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Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22(Suppl 1):A7
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Prehospital administered fascia iliaca compartment block by emergency medical service nurses, a feasibility study
Patients with a proximal femur fracture are often difficult to evacuate from the accident scene. Prehospital pain management for this vulnerable group of patients may be challenging. Multiple co-morbidities, p...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:38 -
Evaluation of clinical efficacy and safety of cervical trauma collars: differences in immobilization, effect on jugular venous pressure and patient comfort
Concern has been raised that cervical collars may increase intracranial pressure in traumatic brain injury. The purpose of this study was to compare four types of cervical collars regarding efficacy of immobil...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:37 -
Regional intensive care transports: a prospective analysis of distance, time and cost for road, helicopter and fixed-wing ambulances
There are three different types of ambulance systems, all of which can manage the same secondary intensive care patient transport mission: road ambulance, rotor-wing ambulance, and fixed-wing ambulance. We hyp...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:36 -
Mobile videoconferencing for enhanced emergency medical communication - a shot in the dark or a walk in the park? ‒‒ A simulation study
Videoconferencing on mobile phones may enhance communication, but knowledge on its quality in various situations is needed before it can be used in medical emergencies. Mobile phones automatically activate lou...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:35 -
Quality improvement in pre-hospital critical care: increased value through research and publication
Pre-hospital critical care is considered to be a complex intervention with a weak evidence base. In quality improvement literature, the value equation has been used to depict the inevitable relationship betwee...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:34 -
Full-text publication of abstracts in emergency medicine in Denmark
Abstracts presented at medical conferences or scientific meetings should ideally be published as full-text articles in peer-reviewed journals after initial presentation and feedback regardless of the findings....
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:33 -
The impact of parental accompaniment in paediatric trauma: a helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) perspective
Major trauma remains a significant cause of mortality and morbidity in young people and adolescents throughout the western world. Both the physical and psychological consequences of trauma are well documented ...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:32 -
Effectiveness of a simplified cardiopulmonary resuscitation training program for the non-medical staff of a university hospital
The 2010 Consensus on Science and Treatment Recommendations Statement recommended that short video/computer self-instruction courses, with minimal or no instructor coaching, combined with hands-on practice can...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:31 -
Ultra-acute increase in blood glucose during prehospital phase is associated with worse short-term and long-term survival in ST-elevation myocardial infarction
The current study was to investigate the blood glucose changes in ultra-acute phase in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and its associations with patient outcome.
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:30 -
Systematic training in focused cardiopulmonary ultrasound affects decision-making in the prehospital setting – two case reports
We present two cases from the Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) in Denmark, in which prehospital physicians trained in cardiac ultrasound (FATE) disclosed significant pathology that induced a radica...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:29 -
The impact of severe traumatic brain injury on a novel base deficit- based classification of hypovolemic shock
Recently, our group has proposed a new classification of hypovolemic shock based on the physiological shock marker base deficit (BD). The classification consists of four groups of worsening BD and correlates w...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:28 -
Symptoms and signs in interpreting Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) intoxication - an explorative study
Acute poisoning with gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) has been a serious medical and social problem in different parts of the world including Sweden. GHB is a drug of abuse which acts primarily as central nervous s...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:27 -
Screening and management of major bile leak after blunt liver trauma: a retrospective single center study
Major bile leak after blunt liver trauma is rare but challenging. It usually requires endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) for management. However, there is still lack of specific indications. The aim o...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:26 -
A framework for implementation, education, research and clinical use of ultrasound in emergency departments by the Danish Society for Emergency Medicine
The first Danish Society for Emergency Medicine (DASEM) recommendations for the use of clinical ultrasound in emergency departments has been made. The recommendations describes what DASEM believes as being cur...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:25 -
Basic life support knowledge, self-reported skills and fears in Danish high school students and effect of a single 45-min training session run by junior doctors; a prospective cohort study
Early recognition and immediate bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation are critical determinants of survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Our aim was to evaluate current knowledge on basic lif...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:24 -
Acute bronchiolitis in infants, a review
Acute viral bronchiolitis is one of the most common medical emergency situations in infancy, and physicians caring for acutely ill children will regularly be faced with this condition. In this article we prese...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:23 -
Mapping the use of simulation in prehospital care – a literature review
High energy trauma is rare and, as a result, training of prehospital care providers often takes place during the real situation, with the patient as the object for the learning process. Such training could ins...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:22 -
The role of cell-free DNA measured by a fluorescent test in the management of isolated traumatic head injuries
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability. In this study a new method to measure cell free DNA (CFD) for the management of TBI is tested. Our hypothesis was that CFD concentrations ...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:21 -
Has increased nursing competence in the ambulance services impacted on pre-hospital assessment and interventions in severe traumatic brain-injured patients?
Trauma is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in modern society, and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are the single leading cause of mortality among young adults. Pre-hospital acute care ma...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:20 -
Screening, detection and management of delirium in the emergency department – a pilot study on the feasibility of a new algorithm for use in older emergency department patients: the modified Confusion Assessment Method for the Emergency Department (mCAM-ED)
Delirium in emergency department (ED) patients occurs frequently and often remains unrecognized. Most instruments for delirium detection are complex and therefore unfeasible for the ED. The aims of this pilot ...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:19 -
Clinical review is essential to evaluate 30-day mortality after trauma
Securing high-quality mortality statistics requires systematic evaluation of all trauma deaths. We examined the proportion of trauma patients dying within 30 days from causes not related to the injury and the ...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:18 -
Reviewer acknowledgement
The Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine—which received its first Impact Factor in 2013—is extremely grateful for the time, hard work and support of its highly-qualified peer revie...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:4 -
Brief hospitalizations of elderly patients: a retrospective, observational study
Crowded departments are a common problem in Danish hospitals, especially in departments of internal medicine, where a large proportion of the patients are elderly. We therefore chose to investigate the number ...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:17 -
Interleukin-6 as inflammatory marker referring to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in severely injured children
Despite the suggestion that the inflammatory response in traumatized children is functionally unique, prognostic markers predicting pediatric multiple organ failure are lacking. We intended to verify whether I...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:16 -
Dose reduction in whole-body computed tomography of multiple injuries (DoReMI): protocol for a prospective cohort study
Single-pass, contrast-enhanced whole body multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) emerged as the diagnostic standard for evaluating patients with major trauma. Modern iterative image algorithms showed high im...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:15 -
Red blood cell transfusion in septic shock - clinical characteristics and outcome of unselected patients in a prospective, multicentre cohort
Treating anaemia with red blood cell (RBC) transfusion is frequent, but controversial, in patients with septic shock. Therefore we assessed characteristics and outcome associated with RBC transfusion in this g...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:14 -
Availability of treatment resources for the management of acute toxic exposures and poisonings in emergency departments among various types of hospitals in Palestine: a cross-sectional study
Poisoning exposures continue to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The lack of facilities, treatment resources, and antidotes in hospitals may affect the treatments provided and outco...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:13 -
Venoarterial extracorporeal life support in post-traumatic shock and cardiac arrest: lessons learned
Venoarterial extracorporeal life support (VA-ECLS) is an effective support of acute hemodynamic collapse caused by miscellaneous diseases. However, using VA-ECLS for post-traumatic shock is controversial and m...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:12 -
Anaerobic metabolism associated with traumatic hemorrhagic shock monitored by microdialysis of muscle tissue is dependent on the levels of hemoglobin and central venous oxygen saturation: a prospective, observational study
Traumatic hemorrhagic shock resulting in tissue hypoxia is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in polytraumatized patients. Early identification of tissue hypoxia is possible with microdialysis. The...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:11 -
Use of the Airtraq® device for airway management in the prehospital setting – a retrospective study
Difficulties with prehospital intubations have encouraged the development of indirect laryngoscopy techniques, facilitating laryngeal visualization. Airtraq® is a relatively new single-use indirect laryngoscop...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:10 -
Translation of ERC resuscitation guidelines into clinical practice by emergency physicians
Austrian out-of-hospital emergency physicians (OOHEP) undergo mandatory biannual emergency physician refresher courses to maintain their licence. The purpose of this study was to compare different reported eme...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:9 -
A consensus based template for reporting of pre-hospital major incident medical management
Structured reporting of major incidents has been advocated to improve the care provided at future incidents. A systematic review identified ten existing templates for reporting major incident medical managemen...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:5 -
Noninvasive continuous versus intermittent arterial pressure monitoring: evaluation of the vascular unloading technique (CNAP device) in the emergency department
Monitoring cardiovascular function in acutely ill patients in the emergency department (ED) is of paramount importance. Arterial pressure (AP) is usually monitored using intermittent oscillometric measurements...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:8 -
Higher mortality rates among the elderly with mild traumatic brain injury: a nationwide cohort study
It is known that the risk of death in elderly patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury is increased. However, the relationship between mild traumatic brain injury and death has never been establ...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:7 -
Accidental cold-related injury leading to hospitalization in northern Sweden: an eight-year retrospective analysis
Cold injuries are rare but important causes of hospitalization. We aimed to identify the magnitude of cold injury hospitalization, and assess causes, associated factors and treatment routines in a subarctic re...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:6 -
Erratum to: usage of documented pre-hospital observations in secondary care: a questionnaire study and retrospective comparison of records
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:3 -
Variations in contact patterns and dispatch guideline adherence between Norwegian emergency medical communication centres - a cross-sectional study
The 19 Norwegian Emergency medical communication centres (EMCCs) use Norwegian Index for medical emergency assistance (Index) as dispatch guidelines. Little is known about the use of Index, nor its validity. W...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:2 -
Prehospital risk factors of mortality and impaired consciousness after severe traumatic brain injury: an epidemiological study
Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant health concern and a major burden for society. The period between trauma event and hospital admission in an emergency department (ED) could be a determinant...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2014 22:1 -
Pre-hospital and admission parameters predict in-hospital mortality among patients 60 years and older following severe trauma
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2013 21:91 -
Triage performance of Swedish physicians using the ATLS algorithm in a simulated mass casualty incident: a prospective cross-sectional survey
In a mass casualty situation, medical personnel must rapidly assess and prioritize patients for treatment and transport. Triage is an important tool for medical management in disaster situations. Lack of commo...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2013 21:90 -
Changes of triage by GPs during the course of prehospital emergency situations in a Norwegian rural community
Priority grade assessment according to urgency level of the patients (triage) is considered vital in emergency medicine casualties. Little is known of the experiences of pre-hospital emergency medicine triage ...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2013 21:89 -
Pulmonary infiltrates during community acquired Gram-negative bacteremia: a retrospective single centre study
The primary aim of this study was to describe the frequency of pulmonary infiltrates on chest X-ray (CXR) during community acquired Gram-negative bacteremia at a single centre in Denmark.
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2013 21:88 -
Assessment of cardiac pathology by point-of-care ultrasonography performed by a novice examiner is comparable to the gold standard
The aim of the study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care cardiac ultrasonography performed by a novice examiner against results from a specialist in cardiology with expert skills in echocar...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2013 21:87 -
Comparisons of normal saline and lactated Ringer’s resuscitation on hemodynamics, metabolic responses, and coagulation in pigs after severe hemorrhagic shock
Ongoing improvements in trauma care now recommend earlier use of blood products as part of damage control resuscitation, but generally these products are not available at far forward battlefield locations. For...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2013 21:86 -
Twisting and ignoring facts on hydroxyethyl starch is not very helpful
Large randomized trials on critically ill patients have related the use of hydroxyethyl starch (HES) to negative outcomes. In a recent comment we explained in detail why, from our point of view, transferring t...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2013 21:85 -
Standard operating procedure changed pre-hospital critical care anaesthesiologists’ behaviour: a quality control study
The ability of standard operating procedures to improve pre-hospital critical care by changing pre-hospital physician behaviour is uncertain. We report data from a prospective quality control study of the effe...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2013 21:84 -
Prospective observational study on tracheal tube cuff pressures in emergency patients– is neglecting the problem the problem?
Inappropriately cuffed tracheal tubes can lead to inadequate ventilation or silent aspiration, or to serious tracheal damage. Cuff pressures are of particular importance during aeromedical transport as they in...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2013 21:83 -
Comparison between laparotomy first versus angiographic embolization first in patients with pelvic fracture and hemoperitoneum: a nationwide observational study from the Japan Trauma Data Bank
A common dilemma in the management of pelvic fractures is recognizing the presence of associated abdominal injury. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between initial therapeutic interve...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2013 21:82 -
The measurement of tissue interface pressures and changes in jugular venous parameters associated with cervical immobilisation devices: a systematic review
Cervical immobilisation is commonly applied following trauma, particularly blunt head injury, but current methods of immobilisation are associated with significant complications. Semi-rigid disposable cervical...
Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2013 21:81
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