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2022

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
A cohort study of trauma patients in Sweden during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic: a small reduction in trauma admissions
Denise Bäckström and Andreas Wladis
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 30:12 (2022)
Published on: 19 February 2022

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
First responder systems can stay operational under pandemic conditions: results of a European survey during the COVID-19 pandemic
Camilla Metelmann, Bibiana Metelmann, Michael P. Müller, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 30:10 (2022)
Published on: 19 February 2022

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Epidemiology of emergency ambulance service calls related to COVID-19 in Scotland: a national record linkage study
David Fitzpatrick, Edward A. S. Duncan, Matthew Moore, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 30:9 (2022)
Published on: 28 January 2022

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Lessons learned from the first 50 COVID-19 critical care transfer missions conducted by a civilian UK Helicopter Emergency Medical Service team
J. Jeyanathan, D. Bootland, A. Al-Rais, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 30:6 (2022)
Published on: 15 January 2022

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
The use of personal protection equipment does not negatively affect paramedics’ attention and dexterity: a prospective triple-cross over randomized controlled non-inferiority trial
Calvin Lukas Kienbacher, Jürgen Grafeneder, Katharina Tscherny, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 30:2 (2022)
Published on: 10 January 2022

2021

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Limitation of life-sustaining treatment and patient involvement in decision-making: a retrospective study of a Danish COVID-19 patient cohort
Hanne Irene Jensen, Sevim Ozden, Gitte Schultz Kristensen, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:173 (2021)
Published on: 20 December 2021

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor in regard to the “Effects of COVID-19 on in-hospital cardiac arrest: incidence, causes, and outcome” by Roedl et al.”
A.D. Krieg, J. Duval-Arnould, H. Newton, B.D. Winters and E.A. Hunt
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:159 (2021)
Published on: 3 November 2021
The original publication is available here

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
High class filtering facepiece (FFP) are fundamental and effective in protection of emergency health care workers: an observational cohort study in a German community
Martin Lier, Stefan Nessler, Christine Stadelmann, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:155 (2021)
Published on: 30 October 2021

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
A retrospective survey study of paramedic students’ exposure to SARS-CoV-2, participation in the COVID-19 pandemic response, and health-related quality of life
Kristin Häikiö, Jeanette V. Andersen, Morten Bakkerud, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:153 (2021)
Published on: 18 October 2021

COMMENTARY
Effect of 2020 containment strategies on trauma workflow in Ile-de-France region: another benefit of lockdown?
Jean-Denis Moyer, Paer-Selim Abback, Sophie Hamada, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:135 (2021)
Published on: 14 September 2021

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Trauma care during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands: a level 1 trauma multicenter cohort study
Nadia A. G. Hakkenbrak, Sverre A. I. Loggers, Eva Lubbers, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:130 (2021)
Published on: 8 September 2021

COMMENTARY
An Approved Landing Site (ALS) improves the logistics of interhospital transfer of critically ill patients by helicopter
Geert-Jan van Geffen, Ed J. Spoelder, Amanda Tijben and Cornelis Slagt
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:111 (2021)
Published on: 3 August 2021

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Prehospital characteristics of COVID-19 patients in Helsinki – experience of the first wave of the pandemic
Markku Kuisma, Heini Harve-Rytsälä, Jussi Pirneskoski, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:95 (2021)
Published on: 19 July 2021

STUDY PROTOCOL
Protocol for a cohort study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rate and incidence of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Ingvild B. M. Tjelmeland, Jan Wnent, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:82 (2021)
Published on: 21 June 2021

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Collective Critical Care Ambulance: an innovative transportation of critical care patients by bus in COVID-19 pandemic response
Thierry Lentz, Charles Groizard, Abel Colomes, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:78 (2021)
Published on: 4 June 2021

COMMENTARY
Prioritizing health care workers and first responders for access to the COVID19 vaccine is not unethical, but both fair and effective – an ethical analysis
Bjorg Thorsteinsdottir and Bo Enemark Madsen
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:77 (2021)
Published on: 4 June 2021

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
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
Cédric Gil-Jardiné, Gabrielle Chenais, Catherine Pradeau, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:55 (2021)
Published on: 31 March 2021

REVIEW
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training strategies in the times of COVID-19: a systematic literature review comparing different training methodologies
Daniyal Mansoor Ali, Butool Hisam, Natasha Shaukat, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:53 (2021)
Published on: 29 March 2021

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Impact of the SARS-COV-2 outbreak on epidemiology and management of major traumain France: a registry-based study (the COVITRAUMA study)
Jean-Denis Moyer, Arthur James, Clément Gakuba, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:51 (2021)
Published on: 22 March 2021

CASE REPORT
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for severe chloroquine intoxication in a child – a case report
Thomas Ferry, Vivianne Amiet, Julia Natterer, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:48 (2021)
Published on: 15 March 2021

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
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
Ed J. Spoelder, Marijn C. T. Tacken, Geert-Jan van Geffen and Cor Slagt
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:41 (2021)
Published on: 26 February 2021

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Effects of COVID-19 on in-hospital cardiac arrest: incidence, causes, and outcome – a retrospective cohort study
Kevin Roedl, Gerold Söffker, Dominik Fischer, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:30 (2021)
Published on: 8 February 2021
A Letter referring to this contribution is available here

CASE REPORT
Conducting a conventional multi-casualty incident in COVID-19 personal protective equipment - a semi-structured interview
James Raitt, Ben Watts, Jaspreet Rayet, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:20 (2021)
Published on: 27 January 2021

New Content Item

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
External validation of multimodal termination of resuscitation rules for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients in the COVID-19 era
Haewon Jung, Mi Jin Lee, Jae Wan Cho, et al.; on behalf of the WinCOVID-19 consortium
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:19 (2021)
Published on: 27 January 2021

CASE REPORT
Pre-hospital critical care management of severe hypoxemia in victims of Covid-19: a case series
Jens Otto Mæhlen, Roger Mikalsen, Hans Julius Heimdal, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:16 (2021)
Published on: 12 January 2021

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Prehospital identification of Covid-19: an observational study
Douglas Spangler, Hans Blomberg and David Smekal
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 29:3 (2021)
Published on: 6 January 2021


2020

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Assessment of changes in cardiopulmonary resuscitation practices and outcomes on 1005 victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest during the COVID-19 outbreak: registry-based study
Valentine Baert, Deborah Jaeger, Hervé Hubert, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 28:119 (2020)
Published on: 18 December 2020

REVIEW
A conceptual framework for Emergency department design in a pandemic
Gayathri Devi Nadarajan, Eunizar Omar, Benjamin S. Abella, et al.Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 28:118 (2020)
Published on: 17 December 2020

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
The effect of national lockdown due to COVID-19 on emergency department visits
Ilari Kuitunen, Ville T. Ponkilainen, Antti P. Launonen, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 28, 114 (2020)
Published on: 4 December 2020

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Development of machine learning models to predict RT-PCR results for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in patients with influenza-like symptoms using only basic clinical data
Thomas Langer, Martina Favarato, Riccardo Giudici, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 28, 113 (2020)
Published on: 1 December 2020

COMMENTARY
ILCOR’s revised Covid-19 defibrillation recommendation requires a new approach to training
John A. Stewart
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 28, 109 (2020)
Published on: 7 November 2020

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Emergency department crowding and hospital transformation during COVID-19, a retrospective, descriptive study of a university hospital in Stockholm, Sweden
Björn af Ugglas, Niclas Skyttberg, Andreas Wladis, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 28, 107 (2020)
Published on: 28 October 2020

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Exploiting an early warning Nomogram for predicting the risk of ICU admission in patients with COVID-19: a multi-center study in China
Yiwu Zhou, Yanqi He, Huan Yang, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 28, 106 (2020)
Published on: 27 October 2020

ORIGINAL RESEARCH 
Pre-hospital care & interfacility transport of 385 COVID-19 emergency patients: an air ambulance perspective
Peter Hilbert-Carius, Jörg Braun, Fikri Abu-Zidan, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 28, 94 (2020)
Published on: 22 September 2020

ORIGINAL RESEARCH 
Impact of two-level filtering on emergency medical communication center triage during the COVID-19 pandemic: an uncontrolled before-after study
Y. Penverne, B. Leclere, J. Labady, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 28, 80 (2020)
Published on: 14 August  2020

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Difficulty of the ethical decision–making process in withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments in French EDs during COVID pandemic
Marion Douplat, Laurent Jacquin, Soizic Frugier, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 28, 78 (2020)
Published on: 13 August  2020

ORIGINAL RESEARCH 
Mechanical chest compression devices in the helicopter emergency medical service in Switzerland
Urs Pietsch, David Reiser, Volker Wenzel, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 28, 71 (2020)
Published on: 25 July 2020

ORIGINAL RESEARCH 
National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) on admission predicts severe disease and in-hospital mortality from Covid-19 – a prospective cohort study
Marius Myrstad, Håkon Ihle-Hansen, Anders Aune Tveita, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 28, 66 (2020)
Published on: 13 July 2020

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The effect of COVID-19 on trauma system in one city of China
Fenglu Yang and Xiao Lu
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 28, 57 (2020)
Published on: 23 June 2020

GUIDELINE
Decision support tool and suggestions for the development of guidelines for the helicopter transport of patients with COVID-19
Per P. Bredmose, Monica Diczbalis, Emma Butterfield, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 28, 43 (2020)
Published on: 25 May 2020

REVIEW
Transport of COVID-19 and other highly contagious patients by helicopter and fixed-wing air ambulance: a narrative review and experience of the Swiss air rescue Rega
Roland Albrecht, Jürgen Knapp, Lorenz Theiler, et al.
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 28, 40 (2020)
Published on: 14 May 2020

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Lausanne medical dispatch centre’s response to COVID-19
Fabrice Dami & Vincent Berthoz 
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 28, 37 (2020)
Published on: 13 May 2020