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  1. The role of Emergency Medicine Physicians (EMP) in the care of trauma patients in North America has evolved since the advent of the specialty in the late 1980's. The evolution of this role in the context of th...

    Authors: Michael D Grossman
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:37
    Content type: Review Published on:

  15. Authors: Thomas Krusenstjerna-Hafstrøm, Michael Madsen, Mikkel Holm Vendelboe, Niels Jessen, Louise Møller, Niels Møller and Jens Otto Lunde Jørgensen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17(Suppl 2):P3
    Content type: Poster presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 2

  21. Morphologic and biochemical changes occur during red cell storage prior to product expiry, and these changes may hinder erythrocyte viability and function following transfusion. Despite a relatively large body...

    Authors: Marianne J Vandromme, Gerald McGwin Jr and Jordan A Weinberg
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:35
    Content type: Review Published on:

  22. Traumatic injury is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developed countries worldwide. Recent studies suggest that many deaths are preventable if injuries are recognized and treated in an expeditious...

    Authors: Lawrence M Gillman, Chad G Ball, Nova Panebianco, Azzam Al-Kadi and Andrew W Kirkpatrick
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:34
    Content type: Review Published on:

  23. The Bonfils intubation fibrescope is a promising alternative device for securing the airway. We examined the success rate of intubation and the ease of use in standardized simulated difficult airway scenarios ...

    Authors: Tim Piepho, Rüdiger R Noppens, Florian Heid, Christian Werner and Andreas R Thierbach
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:33
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  24. Although disasters and major incidents are difficult to predict, the results can be mitigated through planning, training and coordinated management of available resources. Following a fire in a disco in Gothen...

    Authors: Amir Khorram-Manesh, Annika Hedelin and Per Örtenwall
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:32
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  26. The municipalities are responsible for the emergency primary health care services in Norway. These services include casualty clinics, primary doctors on-call and local emergency medical communication centres (...

    Authors: Erik Zakariassen, Elisabeth Holm Hansen and Steinar Hunskaar
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:30
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  27. Clinicians are often challenged to manage critically ill poison patients. The clinical effects encountered in poisoned patients are dependent on numerous variables, such as the dose, the length of exposure tim...

    Authors: Jennifer S Boyle, Laura K Bechtel and Christopher P Holstege
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:29
    Content type: Review Published on:

  28. Necrotizing fasciitis is a severe soft tissue infection characterized by rapidly progressing necrosis, involving subcutaneous tissues. This rare condition carries high mortality rate and require prompt diagnos...

    Authors: GA Naqvi, SA Malik and W Jan
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:28
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  29. We present a report of a blunt-trauma patient who developed an atypical extrapleural hematoma with hemodynamic instability following a dislocation fracture of the first lumbar vertebra. We successfully treated...

    Authors: Seiji Morita, Tomoatsu Tsuji, Tomokazu Fukushima, Takeshi Yamagiwa, Hiroyuki Otsuka and Sadaki Inokuchi
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:27
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  30. A hospital's capacity and preparedness is one of the important parts of disaster planning. Hospital-related incidents, a new phenomenon in Swedish healthcare, may lead to ambulance diversions, increased waitin...

    Authors: Amir Khorram-Manesh, Annika Hedelin and Per Örtenwall
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:26
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  33. Continuous monitoring of central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) has been proposed as a prognostic indicator in several pathological conditions, including cardiac diseases, sepsis, trauma. To our knowledge, no s...

    Authors: Alessandro Di Filippo, Chiara Gonnelli, Lucia Perretta, Giovanni Zagli, Rosario Spina, Marco Chiostri, Gian Franco Gensini and Adriano Peris
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:23
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  34. To evaluate the feasibility and safety of non-operative management (NOM) of blunt abdominal trauma in a district general hospital with middle volume trauma case load.

    Authors: George A Giannopoulos, Iraklis E Katsoulis, Nikolaos E Tzanakis, Panayotis A Patsaouras and Michalis K Digalakis
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:22
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  35. The challenges of end-of-life care require emergency physicians to utilize a multifaceted and dynamic skill set. Such skills include medical therapies to relieve pain and other symptoms near the end-of-life. P...

    Authors: Eric A Savory and Catherine A Marco
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:21
    Content type: Review Published on:

  36. Necrotizing myositis is a rare and fatal disease of skeletal muscles caused by group A beta hemolytic streptococci (GABHS). Its early detection by advanced imaging forms the basis of current management strateg...

    Authors: Ramanathan Saranga Bharathi, Vinay Sharma, Rohit Sood, Arunava Chakladar, Pragnya Singh and Deep Kumar Raman
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:20
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  37. Penetrating abdominal injuries have been traditionally managed by routine laparotomy. New understanding of trajectories, potential for organ injury, and correlation with advanced radiographic imaging has allow...

    Authors: Muhammad U Butt, Nikolaos Zacharias and George C Velmahos
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:19
    Content type: Review Published on:

  38. A large proportion of patients who suffer from out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outside home are theoretically candidates for public access defibrillation (PAD). We describe the change in characteristics ...

    Authors: Mattias Ringh, Johan Herlitz, Jacob Hollenberg, Mårten Rosenqvist and Leif Svensson
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:18
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  40. First responders are recommended as a supplement to the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in order to achieve early defibrillation. Practical and organisational aspects are essential when trying to implement ne...

    Authors: Christian Bjerre Høyer and Erika Frischknecht Christensen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:16
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  41. Although disaster simulation trainings were widely used to test hospital disaster plans and train medical staff, the teaching performance of the instructors in disaster medicine training has never been evaluat...

    Authors: Masahiro Wakasugi, Heléne Nilsson, Johan Hornwall, Tore Vikström and Anders Rüter
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:15
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  42. Burn injury and its subsequent multisystem effects are commonly encountered by acute care practitioners. Resuscitation is the major component of initial burn care and must be managed to restore and preserve re...

    Authors: David J Dries
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:14
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  43. Diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL) is a highly accurate test for evaluating intraperitoneal hemorrhage or a ruptured hollow viscus, but is performed less frequently today due to the increased use of focused ab...

    Authors: Jill S Whitehouse and John A Weigelt
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:13
    Content type: Review Published on:

  44. The scientific evidence of a beneficial effect of physicians in prehospital treatment is scarce. The objective of this systematic review of controlled studies was to examine whether physicians, as opposed to p...

    Authors: Morten T Bøtker, Skule A Bakke and Erika F Christensen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:12
    Content type: Review Published on:

  45. Illicit cocaine consumption in Spain is one of the highest in Europe. Our objective was to study the incidence of undisclosed cocaine consumption in patients attending in two Spanish Emergency Departments for ...

    Authors: Guillermo Burillo-Putze, Beatriz López, Juan María Borreguero León, Miquel Sánchez Sánchez, Martin García González, Alberto Domínguez Rodriguez, Eva Vallbona Afonso, Alejandro Jiménez Sosa and Oscar Mirò
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:11
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  46. "Intra-abdominal hypertension", the presence of elevated intra-abdominal pressure, and "abdominal compartment syndrome", the development of pressure-induced organ-dysfunction and failure, have been increasingl...

    Authors: Michael L Cheatham
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17:10
    Content type: Review Published on:

  50. Authors: Thomas C König, Timothy Morris, Christine Gaarder, Marc Maegele, Carel Goslings, Shuba Allard, Mitchell Cohen, Jean Francois Pittet, Pär Johansson, Simon Stanworth and Karim Brohi
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17(Suppl 1):O1
    Content type: Oral presentation Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

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