Issue 1/2012
Content (86 Articles)
Oslo government district bombing and Utøya island shooting July 22, 2011: The immediate prehospital emergency medical service response
Stephen JM Sollid, Rune Rimstad, Marius Rehn, Anders R Nakstad, Ann-Elin Tomlinson, Terje Strand, Hans Julius Heimdal, Jan Erik Nilsen, Mårten Sandberg
The shootings in Oslo and Utøya island July 22, 2011: Lessons for the International EMS community
David J Lockey
Serial measurement of neuron specific enolase improves prognostication in cardiac arrest patients treated with hypothermia: A prospective study
Christian Storm, Jens Nee, Achim Jörres, Christoph Leithner, Dietrich Hasper, Christoph J Ploner
Outpatient treatment of acute poisonings in Oslo: poisoning pattern, factors associated with hospitalization, and mortality
Cathrine Lund, Odd M Vallersnes, Dag Jacobsen, Oivind Ekeberg, Knut E Hovda
Intramedullary nailing of femoral shaft fractures in polytraumatized patients. a longitudinal, prospective and observational study of the procedure-related impact on cardiopulmonary- and inflammatory responses
Elisabeth E Husebye, Torstein Lyberg, Helge Opdahl, Trude Aspelin, Ragnhild Ø Støen, Jan Erik Madsen, Olav Røise
Implementation of recommended trauma system criteria in south-eastern Norway: a cross-sectional hospital survey
Thomas Kristiansen, Kjetil G Ringdal, Tarjei Skotheimsvik, Halvor K Salthammer, Christine Gaarder, Pål A Næss, Hans M Lossius
Evaluation of performance of two different chest tubes with either a sharp or a blunt tip for thoracostomy in 100 human cadavers
Clemens M Ortner, Kurt Ruetzler, Nikolaus Schaumann, Veit Lorenz, Peter Schellongowski, Ernst Schuster, Ramez M Salem, Michael Frass
Temporal differences in gamma-hydroxybutyrate overdoses involving injecting drug users versus recreational drug users in Helsinki: a retrospective study
James J Boyd, Markku J Kuisma, Tarja T Randell
An artificial neural network to safely reduce the number of ambulance ECGs transmitted for physician assessment in a system with prehospital detection of ST elevation myocardial infarction
Jakob L Forberg, Ardavan Khoshnood, Michael Green, Mattias Ohlsson, Jonas Björk, Stefan Jovinge, Lars Edenbrandt, Ulf Ekelund
Hospital incident command system (HICS) performance in Iran; decision making during disasters
Ahmadreza Djalali, Maaret Castren, Vahid Hosseinijenab, Mahmoud Khatib, Gunnar Ohlen, Lisa Kurland
Critical care management of severe traumatic brain injury in adults
Samir H Haddad, Yaseen M Arabi
Prehospital trauma care reduces mortality. Ten-year results from a time-cohort and trauma audit study in Iraq
Mudhafar K Murad, Stig Larsen, Hans Husum
Early and individualized goal-directed therapy for trauma-induced coagulopathy
Herbert Schöchl, Marc Maegele, Cristina Solomon, Klaus Görlinger, Wolfgang Voelckel
Effect of feedback on delaying deterioration in quality of compressions during 2 minutes of continuous chest compressions: a randomized manikin study investigating performance with and without feedback
Tobias Stenbjerg Lyngeraa, Peter Buhl Hjortrup, Nille Birk Wulff, Theis Aagaard, Anne Lippert
Indicators of the need for ICU admission following suicide bombing attacks
Miklosh Bala, Dafna Willner, Asaf Keidar, Avraham I Rivkind, Tali Bdolah-Abram, Gidon Almogy
The rewarming benefit of anterior torso heat pad application in mildly hypothermic conscious adult trauma patients remains inconclusive
Joseph Yuk Sang Ting
The development of simple survival prediction models for blunt trauma victims treated at Asian emergency centers
Akio Kimura, Shinji Nakahara, Witaya Chadbunchachai
Strategies for modulating the inflammatory response after decompression from abdominal compartment syndrome
Shinil K Shah, Fernando Jimenez, Phillip A Letourneau, Peter A Walker, Stacey D Moore-Olufemi, Randolph H Stewart, Glen A Laine, Charles S Cox Jr
Differences and discrepancies between 2005 and 2008 Abbreviated Injury Scale versions - time to standardise
Kjetil G Ringdal, Morten Hestnes, Cameron S Palmer
An observational study of compliance with the Scandinavian guidelines for management of minimal, mild and moderate head injury
Ben Heskestad, Knut Waterloo, Tor Ingebrigtsen, Bertil Romner, Marianne Efskind Harr, Eirik Helseth
Emergency burr holes: "How to do it"
Mark H Wilson, David Wise, Gareth Davies, David Lockey
High levels of soluble VEGF receptor 1 early after trauma are associated with shock, sympathoadrenal activation, glycocalyx degradation and inflammation in severely injured patients: a prospective study
Sisse R Ostrowski, Anne Marie Sørensen, Nis A Windeløv, Anders Perner, Karen-Lise Welling, Michael Wanscher, Claus F Larsen, Pär I Johansson
Complications of high grade liver injuries: management and outcomewith focus on bile leaks
Miklosh Bala, Samir Abu Gazalla, Mohammad Faroja, Allan I Bloom, Gideon Zamir, Avraham I Rivkind, Gidon Almogy
The impact of CPR and AED training on healthcare professionals' self-perceived attitudes to performing resuscitation
Marie-Louise Södersved Källestedt, Anders Berglund, Johan Herlitz, Jerzy Leppert, Mats Enlund
Basic life support skills of high school students before and after cardiopulmonary resuscitation training: a longitudinal investigation
Theresa M Meissner, Cordula Kloppe, Christoph Hanefeld
Portable bedside ultrasound: the visual stethoscope of the 21st century
Lawrence M Gillman, Andrew W Kirkpatrick
Pain-related somatosensory evoked potentials and functional brain magnetic resonance in the evaluation of neurologic recovery after cardiac arrest: a case study of three patients
Paolo Zanatta, Simone Messerotti Benvenuti, Fabrizio Baldanzi, Matteo Bendini, Marsilio Saccavini, Wadih Tamari, Daniela Palomba, Enrico Bosco
A comparative study of defibrillation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation performance during simulated cardiac arrest in nursing student teams
Sissel I Eikeland Husebø, Conrad A Bjørshol, Hans Rystedt, Febe Friberg, Eldar Søreide
Does a 4 diagram manual enable laypersons to operate the laryngeal mask supreme®? A pilot study in the manikin
Gereon Schälte, Christian Stoppe, Rolf Rossaint, Laura Gilles, Maike Heuser, Steffen Rex, Mark Coburn, Norbert Zoremba, Annette Rieg
Abnormal vital signs are strong predictors for intensive care unit admission and in-hospital mortality in adults triaged in the emergency department - a prospective cohort study
Charlotte Barfod, Marlene Mauson Pankoke Lauritzen, Jakob Klim Danker, György Sölétormos, Jakob Lundager Forberg, Peter Anthony Berlac, Freddy Lippert, Lars Hyldborg Lundstrøm, Kristian Antonsen, Kai Henrik Wiborg Lange
Evaluation of a newly developed media-supported 4-step approach for basic life support training
Saša Sopka, Henning Biermann, Rolf Rossaint, Sebastian Knott, Max Skorning, Jörg C Brokmann, Nicole Heussen, Stefan K Beckers
The formation and design of the 'Acute Admission Database'- a database including a prospective, observational cohort of 6279 patients triaged in the emergency department in a larger Danish hospital
Charlotte Barfod, Marlene Mauson Pankoke Lauritzen, Jakob Klim Danker, György Sölétormos, Peter Anthony Berlac, Freddy Lippert, Lars Hyldborg Lundstrøm, Kristian Antonsen, Kai Henrik Wiborg Lange
Mechanical CPR devices compared to manual CPR during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and ambulance transport: a systematic review
Marcus Eng Hock Ong, Kevin E Mackey, Zhong Cheng Zhang, Hideharu Tanaka, Matthew Huei-Ming Ma, Robert Swor, Sang Do Shin
Development and evaluation of an appraisal form to assess clinical effectiveness of adult invasive mechanical ventilation systems
Hong Li, Li-Li Chen, Na Li
Helical computerized tomography and NT-proBNP for screening of right ventricular overload on admission and at long term follow-up of acute pulmonary embolism
Mia K Laiho, Veli-Pekka Harjola, Marit Graner, Anneli Piilonen, Merja Raade, Pirjo Mustonen
Basic life support and automated external defibrillator skills among ambulance personnel: a manikin study performed in a rural low-volume ambulance setting
Anne Møller Nielsen, Dan Lou Isbye, Freddy Knudsen Lippert, Lars Simon Rasmussen
Pain after earthquake
Chiara Angeletti, Cristiana Guetti, Roberta Papola, Emiliano Petrucci, Maria Laura Ursini, Alessandra Ciccozzi, Francesca Masi, Maria Rosaria Russo, Salvatore Squarcione, Antonella Paladini, Joseph Pergolizzi, Robert Taylor Jr, Giustino Varrassi, Franco Marinangeli
Current management of massive hemorrhage in trauma
Pär I Johansson, Jakob Stensballe, Sisse R Ostrowski
Suspicion and treatment of severe sepsis. An overview of the prehospital chain of care
Johan Herlitz, Angela Bång, Birgitta Wireklint-Sundström, Christer Axelsson, Anders Bremer, Magnus Hagiwara, Anders Jonsson, Lars Lundberg, Björn-Ove Suserud, Lars Ljungström
Mechanical ventilation in emergency departments: Non invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation. Where is the answer?
Antonio M Esquinas Rodriguez, Roberto Cosentini, Peter J Papadakos
Comparison of the quality of basic life support provided by rescuers trained using the 2005 or 2010 ERC guidelines
Christopher M Jones, Andrew Owen, Christopher J Thorne, Jonathan Hulme
Evaluation of high mobility group box 1 protein as a presurgical diagnostic marker reflecting the severity of acute appendicitis
Chuanxin Wu, Hang Sun, Hongliang Wang, Junmeng Chi, Qi Liu, Hui Guo, Jianping Gong
Emergency department length of stay for patients requiring mechanical ventilation: a prospective observational study
Louise Rose, Sara Gray, Karen Burns, Clare Atzema, Alex Kiss, Andrew Worster, Damon C Scales, Gordon Rubenfeld, Jacques Lee
The effectiveness of ultrasonography in verifying the placement of a nasogastric tube in patients with low consciousness at an emergency center
Hyung Min Kim, Byung Hak So, Won Jung Jeong, Se Min Choi, Kyu Nam Park
The clinical consequences of a pre-hospital diagnosis of stroke by the emergency medical service system. A pilot study
Ingela Wennman, Paula Klittermark, Johan Herlitz, Bodil Lernfelt, Mats Kihlgren, Claes Gustafsson, Per-Olof Hansson
Physician-led team triage based on lean principles may be superior for efficiency and quality? A comparison of three emergency departments with different triage models
Lena Burström, Martin Nordberg, Göran Örnung, Maaret Castrén, Tony Wiklund, Marie-Louise Engström, Mats Enlund
Negative catheter angiography after vascular contrast extravasations on computed tomography in blunt torso trauma: an experience review of a clinical dilemma
Kuo-Ching Yuan, Yon-Cheong Wong, Being-Chung Lin, Shih-Ching Kang, Erh-Hao Liu, Yu-Pao Hsu
First clinical experience with IVR-CT system in the emergency room: Positive impact on trauma workflow
Daiki Wada, Yasushi Nakamori, Kazuma Yamakawa, Satoshi Fujimi
Early do-not-resuscitate orders in intracerebral haemorrhage; frequency and predictive value for death and functional outcome. A retrospective cohort study
Marco Brizzi, Kasim Abul-Kasim, Mattis Jalakas, Eufrozina Selariu, Hélène Pessah-Rasmussen, Elisabet Zia
Clinician awareness of tetanus-diphtheria vaccination in trauma patients: a questionnaire study
Young-Hoon Yoon, Sung-Woo Moon, Sung-Hyuk Choi, Young-Duck Cho, Jung-Youn Kim, Young Ho Kwak
Resuscitation by hyperbaric exposure from a venous gas emboli following laparoscopic surgery
Thomas Kjeld, Egon G Hansen, Nana G Holler, Henrik Rottensten, Ole Hyldegaard, Eric C Jansen
Blood sample tube transporting system versus point of care technology in an emergency department; effect on time from collection to reporting? A randomised trial
Birgitte Nørgaard, Christian Backer Mogensen
Methods for evaluating cervical range of motion in trauma settings
Sarah Voss, Michael Page, Jonathan Benger
Load-distributing band improves ventilation and hemodynamics during resuscitation in a porcine model of prolonged cardiac arrest
Shuo Wang, Jun-Yuan Wu, Chun-Sheng Li
Evaluation of the Scandinavian guidelines for head injuries based on a consecutive series with computed tomography from a Norwegian university hospital
Ingrid Haavde Strand, Ole Solheim, Kent Gøran Moen, Anne Vik
Flexible knowledge repertoires: communication by leaders in trauma teams
Maritha Jacobsson, Maria Hargestam, Magnus Hultin, Christine Brulin
Neurologic long term outcome after drowning in children
Pertti K Suominen, Raisa Vähätalo
The Cardiocerebral Resuscitation protocol for treatment of out-of-hospital primary cardiac arrest
Gordon A Ewy
Direct mail improves knowledge of basic life support guidelines in general practice: a randomised study
Niels Secher, Mette Marie Mikkelsen, Kasper Adelborg, Ronni Mikkelsen, Erik Lerkevang Grove, Jens Mørch Rubak, Peter Vedsted, Bo Løfgren
Pulseless electrical activity and successful out-of-hospital resuscitation – long-term survival and quality of life: an observational cohort study
Sini Saarinen, Antti Kämäräinen, Tom Silfvast, Arvi Yli-Hankala, Ilkka Virkkunen
Earlier reperfusion in patients with ST-elevation Myocardial infarction by use of helicopter
Lars Knudsen, Carsten Stengaard, Troels Martin Hansen, Jens Flensted Lassen, Christian Juhl Terkelsen
Factors impacting on the activation and approach times of helicopter emergency medical services in four Alpine countries
Iztok Tomazin, Miljana Vegnuti, John Ellerton, Oliver Reisten, Guenther Sumann, Janko Kersnik
Initial Emergency Department Diagnosis and Management of Adult Patients with Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
Sarah M Perman, Munish Goyal, David F Gaieski
Systematic review of predictive performance of injury severity scoring tools
Hideo Tohira, Ian Jacobs, David Mountain, Nick Gibson, Allen Yeo
The Prehospital assessment of severe trauma patients` performed by the specialist ambulance nurse in Sweden – a phenomenographic study
Anna Abelsson, Lillemor Lindwall
Acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome in the injured patient
Magdalena Bakowitz, Brandon Bruns, Maureen McCunn
Is the lag screw sliding effective in the intramedullary nailing in A1 and A2 AO-OTA intertrochanteric fractures? A prospective study of Sliding and None-sliding lag screw in Gamma-III nail
Yi Zhu, Severin Meili, Changqing Zhang, Congfeng Luo, Bing-fang Zeng
Care of the injured worldwide: trauma still the neglected disease of modern society
Joseph V Sakran, Sarah E Greer, Evan Werlin, Maureen McCunn
Incidence, predisposing factors, management and survival following cardiac arrest due to subarachnoid haemorrhage: a review of the literature
Markus B Skrifvars, Michael J Parr
A one-year observational study of all hospitalized acute poisonings in Oslo: complications, treatment and sequelae
Cathrine Lund, Per Drottning, Birgitte Stiksrud, Javad Vahabi, Marianne Lyngra, Ivind Ekeberg, Dag Jacobsen, Knut Erik Hovda
Early insulin resistance in severe trauma without head injury as outcome predictor? A prospective, monocentric pilot study
Manuela Bonizzoli, Giovanni Zagli, Chiara Lazzeri, Sara Degl’Innocenti, Gianfranco Gensini, Adriano Peris
The effect of tertiary surveys on missed injuries in trauma: a systematic review
Gerben B Keijzers, Georgios F Giannakopoulos, Chris Del Mar, Fred C Bakker, Leo MG Geeraedts Jr
The trauma patient in hemorrhagic shock: how is the C-priority addressed between emergency and ICU admission?
Sigune Peiniger, Thomas Paffrath, Manuel Mutschler, Thomas Brockamp, Matthew Borgmann, Philip C Spinella, Bertil Bouillon, Marc Maegele
Effects of pre-training using serious game technology on CPR performance – an exploratory quasi-experimental transfer study
Johan Creutzfeldt, Leif Hedman, Li Felländer-Tsai
Performance indicators for initial regional medical response to major incidents: a possible quality control tool
Heléne Nilsson, Tore Vikström, Carl-Oscar Jonson
Laryngeal tube use in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by paramedics in Norway
Geir A Sunde, Guttorm Brattebø, Terje Ødegården, Dag F Kjernlie, Emma Rødne, Jon-Kenneth Heltne
The epidemiology of traumatic cervical spine fractures: a prospective population study from Norway
Hege Linnerud Fredø, Syed Ali Mujtaba Rizvi, Bjarne Lied, Pål Rønning, Eirik Helseth
Prognostic value of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and its potential role in guiding fluid therapy in critically ill septic patients
Zhongheng Zhang, Zhengguang Zhang, Yadong Xue, Xiao Xu, Hongying Ni
Combining performance and outcome indicators can be used in a standardized way: a pilot study of two multidisciplinary, full-scale major aircraft exercises
Monica Rådestad, Heléne Nilsson, Maaret Castrén, Leif Svensson, Anders Rüter, Dan Gryth
Minute ventilation at different compression to ventilation ratios, different ventilation rates, and continuous chest compressions with asynchronous ventilation in a newborn manikin
Anne L Solevåg, Jorunn Marie Madland, Espen Gjærum, Britt Nakstad
Structured classification for ED presenting complaints – from free text field-based approach to ICPC-2 ED application
Tomi Malmström, Olli Huuskonen, Paulus Torkki, Raija Malmström
Critical care considerations in the management of the trauma patient following initial resuscitation
Roger F Shere-Wolfe, Samuel M Galvagno Jr, Thomas E Grissom
Distribution of emergency operations and trauma in a Swedish hospital: need for reorganisation of acute surgical care?
Fawzi al-Ayoubi, Helen Eriksson, Pär Myrelid, Conny Wallon, Peter Andersson
Matrix metalloproteinase 9 and cellular fibronectin plasma concentrations are predictors of the composite endpoint of length of stay and death in the intensive care unit after severe traumatic brain injury
Jean-Christophe Copin, Marie My Lien Rebetez, Natacha Turck, Xavier Robin, Jean-Charles Sanchez, Karl Schaller, Yvan Gasche, Bernhard Walder
Physician staffed helicopter emergency medical service dispatch via centralised control or directly by crew – case identification rates and effect on the Sydney paediatric trauma system
Alan A Garner, Anna Lee, Andrew Weatherall
Regional variation and outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (ohca) in Finland – the Finnresusci study
Pamela Hiltunen, Markku Kuisma, Tom Silfvast, Juha Rutanen, Jukka Vaahersalo, Jouni Kurola