What motivates and demotivates emergency response volunteers? A survey-based factor analysis study
Organized volunteer initiatives can reduce response times and improve outcomes in emergencies such as cardiac arrests or fires. Retention of volunteers is important to maintain good coverage and capabilities. ... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - August 12, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Erik Prytz, Petter Norrblom, Sofie Pilemalm, Tobias Andersson Granberg and Carl-Oscar Jonson Tags: Original research Source Type: research

The forgotten cohort-lessons learned from prehospital trauma death: a retrospective cohort study
Trauma related deaths remain a relevant public health problem, in particular in the younger male population. A significant number of these deaths occur prehospitally without transfer to a hospital. These patie... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - August 7, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dominik A. Jakob, Martin M üller, Sebastian Jud, Roland Albrecht, Wolf Hautz and Urs Pietsch Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Green HEMS in mountain and remote areas: reduction of carbon footprint through drones?
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Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - July 18, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michiel J. van Veelen and Giacomo Strapazzon Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Management and outcomes of firearm-related vascular injuries
Violence due to firearms is a major global public health issue and vascular injuries from firearms are particularly lethal. The aim of this study was to analyse population-based epidemiology of firearm-related... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - July 7, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Karolina Nyberger, Eva-Corina Caragounis, Pauline Djerf and Carl-Magnus Wahlgren Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Identifying traumatic significant haemorrhage is challenging for patient with low and intermediate risk, not when bleeding is obvious
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Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - June 26, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Vincent Darioli and Fran çois-Xavier Ageron Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Characteristics of a trauma population in an ambulance organisation in Sweden: results from an observational study
Globally, injuries are a major health problem, and in Sweden, injuries are the second most common reason for ambulance dispatch. However, there is a knowledge gap regarding the epidemiology of injuries requiri... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - June 26, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Glenn Larsson, Christer Axelsson, Magnus Andersson Hagiwara, Johan Herlitz and Carl Magnusson Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Care pathways and factors associated with interhospital transfer to neurotrauma centers for patients with isolated moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: a population-based study from the Norwegian trauma registry
Systems ensuring continuity of care through the treatment chain improve outcomes for traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. Non-neurosurgical acute care trauma hospitals are central in providing care continuit... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - June 26, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mathias Cuevas- Østrem, Kjetil Thorsen, Torben Wisborg, Olav Røise, Eirik Helseth and Elisabeth Jeppesen Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Femoral blood gas analysis, another tool to assess hemorrhage severity following trauma: an exploratory prospective study
Veno-arterial carbon dioxide tension difference ( ΔPCO2) and mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2) have been shown to be markers of the adequacy between cardiac output and metabolic needs in critical care patients... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - June 20, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Marie Werner, Benjamin Bergis, Pierre-Etienne Leblanc, Lucille Wildenberg, Jacques Duranteau, Bernard Vigu é and Anatole Harrois Tags: Original research Source Type: research

A systematic review of hemorrhage and vascular injuries in civilian public mass shootings
Civilian public mass shootings (CPMSs) are a major public health issue and in recent years several events have occurred worldwide. The aim of this systematic review was to characterize injuries and mortality a... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - June 19, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Karolina Nyberger, Lovisa Str ömmer and Carl-Magnus Wahlgren Tags: Review Source Type: research

Critically buried avalanche victims can develop severe hypothermia in less than 60 min
A major challenge in the management of avalanche victims in cardiac arrest is differentiating hypothermic from non-hypothermic cardiac arrest, as management and prognosis differ. Duration of burial with a cuto... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - June 15, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Simon Rauch, Julia Kompatscher, Andreas Clara, Iris Öttl, Giacomo Strapazzon and Marc Kaufmann Tags: Case report Source Type: research

Impact of the first response unit on prehospital on-scene time among paramedic-suspected stroke patients: a retrospective before –after cohort study in Finland
Revascularization of an occluded artery by either thrombolysis or mechanical thrombectomy is a time-critical intervention in ischaemic stroke. Each link in the stroke chain of survival should minimize the dela... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - June 13, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Verna K.E. Vaajanen, Pauli E.T. Vuorinen, Piritta A. Set älä, Reija Autio and Sanna E. Hoppu Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Nine golden codes: improving the accuracy of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) dispatch —a retrospective, multi-organisational study in the East of England
Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) are a limited and expensive resource, and should be intelligently tasked. HEMS dispatch was identified as a key research priority in 2011, with a call to identify a... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - June 12, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Christopher T. Edmunds, Kate Lachowycz, Sarah McLachlan, Andrew Downes, Andrew Smith, Rob Major and Edward B. G. Barnard Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Predictors of post-intubation hypotension in trauma patients following prehospital emergency anaesthesia: a multi-centre observational study
The objective of this study was to compare the differen... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - June 2, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: James Price, Lyle Moncur, Kate Lachowycz, Rob Major, Liam Sagi, Sarah McLachlan, Chris Keeliher, Alistair Steel, Peter B. Sherren and Ed B. G. Barnard Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Traumatic hemorrhage and chain of survival
Trauma is the number one cause of death among Americans between the ages of 1 and 46 years, costing more than $670 billion a year. Following death related to central nervous system injury, hemorrhage accounts ... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - May 24, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Rana K. Latif, Sean P. Clifford, Jeffery A. Baker, Rainer Lenhardt, Mohammad Z. Haq, Jiapeng Huang, Ian Farah and Jerrad R. Businger Tags: Review Source Type: research

Resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography in the emergency department: a single-centre case series
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is an emerging tool that can aid emergency physicians in treating patients in cardiac arrest and undifferentiated shock. TEE can aid in diagnosis, resuscitation, identify... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - May 20, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Fraser Kegel and Jordan Chenkin Tags: Original research Source Type: research