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

Green HEMS: how to make it happen
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Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - May 4, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: E. ter Avest, M. Kratz, T. Dill and M. Palmer Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

Multiple trauma in pregnant women: injury assessment, fetal radiation exposure and mortality. A multicentre observational study
Fetal radiation exposure in pregnant women with trauma is a concern. The purpose of this study was to evaluate fetal radiation exposure with regard to the type of injury assessment performed. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - May 2, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Paer-Selim Abback, Alison Benchetrit, Nathalie Delhaye, Jean-Luc Daire, Arthur James, Arthur Neuschwander, Mathieu Boutonnet, Fabrice Cook, H élène Vinour, Jean-Luc Hanouz, Jean Cotte, Bruno Pastene, Viridiana Jouffroy, Tobias Gauss and Traumabase Group Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Multifaceted implementation and sustainability of a protocol for prehospital anaesthesia: a retrospective analysis of 2115 patients from helicopter emergency medical services
Prehospital emergency anaesthesia (PHEA) is a high-risk procedure. We developed a prehospital anaesthesia protocol for helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) that standardises the process and involves am... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - April 30, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Susanne Ångerman, Hetti Kirves and Jouni Nurmi Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Factors influencing on-scene time in a physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS): a retrospective observational study
For helicopter emergency service systems (HEMS), the prehospital time consists of response time, on-scene time and transport time. Little is known about the factors that influence on-scene time or about differ... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - April 14, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Alexander Fuchs, Markus Huber, Thomas Riva, Stefan Becker, Roland Albrecht, Robert Greif and Urs Pietsch Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Differential diagnosis and cause-specific treatment during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective descriptive study
The cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guidelines recommend identifying and correcting the underlying reversible causes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). However, it is uncertain how often these cause... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - April 11, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Elina Heikkil ä, Milla Jousi and Jouni Nurmi Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination to identify life- and limb-threatening injuries in trauma patients
Timely and accurate identification of life- and limb-threatening injuries (LLTIs) is a fundamental objective of trauma care that directly informs triage and treatment decisions. However, the diagnostic accurac... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - April 7, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jared M. Wohlgemut, Max E. R. Marsden, Rebecca S. Stoner, Erhan Pisirir, Evangelia Kyrimi, Gareth Grier, Michael Christian, Thomas Hurst, William Marsh, Nigel R. M. Tai and Zane B. Perkins Tags: Original research Source Type: research

“You have to live with some risk, it’s part of the profession”. Specialist ambulance nurses’ perceptions of assignments involving ongoing lethal violence
As a result of several violent terrorist incidents, authorities in Sweden have shifted from previous approaches of being certain that it is safe for the ambulance service to enter the scene, to a one where “sa... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - April 5, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Susanne Stendahl, Linda Rollgard, Lina Behm and Andreas Rantala Tags: Original research Source Type: research

External validation of the PROLOGUE score to predict neurological outcome in adult patients after cardiac arrest: a prospective cohort study
The PROLOGUE score (PROgnostication using LOGistic regression model for Unselected adult cardiac arrest patients in the Early stages) is a novel prognostic model for the prediction of neurological outcome afte... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - April 4, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Ren é Blatter, Bulus Gökduman, Simon A. Amacher, Christoph Becker, Katharina Beck, Sebastian Gross, Kai Tisljar, Raoul Sutter, Hans Pargger, Stephan Marsch and Sabina Hunziker Tags: Original research Source Type: research