Issue 1/2019
Content (116 Articles)
Training and assessment of non-technical skills in Norwegian helicopter emergency services: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study
Kristen Rasmussen, Henrik Langdalen, Stephen J. M. Sollid, Eirik Bjorheim Abrahamsen, Leif Inge K. Sørskår, Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik, Håkon B. Abrahamsen
Actual clinical leadership: a shadowing study of charge nurses and doctors on-call in the emergency department
Sissel Eikeland Husebø, Øystein Evjen Olsen
Pre-hospital management of acute stroke patients eligible for thrombolysis – an evaluation of ambulance on-scene time
Nicolas Drenck, Søren Viereck, Josefine Stokholm Bækgaard, Karl Bang Christensen, Freddy Lippert, Fredrik Folke
Hospital level variations in the trends and outcomes of the nonoperative management of splenic injuries – a nationwide cohort study
Chien-An Liao, Yu-Tung Wu, Chien-Hung Liao, Shang-Yu Wang, Chih-Yuan Fu, Chi-Hsun Hsieh, Shao-Wei Chen, Ching-Chang Chen, An-Hsun Chou, Chi-Tung Cheng
Patient and rescuer safety: recommendations for dispatch and prioritization of rescue resources based on a retrospective study of Norwegian avalanche incidents 1996–2017
Albert Lunde, Christen Tellefsen
Best practice advice on pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia & advanced airway management
Kate Crewdson, David Lockey, Wolfgang Voelckel, Peter Temesvari, Hans Morten Lossius
Penetrating stab injuries in Iceland: a whole-nation study on incidence and outcome in patients hospitalized for penetrating stab injuries
Una Johannesdottir, Gudrun Maria Jonsdottir, Bergros K. Johannesdottir, Alexandra Aldis Heimisdottir, Elias Eythorsson, Tomas Gudbjartsson, Brynjolfur Mogensen
Medical dispatchers’ perception of visual information in real out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a qualitative interview study
Gitte Linderoth, Thea Palsgaard Møller, Fredrik Folke, Freddy K. Lippert, Doris Østergaard
Prehospital on-scene anaesthetist treating severe traumatic brain injury patients is associated with lower mortality and better neurological outcome
Toni Pakkanen, Jouni Nurmi, Heini Huhtala, Tom Silfvast
“Hand hygiene perception and self-reported hand hygiene compliance among emergency medical service providers: a Danish survey”
Heidi Storm Vikke, Svend Vittinghus, Martin Betzer, Matthias Giebner, Hans Jørn Kolmos, Karen Smith, Maaret Castrén, Veronica Lindström, Marja Mäkinen, Heini Harve, Christian Backer Mogensen
Prehospital intravenous fentanyl administered by ambulance personnel: a cluster-randomised comparison of two treatment protocols
Kristian D. Friesgaard, Hans Kirkegaard, Claus-Henrik Rasmussen, Matthias Giebner, Erika F. Christensen, Lone Nikolajsen
Rating the quality of teamwork—a comparison of novice and expert ratings using the Team Emergency Assessment Measure (TEAM) in simulated emergencies
Julia Freytag, Fabian Stroben, Wolf E. Hautz, Stefan K. Schauber, Juliane E. Kämmer
Impact of icing weather conditions on the patients in helicopter emergency medical service: a prospective study from Northern Finland
Ilkka Pulkkinen, Jari Pirnes, Ari Rissanen, Päivi Laukkanen-Nevala
Permissive hypotensive resuscitation in patients with traumatic hemorrhagic shock
Kai-Hung Ho, Yih-Wen Tarng, Yi-Pin Chou, Hsing-Lin Lin
Comparison of two different intraosseous access methods in a physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical service – a quality assurance study
Renate Sørgjerd, Geir Arne Sunde, Jon-Kenneth Heltne
Is there an association between female gender and outcome in severe trauma? A multi-center analysis in the Netherlands
M. Pape, G. F. Giannakópoulos, W. P. Zuidema, E. S. M. de Lange-Klerk, E. J. Toor, M. J. R. Edwards, M. H. J. Verhofstad, T. N. Tromp, E. M. M. van Lieshout, F. W. Bloemers, L. M. G. Geeraedts
Challenges of helicopter mountain rescue missions by human external cargo: need for physicians onsite and comprehensive training
Urs Pietsch, Giacomo Strapazzon, Dimitri Ambühl, Volker Lischke, Simon Rauch, Jürgen Knapp
Does injury pattern among major road trauma patients influence prehospital transport decisions regardless of the distance to the nearest trauma centre? – a retrospective study
Helen Fagerlind, Lara Harvey, Stefan Candefjord, Johan Davidsson, Julie Brown
Airway Management in the Emergency Department (The OcEAN-Study) - a prospective single centre observational cohort study
Michael Bernhard, Sönke Nils Bax, Thomas Hartwig, Maryam Yahiaoui-Doktor, Sirak Petros, Sven Bercker, Alexandra Ramshorn-Zimmer, André Gries
Connect dispatch centers for call handling improves performance
Yann Penverne, Michel Terré, François Javaudin, Joël Jenvrin, Frédéric Berthier, Julien Labady, Brice Leclere, Emmanuel Montassier
Inhaled nitric oxide might be a contributing tool for successful resuscitation of cardiac arrest related to pulmonary hypertension
Per P. Bredmose, Christian Buskop, Anne Birthe Lømo
Changes in anaesthetic use for trauma patients in German HEMS – a retrospective study over a ten-year period
Arasch Wafaisade, Michael Caspers, Bertil Bouillon, Matthias Helm, Matthias Ruppert, Michael Gäßler
Female risk-adjusted survival advantage after injuries caused by falls, traffic or assault: a nationwide 11-year study
Robert Larsen, Denise Bäckström, Mats Fredrikson, Ingrid Steinvall, Rolf Gedeborg, Folke Sjoberg
Impact of initial coagulation and fibrinolytic markers on mortality in patients with severe blunt trauma: a multicentre retrospective observational study
Kenta Ishii, Takahiro Kinoshita, Kazutaka Kiridume, Atsushi Watanabe, Kazuma Yamakawa, Shota Nakao, Satoshi Fujimi, Tetsuya Matsuoka
Unplanned out-of-hospital birth and risk factors of adverse perinatal outcome: findings from a prospective cohort
François Javaudin, Valérie Hamel, Arnaud Legrand, Sybille Goddet, François Templier, Christine Potiron, Philippe Pes, Gilles Bagou, Emmanuel Montassier
Interhospital transport of critically ill patients: experiences and challenges, a qualitative study
Helge Eiding, Ulf E. Kongsgaard, Anne-Cathrine Braarud
Treatment delay in status epilepticus – more effective prehospital symptom recognition warranted
Joni J. Sairanen, Anne-Mari Kantanen, Harri T. Hyppölä, Reetta K. Kälviäinen
The effect of hemorrhagic shock and intraosseous adrenaline injection on the delivery of a subsequently administered drug - an experimental study
Mats Eriksson, Anders Larsson, Miklós Lipcsey, Gunnar Strandberg
Emergency department non-invasive cardiac output study (EDNICO): a feasibility and repeatability study
D. McGregor, S. Sharma, S. Gupta, S. Ahmad, T. Godec, Tim Harris
Pneumonia in severely injured patients with thoracic trauma: results of a retrospective observational multi-centre study
Sebastian Wutzler, Felix M. Bläsius, Philipp Störmann, Thomas Lustenberger, Michael Frink, Marc Maegele, Matthias Weuster, Jörg Bayer, Michael Caspers, Andreas Seekamp, Ingo Marzi, Hagen Andruszkow, Frank Hildebrand
Diagnostic value of prehospital arterial blood gas measurements – a randomised controlled trial
Stine T. Zwisler, Yecatarina Zincuk, Caroline B. Bering, Aleksander Zincuk, Mads Nybo, Søren Mikkelsen
Response to: Best practice advice on pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia & advanced airway management
Jostein S. Hagemo, Per P. Bredmose, Halvard Stave, Marius Rehn, Christian Buskop
Epidemiology of emergency ambulance service calls related to mental health problems and self harm: a national record linkage study
Edward A. S. Duncan, Catherine Best, Nadine Dougall, Silje Skar, Josie Evans, Alasdair R. Corfield, David Fitzpatrick, Isabella Goldie, Margaret Maxwell, Helen Snooks, Cameron Stark, Chris White, Wojtek Wojcik
Use of pre-hospital emergency medical services in urban and rural municipalities over a 10 year period: an observational study based on routinely collected dispatch data
Kathrin Hegenberg, Heiko Trentzsch, Stefan Gross, Stephan Prückner
Diagnostic accuracy of physician-staffed emergency medical teams: a retrospective observational cohort study of prehospital versus hospital diagnosis in a 10-year interval
Jens-Christian Schewe, Jochen Kappler, Katharina Dovermann, Ingo Graeff, Stefan Felix Ehrentraut, Ulrich Heister, Andreas Hoeft, Stefan Ulrich Weber, Stefan Muenster
Comment on unplanned out-of-hospital birth and risk factors of adverse perinatal outcome: findings from a prospective cohort
Razieh Bidhendi Yarandi, Mohammad Hossein Panahi
The Danish helicopter emergency medical service database: high quality data with great potential
Karen Alstrup, Jens Aage Kølsen Petersen, Charlotte Barfod, Lars Knudsen, Leif Rognås, Thea Palsgaard Møller
The effects of prehospital system delays on the treatment efficacy of STEMI patients
Magdalena Żurowska-Wolak, Patryk Piekos, Jacek Jąkała, Marcin Mikos
Drone delivery of an automated external defibrillator – a mixed method simulation study of bystander experience
J. Sanfridsson, J. Sparrevik, J. Hollenberg, P. Nordberg, T. Djärv, M. Ringh, L. Svensson, S. Forsberg, A. Nord, M. Andersson-Hagiwara, A. Claesson
Could we employ the queueing theory to improve efficiency during future mass causality incidents?
Chih-Chuan Lin, Chin-Chieh Wu, Chi-Dan Chen, Kuan-Fu Chen
Key performance indicators for pre hospital emergency Anaesthesia - a suggested approach for implementation
James Raitt, James Hudgell, Henry Knott, Syed Masud
Availability of suPAR in emergency departments may improve risk stratification: a secondary analysis of the TRIAGE III trial
Martin Schultz, Line J. H. Rasmussen, Thomas Kallemose, Erik Kjøller, Morten N. Lind, Lisbet Ravn, Theis Lange, Lars Køber, Lars S. Rasmussen, Jesper Eugen-Olsen, Kasper Iversen
Impact of caller’s degree-of-worry on triage response in out-of-hours telephone consultations: a randomized controlled trial
Hejdi Gamst-Jensen, Erika Frishknecht Christensen, Freddy Lippert, Fredrik Folke, Ingrid Egerod, Mikkel Brabrand, Janne Schurmann Tolstrup, Lau Caspar Thygesen, Linda Huibers
Chest wall thickness and depth to vital structures in paediatric patients – implications for prehospital needle decompression of tension pneumothorax
Tom Terboven, Georg Leonhard, Lucas Wessel, Tim Viergutz, Marcus Rudolph, Michael Schöler, Meike Weis, Holger Haubenreisser
Repeated ambulance use is associated with chronic diseases - a population-based historic cohort study of patients’ symptoms and diagnoses
Morten Breinholt Søvsø, Torben Anders Kløjgaard, Poul Anders Hansen, Erika Frischknecht Christensen
Injury registration for primary prevention in a provincial Russian region: setting up a new trauma registry
Tatiana N Unguryanu, Andrej M Grjibovski, Tordis A Trovik, Børge Ytterstad, Alexander V Kudryavtsev
Application of prothrombin complex concentrate for reversal of direct oral anticoagulants in clinical practice: indications, patient characteristics and clinical outcomes compared to reversal of vitamin K antagonists
Martin Müller, Jonathan Eastline, Michael Nagler, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Thomas C. Sauter
A paediatric case of severe tracheobronchial injury successfully treated surgically after early CT diagnosis and ECMO safely performed in the hybrid emergency room
Daiki Wada, Koichi Hayakawa, Shuhei Maruyama, Fukuki Saito, Hiroyuki Kaneda, Yasushi Nakamori, Yasuyuki Kuwagata
The HEAVEN criteria predict laryngoscopic view and intubation success for both direct and video laryngoscopy: a cohort analysis
Fauzia Nausheen, Nichole P. Niknafs, Derek J. MacLean, David J. Olvera, Allen C. Wolfe Jr, Troy W. Pennington, Daniel P. Davis
Prognostic accuracy of the serum lactate level, the SOFA score and the qSOFA score for mortality among adults with Sepsis
Zhiqiang Liu, Zibo Meng, Yongfeng Li, Jingyuan Zhao, Shihong Wu, Shanmiao Gou, Heshui Wu
A prospective stepped wedge cohort evaluation of the new national trauma team activation criteria in Sweden – the TRAUMALERT study
Fredrik Linder, Lina Holmberg, Martin Bjorck, Claes Juhlin, Knut Thorbjornsen, Jan Wisinger, Per Polleryd, Hampus Eklof, Kevin Mani
Socioeconomic disparities in prehospital stroke care
Amanda Niklasson, Johan Herlitz, Katarina Jood
Diagnostic error increases mortality and length of hospital stay in patients presenting through the emergency room
Wolf E. Hautz, Juliane E. Kämmer, Stefanie C. Hautz, Thomas C. Sauter, Laura Zwaan, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Tanja Birrenbach, Volker Maier, Martin Müller, Stefan K. Schauber
Live video footage from scene to aid helicopter emergency medical service dispatch: a feasibility study
E. ter Avest, E. Lambert, R. de Coverly, H. Tucker, J. Griggs, M. H. Wilson, A. Ghorbangholi, J. Williams, R. M. Lyon
A prospective pilot study using metabolomics discloses specific fatty acid, catecholamine and tryptophan metabolic pathways as possible predictors for a negative outcome after severe trauma
Luis Servià, Mariona Jové, Joaquim Sol, Reinald Pamplona, Mariona Badia, Neus Montserrat, Manuel Portero-Otin, Javier Trujillano
The effect of a terrorist attack on emergency department inflow: an observation study using difference-in-differences methodology
Andreas Ekström, Fredrik Eng-Larsson, Olov Isaksson, Lisa Kurland, Martin Nordberg
Acute Dysnatremias - a dangerous and overlooked clinical problem
David Joergensen, Kiarash Tazmini, Dag Jacobsen
Response to letter to the editor: “comment on unplanned out-of-hospital birth and risk factors of adverse perinatal outcome: findings from a prospective cohort”
François Javaudin, Arnaud Legrand, Philippe Pes, Emmanuel Montassier, Christelle Volteau
An evaluation of the Swiss staging model for hypothermia using hospital cases and case reports from the literature
M. Pasquier, P. N. Carron, A. Rodrigues, F. Dami, V. Frochaux, C. Sartori, T. Deslarzes, V. Rousson
Pre-hospital emergent intubation in trauma patients: the influence of etomidate on mortality, morbidity and healthcare resource utilization
Michael Gäßler, Matthias Ruppert, Rolf Lefering, Bertil Bouillon, Arasch Wafaisade
Letter to the editor: in response to Alstrup et. al.
Cor Slagt, Amon Heijne, Geert-Jan van Geffen
Defining a mission-based method to determine a HEMS unit’s actual service area
Jukka Pappinen, Anna Olkinuora, Päivi Laukkanen-Nevala
Road bike accidents involving cervical fractures presenting as cardiac arrest: a report of two cases
Anne Marie Kabell Nissen, Louise Gramstrup Nielsen, Søren Mikkelsen, Anne Craveiro Brøchner
Accuracy of low-weight versus standard syringe infusion pump devices depending on altitude
Marc Blancher, Maxence Repellin, Maxime Maignan, Cyrielle Clapé, Arnaud Perrin, José Labarère, Guillaume Debaty, Damien Viglino
Derivation and internal validation of the screening to enhance prehospital identification of sepsis (SEPSIS) score in adults on arrival at the emergency department
Michael A. Smyth, Daniel Gallacher, Peter K. Kimani, Mark Ragoo, Matthew Ward, Gavin D. Perkins
Fluid resuscitation with preventive peritoneal dialysis attenuates crush injury-related acute kidney injury and improves survival outcome
Xian-Long Zhou, Shao-Zhou Ni, Dan Xiong, Xue-Qi Cheng, Peng Xu, Yan Zhao
Spinal injury in alpine winter sports: a review
Sebastian Frederick Bigdon, Jan Gewiess, Sven Hoppe, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Lorin M. Benneker, Paul Gilbert Fairhurst, Christoph E. Albers
Patient experience of spinal immobilisation after trauma
Camilla Ikast Ottosen, Jacob Steinmetz, Mo Haslund Larsen, Josefine S. Baekgaard, Lars S. Rasmussen
Correlation between field triage criteria and the injury severity score of trauma patients in a French inclusive regional trauma system
Arnaud Cassignol, Julien Marmin, Jean Cotte, Mickael Cardinale, Julien Bordes, Vanessa Pauly, François Kerbaul, Didier Demory, Eric Meaudre
Value of copeptin and the S-100b protein assay in ruling out the diagnosis of stroke-induced dizziness pattern in emergency departments
N. Deboevere, N. Marjanovic, M. Sierecki, M. Marchetti, M. Dubocage, E. Magimel, O. Mimoz, J. Guenezan
The use of HEAVEN criteria to predict difficult laryngeal view and intubation failure with direct and video laryngoscopy
Liu-Jia-Zi Shao, Shao-Hua Liu, Fu-Shan Xue
Epinephrine during resuscitation of traumatic cardiac arrest and increased mortality: a post hoc analysis of prospective observational study
Ryo Yamamoto, Masaru Suzuki, Kei Hayashida, Jo Yoshizawa, Atsushi Sakurai, Nobuya Kitamura, Takashi Tagami, Taka-aki Nakada, Munekazu Takeda, Junichi Sasaki
Single mission workload and influencing factors in German prehospital emergency medicine - a nationwide prospective survey of 1361emergency missions
Johannes Prottengeier, Johann Georg Keunecke, Christine Gall, Christian Eiche, Andreas Moritz, Torsten Birkholz
Clinical reasoning in the emergency medical services: an integrative review
Ulf Andersson, Hanna Maurin Söderholm, Birgitta Wireklint Sundström, Magnus Andersson Hagiwara, Henrik Andersson
New clinical guidelines on the spinal stabilisation of adult trauma patients – consensus and evidence based
Christian Maschmann, Elisabeth Jeppesen, Monika Afzali Rubin, Charlotte Barfod
Prehospital management provided by medical on-scene commanders in tunnel incidents in Oslo, Norway – an interview study
Johan Hylander, Britt-Inger Saveman, Ulf Björnstig, Lina Gyllencreutz
Prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration and neurological outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest among children by location of arrest: a Nationwide cohort study
Haruka Shida, Tasuku Matsuyama, Kosuke Kiyohara, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Takefumi Kishimori, Takeyuki Kiguchi, Chika Nishiyama, Daisuke Kobayashi, Satoe Okabayashi, Tomonari Shimamoto, Takashi Kawamura, Taku Iwami
Postponing intubation in spontaneously breathing major trauma patients upon emergency room admission does not impair outcome
Philipp Schwaiger, Herbert Schöchl, Daniel Oberladstätter, Helmut Trimmel, Wolfgang G. Voelckel
Neurocritical care physicians’ doubt about whether to withdraw life-sustaining treatment the first days after devastating brain injury: an interview study
Annette Robertsen, Eirik Helseth, Jon Henrik Laake, Reidun Førde
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation mitigates myocardial injury and improves survival in porcine model of ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest
Bo Liu, Qiang Zhang, Yong Liang, Yun Zhang, Xiaoli Yuan, Jiyang Ling, Chunsheng Li
Implementation of new guidelines in the prehospital services: a nationwide survey of Norway
Nina Øye Thorvaldsen, Lars Didrik Flingtorp, Torben Wisborg, Elisabeth Jeppesen
Chest pain in the ambulance; prevalence, causes and outcome - a retrospective cohort study
Claus Kjær Pedersen, Carsten Stengaard, Kristian Friesgaard, Karen Kaae Dodt, Hanne Maare Søndergaard, Christian Juhl Terkelsen, Morten Thingemann Bøtker
Impact of traumatic events incurred by asylum-seekers on mental health and utilization of medical services
Maya Siman-Tov, Moran Bodas, Alex Wang, Michael Alkan, Bruria Adini
Presence of a pre-hospital enhanced care team reduces on scene time and improves triage compliance for stab trauma
Alan Cowley, Mark Durham, Duncan Aldred, Richard Crabb, Paul Crouch, Adam Heywood, Andy McBride, Julia Williams, Richard Lyon
The management of unanticipated difficult airways in children of all age groups in anaesthetic practice - the position paper of an expert panel
Wojciech Walas, Dawid Aleksandrowicz, Maria Kornacka, Tomasz Gaszyński, Ewa Helwich, Marek Migdał, Andrzej Piotrowski, Grażyna Siejka, Tomasz Szczapa, Alicja Bartkowska-Śniatkowska, Zenon P. Halaba
Palliative care in the emergency department as seen by providers and users: a qualitative study
Silvia Di Leo, Sara Alquati, Cristina Autelitano, Massimo Costantini, Gianfranco Martucci, Francesco De Vincenzo, Beata Kuczynska, Alessandra Morini, Laura Trabucco, Raffaella Ursicelli, Gianluca Catania, Luca Ghirotto
Limitation of treatment in prehospital care – the experiences of helicopter emergency medical service physicians in a nationwide multicentre survey
Heidi Kangasniemi, Piritta Setälä, Heini Huhtala, Antti Kämäräinen, Ilkka Virkkunen, Joonas Tirkkonen, Arvi Yli-Hankala, Sanna Hoppu
Determining optimal needle size for decompression of tension pneumothorax in children – a CT-based study
Georg Leonhard, Daniel Overhoff, Lucas Wessel, Tim Viergutz, Marcus Rudolph, Michael Schöler, Holger Haubenreisser, Tom Terboven
A Delphi consensus study for teaching “Basic Trauma Management” to third-year medical students
Joana Berger-Estilita, Sabine Nabecker, Robert Greif
Predicting acute coronary syndrome in males and females with chest pain who call an emergency medical communication centre
Paul-Georges Reuter, Catherine Pradeau, Samantha Huo Yung Kai, Thibault Lhermusier, Arnaud Bourdé, Eric Tentillier, Xavier Combes, Vanina Bongard, Jean-Louis Ducassé, Sandrine Charpentier
Ventilation feedback device for manual ventilation in simulated respiratory arrest: a crossover manikin study
Abdo Khoury, Alban De Luca, Fatimata S. Sall, Lionel Pazart, Gilles Capellier
Variation in accessibility of the population to an Emergency Medical Communication Centre: a multicentre observational study
Yann Penverne, Brice Leclere, Eric Lecarpentier, Jean-Sébastien Marx, Benjamin Gicquel, Laurent Goix, Paul-Georges Reuter
Prehospital administration of surfactant to a premature neonate in respiratory distress
Charles Haviland Mize, Lhab Dorji, Ken Zafren
The boundaries of our imagination are not restricted by limits, but by lack of knowledge
Kristi G. Bache, Marius Rehn
Dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation for traumatic patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Chien-Hsin Lu, Pin-Hui Fang, Chih-Hao Lin
The impact of the Sepsis-3 definition on ICU admission of patients with infection
Jenny Klimpel, Lorenz Weidhase, Michael Bernhard, André Gries, Sirak Petros
Application of NICE or SNC guidelines may reduce the need for computerized tomographies in patients with mild traumatic brain injury: a retrospective chart review and theoretical application of five guidelines
Sebastian Svensson, Tomas Vedin, Linus Clausen, Per-Anders Larsson, Marcus Edelhamre
The Danish prehospital emergency healthcare system and research possibilities
Tim Alex Lindskou, Søren Mikkelsen, Erika Frischknecht Christensen, Poul Anders Hansen, Gitte Jørgensen, Ole Mazur Hendriksen, Hans Kirkegaard, Peter Anthony Berlac, Morten Breinholt Søvsø
Causes of brain dysfunction in acute coma: a cohort study of 1027 patients in the emergency department
Wolf Ulrich Schmidt, Christoph J. Ploner, Maximilian Lutz, Martin Möckel, Tobias Lindner, Mischa Braun
Characteristics of patients treated by the Danish Helicopter Emergency Medical Service from 2014-2018: a nationwide population-based study
Karen Alstrup, Thea Palsgaard Møller, Lars Knudsen, Troels Martin Hansen, Jens Aage Kølsen Petersen, Leif Rognås, Charlotte Barfod
Prognostic ability of the sequential organ failure assessment score in accidental hypothermia: a multi-institutional retrospective cohort study
Kenji Kandori, Yohei Okada, Tasuku Matsuyama, Sachiko Morita, Naoki Ehara, Nobuhiro Miyamae, Takaaki Jo, Yasuyuki Sumida, Nobunaga Okada, Makoto Watanabe, Masahiro Nozawa, Ayumu Tsuruoka, Yoshihiro Fujimoto, Yoshiki Okumura, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Ryoji Iiduka
Regional hypothermia attenuates secondary-injury caused by time-out application of tourniquets following limb fragments injury combined with hemorrhagic shock
Changmei Weng, Kai Lan, Tao Li, Liangchao Zhang, Jianmin Wang, Xinan Lai
Impact of rewarming rate on the mortality of patients with accidental hypothermia: analysis of data from the J-Point registry
Makoto Watanabe, Tasuku Matsuyama, Sachiko Morita, Naoki Ehara, Nobuyoshi Miyamae, Yohei Okada, Takaaki Jo, Yasuyuki Sumida, Nobunaga Okada, Masahiro Nozawa, Ayumu Tsuruoka, Yoshihiro Fujimoto, Yoshiki Okumura, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Bon Ohta
Outcome, quality of life and direct costs after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in an urban region of Switzerland
Raphael Ruch, Laura Stoessel, Philipp Stein, Michael Thomas Ganter, Daniel Anthony Button
Comment on epinephrine during resuscitation of traumatic cardiac arrest and increased mortality: a post hoc analysis of prospective observational study
Makoto Aoki, Toshikazu Abe
Nonoperative management of splenic injury in closely monitored patients with reduced consciousness is safe and feasible
Michel Teuben, Roy Spijkerman, Taco Blokhuis, Roman Pfeifer, Henrik Teuber, Hans-Christoph Pape, Luke Leenen
Impact of early intravenous amiodarone administration on neurological outcome in refractory ventricular fibrillation: retrospective analysis of prospectively collected prehospital data
Dong Keon Lee, Yu Jin Kim, Giwoon Kim, Choung Ah. Lee, Hyung Jun Moon, Jaehoon Oh, Hae Chul Yang, Han Joo Choi, Young Taeck Oh, Seung Min Park
The cost-effectiveness of upfront point-of-care testing in the emergency department: a secondary analysis of a randomised, controlled trial
Lara Nicole Goldstein, Mike Wells, Craig Vincent-Lambert
National early warning score (NEWS) and the new alternative SpO2 scale during rapid response team reviews: a prospective observational study
Joonas Tirkkonen, Sari Karlsson, Markus B. Skrifvars
First-response treatment after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a survey of current practices across 29 countries in Europe
Iris Oving, Siobhan Masterson, Ingvild B.M. Tjelmeland, Martin Jonsson, Federico Semeraro, Mattias Ringh, Anatolij Truhlar, Diana Cimpoesu, Fredrik Folke, Stefanie G. Beesems, Rudolph W. Koster, Hanno L. Tan, Marieke T. Blom
Intra-patient potassium variability after hypothermic cardiac arrest: a multicentre, prospective study
M. Pasquier, M. Blancher, S. Buse, B. Boussat, G. Debaty, M. Kirsch, M. de Riedmatten, P. Schoettker, T. Annecke, P. Bouzat
Development, validation and assessment of the test on knowledge about basic life support and use of automated external defibrillator among schoolchildren
Vesna Borovnik Lesjak, Andrej Šorgo, Matej Strnad
Impact of gender on post- traumatic intensive care and outcomes
Emma Larsson, Ann-Charlotte Lindström, Mikael Eriksson, Anders Oldner
Open-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation versus closed-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation in patients with cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Mao Wang, Xiaoguang Lu, Ping Gong, Yilong Zhong, Dianbo Gong, Yi Song
Impact of a goal-directed factor-based coagulation management on thromboembolic events following major trauma
Anais L. Stein, Julian Rössler, Julia Braun, Kai Sprengel, Patrick E. Beeler, Donat R. Spahn, Alexander Kaserer, Philipp Stein