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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

Predicting deterioration of patients with early sepsis at the emergency department using continuous heart rate variability analysis: a model-based approach
Sepsis is a life-threatening disease with an in-hospital mortality rate of approximately 20%. Physicians at the emergency department (ED) have to estimate the risk of deterioration in the coming hours or days ... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - April 1, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Raymond J. van Wijk, Vincent M. Quinten, Mathilde C. van Rossum, Hjalmar R. Bouma and Jan C. ter Maaten Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Impact of the route of adrenaline administration in patients suffering from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest on 30-day survival with good neurological outcome (ETIVIO study)
Over the past decades, international guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) have changed the recommendation for alternative routes for drug administration. Until now, evidence for the substantial s... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - March 30, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tobias Monaco, Matthias Fischer, Mark Michael, Iryna Hubar, Ralf Westenfeld, Stefan Rauch, Jan-Thorsten Gr äsner and Michael Bernhard Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Validation of a modified South African triage scale in a high-resource setting: a retrospective cohort study
Triage systems are widely used in emergency departments, but are not always validated. The South African Triage Scale (SATS) has mainly been studied in resource-limited settings. The aim of this study was to d... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - March 20, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dagfinn Lunde Markussen, Heidi Synn øve Brevik, Rune Oskar Bjørneklett and Mette Engan Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Epidural hematoma, a positive or negative prognostic factor? Letter to the Editor in response to Khaki et al.
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Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - March 9, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mohamed Jalloh and Mahdi Sharif-Alhoseini Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Airway registries in primarily adult, emergent endotracheal intubation: a scoping review
Emergency Department (ED) airway registries are formalized methods to collect and document airway practices and outcomes. Airway registries have become increasingly common in EDs globally; yet there is no cons... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - March 8, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Sarah Meulendyks, Daniel Korpal, Helen Jingshu Jin, Sameer Mal and Jacob Pace Tags: Review Source Type: research

Development of outcomes for evaluating emergency care triage: a Delphi approach
Triage is used as standard of care for prioritization and identification of time-critical patients in the emergency department (ED) globally, but it is unclear what outcomes should be used to evaluate triage. ... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - February 25, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Andr é Johansson, Anna Ekwall, Jakob Lundager Forberg and Ulf Ekelund Tags: Original research Source Type: research

The effect of a multi-faceted quality improvement program on paramedic intubation success in the critical care transport environment: a before-and-after study
Endotracheal intubation (ETI) is an infrequent but key component of prehospital and retrieval medicine. Common measures of quality of ETI are the first pass success rates (FPS) and ETI on the first attempt wit... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - February 22, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Johannes von Vopelius-Feldt, Michael Peddle, Joel Lockwood, Sameer Mal, Bruce Sawadsky, Wayde Diamond, Tara Williams, Brad Baumber, Rob Van Houwelingen and Brodie Nolan Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Differences between the dispatch priority assessments of emergency medical dispatchers and emergency medical services: a prospective register-based study in Finland
Responsive and efficient emergency medical services (EMS) require accurate telephone triage. In Finland, such services are provided by Emergency Response Centre Agency (ERC Agency). In 2018, a new Finnish comp... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - February 16, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tomi Salminen, Kaius Kaartinen, Mervi Roos, Verna Vaajanen, Ari Ekstrand, Piritta Set älä and Sanna Hoppu Tags: Original research Source Type: research

“It's like a swan, all nice and serene on top, and paddling like hell underneath”: community first responders’ practices in attending patients and contributions to rapid emergency response in rural England, United Kingdom—a qualitative interview study
Community First Responder (CFR) schemes are a long-established service supplementing ambulance trusts in their local community in the United Kingdom. CFRs are community members who volunteer to respond to peop... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - February 13, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Gupteswar Patel, Viet-Hai Phung, Ian Trueman, Julie Pattinson, Vanessa Botan, Seyed Mehrshad Parvin Hosseini, Roderick Ørner, Zahid Asghar, Murray D. Smith, Elise Rowan, Robert Spaight, Jason Evans, Amanda Brewster, Pauline Mountain and Aloysius Niroshan Tags: Original research Source Type: research

PrehospitaL Ultrasound in Undifferentiated DyspnEa (PreLUDE): a prospective, clinical, observational study
Diagnostic uncertainty in patients with dyspnea is associated with worse outcomes. We hypothesized that prehospital point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can improve diagnostic accuracy. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - February 5, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Elise Arem Gundersen, Peter Juhl-Olsen, Allan Bach, Martin Rostgaard-Knudsen, Bent Roni Rangh øj Nielsen, Søren Helbo Skaarup, Henrik Ømark Petersen, Jesper Fjølner, Morten Gustav Gerstrøm Poulsen and Morten Thingemann Bøtker Tags: Original research Source Type: research

Pre-hospital analgesia in pediatric trauma and critically ill patients: An analysis of a German air rescue service
This study evaluates the pre-hospital use and effect of analgesics in... (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine - January 28, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Christine Eimer, Florian Reifferscheid, Philipp Jung, Marcus Rudolph, Tom Terboven, Florian Hoffmann, Ulf Lorenzen, Andrea K öser and Stephan Seewald Tags: Original research Source Type: research