients: do elderly patients on direct oral anticoagulants bleed less than those on vitamin K antagonists?
Falls from standing are common in the elderly and are associated with a significant risk of bleeding. We have compared the proportional incidence of bleeding complications in patients on either direct oral ant...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:56 -
Trends in reasons for emergency calls during the COVID-19 crisis in the department of Gironde, France using artificial neural network for natural language classification
During periods such as the COVID-19 crisis, there is a need for responsive public health surveillance indicators in order to monitor both the epidemic growth and potential public health consequences of prevent...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:55 -
Feasibility and accuracy of ED frailty identification in older trauma patients: a prospective multi-centre study
The burden of frailty on older people is identifiable by its adverse effect on mortality, morbidity and long term functional and health outcomes. In patients suffering from a traumatic injury there is increasi...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:54 -
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training strategies in the times of COVID-19: a systematic literature review comparing different training methodologies
Traditional, instructor led, in-person training of CPR skills has become more challenging due to COVID-19 pandemic. We compared the learning outcomes of standard in-person CPR training (ST) with alternative me...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:53 -
Learning about stress from building, drilling and flying: a scoping review on team performance and stress in non-medical fields
Teamwork is essential in healthcare, but team performance tends to deteriorate in stressful situations. Further development of training and education for healthcare teams requires a more complete understanding...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:52 -
Impact of the SARS-COV-2 outbreak on epidemiology and management of major traumain France: a registry-based study (the COVITRAUMA study)
Emerging evidence suggests that the reallocation of health care resources during the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacts health care system. This study describes the epidemiology and the outcome of major trau...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:51 -
Introducing fairness in Norwegian air ambulance base location planning
A primary task of the Norwegian helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) is to provide advanced medical care to the critical ill and injured outside of hospitals. Where HEMS bases are located, directly inf...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:50 -
Analysis of tracheal intubation in out-of-hospital helicopter emergency medicine recorded by video laryngoscopy
Tracheal intubation remains the gold standard of airway management in emergency medicine and maximizing safety, intubation success, and especially first-pass intubation success (FPS) in these situations is imp...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:49 -
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for severe chloroquine intoxication in a child – a case report
Chloroquine use has increased worldwide recently in the setting of experimental treatment for the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Nevertheless, in case of chloroquine intoxication, it can be life threate...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:48 -
Cerebral fat embolism after traumatic bone fractures: a structured literature review and analysis of published case reports
The incidence of cerebral fat embolism (CFE) ranges from 0.9–11%, with a mean mortality rate of around 10%. Although no univocal explanation has been identified for the resulting fat embolism syndrome (FES), t...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:47 -
Vacuum mattress or long spine board: which method of spinal stabilisation in trauma patients is more time consuming? A simulation study
Spinal stabilisation is recommended for prehospital trauma treatment. In Germany, vacuum mattresses are traditionally used for spinal stabilisation, whereas in anglo-american countries, long spine boards are p...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:46 -
Medical dispatchers’ perception of the interaction with the caller during emergency calls - a qualitative study
Medical dispatching is a highly complex procedure and has an impact upon patient outcome. It includes call-taking and triage, prioritization of resources and the provision of guidance and instructions to calle...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:45 -
Intraosseous versus intravenous vascular access during cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
This study is aimed to investigate the association of intraosseous (IO) versus intravenous (IV) route during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:44 -
Geriatric screening, fall characteristics and 3- and 12 months adverse outcomes in older patients visiting the emergency department with a fall
Falls in older Emergency Department (ED) patients may indicate underlying frailty. Geriatric follow-up might help improve outcomes in addition to managing the direct cause and consequence of the fall. We aimed...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:43 -
Monitoring tissue oxygenation index using near‐infrared spectroscopy during pre‐hospital resuscitation among out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest patients: a pilot study
Tissue oxygenation index (TOI) using the near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been demonstrated as a useful indicator to predict return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) among out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:42 -
Helicopter transport of critical care COVID-19 patients in the Netherlands: protection against COVID-19 exposure-a challenge to critical care retrieval personnel in a novel operation
During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in the Netherlands, the demand for intensive care beds exceeded availability within days. Initially, patients were redistributed regionally by ground tra...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:41 -
Quality of focused thoracic ultrasound performed by emergency medical technicians and paramedics in a prehospital setting: a feasibility study
In a prehospital setting, the severity of respiratory symptoms in patients calling for an ambulance differ. The initial evaluation, diagnosing, and thereby management can be challenging because respiratory sym...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:40 -
Differences between manual CPR and corpuls cpr in regard to quality and outcome: study protocol of the comparing observational multi‐center prospective registry study on resuscitation (COMPRESS)
The effect of mechanical CPR is diversely described in the literature. Different mechanical CPR devices are available. The corpuls cpr is a new generation of piston-driven devices and was launched in 2015. The...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:39 -
Plasmatic and cell-based enhancement by microparticles originated from platelets and endothelial cells under simulated in vitro conditions of a dilutional coagulopathy
Aggressive fluid management and other external factors may lead to hypothermia, acidosis and hemodilution (defined as Lethal Triad, LT) contributing to a trauma-induced coagulopathy (TIC) that worsens patients...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:38 -
Echocardiographic parameters during prolonged targeted temperature Management in out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Survivors to predict neurological outcome – a post-hoc analysis of the TTH48 trial
Transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) indices of myocardial function among survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) have been related to neurological outcome; however, results are inconsistent. We hy...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:37 -
Nasal nalbuphine analgesia in prehospital trauma managed by first-responder personnel on ski slopes in Switzerland: an observational cohort study
Pain is one of the major symptoms complained about by patients in the prehospital setting, especially in the case of trauma. When there is mountainous topography, as in Switzerland, there may be a time delay b...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:36 -
Is venous blood a more reliable description of acid-base state following simulated hypo- and hyperventilation?
ABGs are performed in acute conditions as the reference method for assessing the acid-base status of blood. Hyperventilation and breath-holding are common ventilatory changes that occur around the time of samp...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:35 -
Correction to: Mechanical ventilation of patients in helicopter emergency medical service transport: an international survey
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:34 -
A common definition should be used in future studies of NSC
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:33 -
A pre-hospital risk score predicts critical illness in non-trauma patients transported by ambulance to a Dutch tertiary referral hospital
Early pre-hospital identification of critically ill patients reduces morbidity and mortality. To identify critically ill non-traumatic and non-cardiac arrest patients, a pre-hospital risk stratification tool w...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:32 -
Emergency physician’s dispatch by a paramedic-staffed emergency medical communication centre: sensitivity, specificity and search for a reference standard
Some emergency medical systems (EMS) use a dispatch centre where nurses or paramedics assess emergency calls and dispatch ambulances. Paramedics may also provide the first tier of care “in the field”, with the...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:31 -
Effects of COVID-19 on in-hospital cardiac arrest: incidence, causes, and outcome – a retrospective cohort study
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), an emerging virus, has caused a global pandemic. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, has led to high hospitalization rates w...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:30 -
Smartphone-based dispatch of community first responders to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - statements from an international consensus conference
Over the past decade Smartphone-based activation (SBA) of Community First Responders (CFR) to out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) has gained much attention and popularity throughout Europe. Various programm...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:29 -
Analgesia in adult trauma patients in physician-staffed Austrian helicopter rescue: a 12-year registry analysis
Sufficient analgesia is an obligation, but oligoanalgesia (NRS> 3) is frequently observed prehospitally. Potent analgesics may cause severe adverse events. Thus, analgesia in the helicopter emergency medical s...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:28 -
Virtual reality as a teaching method for resuscitation training in undergraduate first year medical students: a randomized controlled trial
Virtual reality is an innovative technology for medical education associated with high empirical realism.
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:27 -
The impact of age and receipt antihypertensives to systolic blood pressure and shock index at injury scene and in the emergency department to predict massive transfusion in trauma patients
Systolic blood pressure (SBP) and shock index (SI) are accurate indicators of hemodynamic instability and the need for transfusion in trauma patients. We aimed to determine whether the utility and cutoff point...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:26 -
Consensus on research priorities for Essex & Herts Air Ambulance: a Delphi study
Consensus methods such as the Delphi technique have been used widely for research priority setting in health care. Within pre-hospital emergency medicine, such approaches have helped to establish national and ...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:25 -
Association between the body mass index and outcomes of patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a prospective multicentre registry study
The effects of the body mass index (BMI) on outcomes of patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest are controversial. Therefore, the current study investigated the association between the BMI and the favourable...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:24 -
Early hemodynamic assessment using NICOM in patients at risk of developing Sepsis immediately after emergency department triage
One factor leading to the high mortality rate seen in sepsis is the subtle, dynamic nature of the disease, which can lead to delayed detection and under-resuscitation. This study investigated whether serial he...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:23 -
Early posttraumatic stress symptoms and levels of distress in trauma patients treated in the resuscitation room: an exploratory study
The aim of the present study was to investigate the incidence of psychological distress and posttraumatic stress symptoms in trauma patients who have been recruited from the resuscitation room. Further, we wan...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:22 -
Patient handover between ambulance crew and healthcare professionals in Icelandic emergency departments: a qualitative study
Ambulance services play an important role in the healthcare system when it comes to handling accidents or acute illnesses outside of hospitals. At the time of patient handover from emergency medical technician...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:21 -
Conducting a conventional multi-casualty incident in COVID-19 personal protective equipment - a semi-structured interview
The risk of COVID-19 transmission to healthcare professionals is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. The wearing of personal protective equipment (PPE) presents a number of potential challenges to r...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:20 -
External validation of multimodal termination of resuscitation rules for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients in the COVID-19 era
Futile resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients in the coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 era can lead to risk of disease transmission and unnecessary transport. Various existing basic or a...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:19 -
A validity study of the rapid emergency Triage and treatment system for children
The Scandinavian Rapid Emergency Triage and Treatment System-pediatric (RETTS-p) is a reliable triage system that includes both assessment of vital parameters and a systematic approach to history and symptoms....
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2021 29:18
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