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  1. Individuals suffering from major trauma and survive, often face diverse physical, psychological, and cognitive restrictions which can influence the (health-related) quality of life and the ability to work. Eve...

    Authors: Anne Neubert, Sebastian Hempe, Dan Bieler, Denise Schulz, Carina Jaekel, Michael Bernhard and Joachim Windolf
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:44
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  2. Pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia has become a common intervention in pre-hospital emergency medicine. Induction regimes have been modified significantly in the last decade largely guided by medical literatur...

    Authors: Mark Hodkinson, David Zideman and Kurtis Poole
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:42
    Content type: Comment Published on:

  3. Authors: Georg Bollig and Erika Zelko
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:41
    Content type: Matters Arising Published on:

    The original article was published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:20

    The Matters Arising to this article has been published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:73

  4. Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a preventable yet underrecognized global health challenge, contributing to substantial clinical and economic burdens. Comprehensive and comparable analyses of FBA trends across...

    Authors: Pingping Zheng, Ning Zhang, Zixi Chen and Zhelong Jiang
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:40
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  5. In recent decades, the number of fatal accidents among children and adolescents has declined. Nevertheless, trauma remains a significant cause of death among children and adolescents in high-income countries, ...

    Authors: Mette Schytt Price, Nikolaj Raaber, Per Hviid Gundtoft and Frederik Trier
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:39
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  7. Authors: Melisande Bensoussan, Mathilde Vannier, Thomas Loeb, Jérémie Boutet, Frédéric Lapostolle and Paul-Georges Reuter
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:37
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:6

  8. Authors: Ryan D. McHenry
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:36
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    The original article was published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:1

    The Matters Arising to this article has been published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:46

  9. For preoxygenation, German guidelines consider non-invasive ventilation (NIV) as a possible method in prehospital trauma care in the absence of aspiration, severe head or face injuries, unconsciousness, or pat...

    Authors: André Luckscheiter, Manfred Thiel, Wolfgang Zink, Johanna Eisenberger, Tim Viergutz and Verena Schneider-Lindner
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:35
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  10. Trauma is a leading cause of mortality, particularly in low and middle-income countries. While extensively studied in North America and Europe, data from the Asia-Pacific are limited. An important area of rese...

    Authors: Mohamad Iqhbal Bin Kunji Mohamad, Sabariah Faizah Jamaluddin, Norhaiza Ahmad, Arifah Bahar, Zarina Mohd Khalid, Nuraina Aqilah Binti Mohd Zaki, Nurul Azlean Norzan, Sang Do Shin, Goh E. Shaun, Wen-Chu Chiang, Kentaro Kajino, Kyoung Jun Song and Do Ngoc Son
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:34
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    The Matters arising to this article has been published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:48

  11. Authors: Adam J. Boulton, Terry Brown and Joyce Yeung
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:33
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    The original article was published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:1

    The Matters Arising to this article has been published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:46

  12. Out-of-hospital clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) guide paramedics, emergency medical technicians and first responders, but their quality remains uncertain. This scoping review aims to identify, aggregate an...

    Authors: Brendan V. Schultz, Timothy H. Barker, Emma Bosley and Zachary Munn
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:32
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  13. Traumatic hemorrhage is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. There is considerable interest in risk stratification tools to aid with early activation of intervention pathways for bleeding patients. ...

    Authors: Alexandre Tran, Tyler Lamb, Shannon M. Fernando, Manya Charette, Marie-Joe Nemnom, Maher Matar, Jacinthe Lampron and Christian Vaillancourt
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:31
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  14. The purpose of this study was to clarify the potentially life-saving critical interventions performed on children below the age of seven by the physician-manned mobile emergency care unit (MECU) in Odense, Den...

    Authors: Alexandra Claire McKenzie, Mads Belger Risom, Jens-Jakob Kjer Møller, Johan Mikkelsen, Sarah Friis Skole-Sørensen, Vibe Maria Laden Nielsen, Nicola Groes Clausen and Søren Mikkelsen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:30
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  15. Out-of-hospital traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA), a sudden loss of heart function caused by severe trauma such as blunt, penetrating, or other injuries, presents significant public health challenges due to its h...

    Authors: Ming-Fang Wang, Chen-Bin Chen, Chip-Jin Ng, Wei-Chen Chen, Shang-Li Tsai, Chien-Hsiung Huang, Chi-Yuan Chang, Li-Heng Tsai, Chi-Chun Lin and Cheng-Yu Chien
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:29
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  16. This study aims to evaluate the impact of point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) and computed tomography (CT) on emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) and time to surgical consultation in patients with mild...

    Authors: Chien-Tai Huang, Liang-Wei Wang, Shao-Yung Lin, Tai-Yuan Chen, Yi-Ju Ho, Pei-Hsiu Wang, Kao-Lang Liu, Yao-Ming Wu, Hsiu-Po Wang and Wan-Ching Lien
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:28
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    The Matters Arising to this article has been published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:53

  17. The prognosis for pulseless electrical activity (PEA) is typically poor; however, patients with cardiac activity observed on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) tend to have better outcomes compared to those with...

    Authors: Shang-Jun Zhang Jian, Tzu-Heng Cheng and Chieh-Ching Yen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:27
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  18. Anticoagulated patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and a negative cerebral CT on admission, commonly undergo a repeated CT scan after observation in the emergency department (ED) to detect delayed...

    Authors: Nicolò Capsoni, Giovanni Carpani, Francesca Tarantino, Silvia Gheda, Jean Marc Cugnod, Sabrina Lanfranchi, Jhe Lee, Simone Lizza, Sara Marchesani, Enrica Meloni, Annalisa Rigamonti, Irene Serrai, Silvia Vergani, Elisa Ginevra Zuddio, Bruno Gherardo Zumbo, Daniele Privitera…
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:26
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  19. This study aimed to investigate whether incorporating pre-injury health status, measured by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score, improves outcome prediction models for moderate-to-severe trau...

    Authors: Olivia Kiwanuka, Philipp Lassarén, Alexander Fletcher-Sandersjöö, Charles Tatter, Jonathan Tjerkaski, David W. Nelson and Eric P. Thelin
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:25
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  21. Acute pain in the prehospital setting is frequent and prehospital pain management presents multiple challenges, especially in children. There is a lack of high-level evidence regarding prehospital pain managem...

    Authors: Josefine Tvede Colding-Jørgensen, Gina Maj Graven Brandstrup, Vibe Maria Laden Nielsen, Josefine Gradman, Line Anker Bang Thybo, Peter Martin Hansen, Daniel Wittrock, Stig Nikolaj Fasmer Blomberg, Helle Collatz Christensen and Søren Mikkelsen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:23
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  22. Pain is a frequent reason for contacting the Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and effective pain management constitutes one of its cornerstones. The aims of this study have been: (a) to describe the prevalenc...

    Authors: Glenn Larsson, Pär Wennberg and Kristoffer Wibring
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:22
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    The Matters Arising to this article has been published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:38

  23. There has been increased use of prehospital point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) by helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) in recent years. Lack of governance structure and evidence of benefit have been desc...

    Authors: Salman Naeem, Shadman Aziz, Thomas Hirst, Johannes Strobel, Jamin M. Mulvey, Ailidh Lang, Jankee Patel, Alexander Smith, Ka Jun Cheng, Michael Palmer, Jonas Schlautmann, Michael D. Christian and Daniel Nevin
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:21
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    The Matters Arising to this article has been published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:50

  25. Swift reversal of oral anticoagulation is deemed essential for the outcome of patients with anticoagulation-related critical bleeding. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the benefits and harms o...

    Authors: Christian Ovesen, Jan Purrucker, Josefine Grundtvig, Theis Bech Mikkelsen, Christian Gluud, Janus Christian Jakobsen, Hanne Christensen and Thorsten Steiner
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:19
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  26. This scoping review aimed to summarize existing research on point-of-care tests (POCTs) within emergency medical services (EMS). There is a lack of comprehensive reviews covering the breadth and scope of appli...

    Authors: T. H. M. Moore, S. Dawson, K. Kirby, R. Body, A. Thompson, Y. O. Adepoju, R. Perry, H. Nicholson, J. Dinnes, K. Mitchell, J. Savović, S. Voss and J. R. Benger
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:18
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  27. Non-conveyance is an increasing part of ambulance care and has to be safe. One of the indicators to measure safety is an ambulance re-contact within 72 h. However, solely measuring the percentage of re-contact...

    Authors: Susanne E. de Loor, Tessa Verheij, Thomas Karol, Franciscus G. M. H. M. Cuppen, Frits van Dijk, Femke Goldstein, Joyce Janssen and Remco H. A. Ebben
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:17
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  28. Accidental hypothermia is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Research on treatment strategies for accidental hypothermia is complicated by the low incidence and heterogeneous patient population. We ...

    Authors: Ane M. Helland, Sigurd Mydske, Jörg Assmus, Guttorm Brattebø, Øystein Wiggen, Haakon K. Kvidaland and Øyvind Thomassen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:16
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  29. One way to measure emergency department (ED) performance is using key performance indicators (KPIs). Thus, identifying reliable KPIs can be critical in appraising ED performance. This study aims to introduce a...

    Authors: Mohammad Hossein Mehrolhassani, Anahita Behzadi and Elaheh Asadipour
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:15
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  30. Unit-to-unit transfer of critically ill patients infers hazards that may cause adverse events. Circumstantial factors associated with mortality after intensive care include days in the ICU, night-time or weeke...

    Authors: Jesper Sternley, Karl Stattin, Max Petzold, Jonatan Oras and Christian Rylander
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:14
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  31. The Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) and Injury Severity Score (ISS) grade the severity of injuries and are useful for trauma audit and benchmarking. However, AIS coding is complex and requires specifically trai...

    Authors: David Eidenbenz, Tobias Gauss, Tobias Zingg, Vincent Darioli, Cécile Vallot, Pierre-Nicolas Carron, Pierre Bouzat and François-Xavier Ageron
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:13
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  32. Acute abdominal pain (AAP) is a common reason for calling emergency medical services (EMS). Despite the widely acknowledged importance of effective prehospital pain management, described by patients as crucial...

    Authors: Rasmus Bjerén, Carl Magnusson, Johan Herlitz and Denise Bäckström
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:12
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  33. First responders exist in several countries and have been a prehospital emergency medical resource in Norwegian municipalities since 2010. However, the Norwegian system has not yet been studied. The aim of thi...

    Authors: Andreas Lindeman, Lars Eide Næss, Lars Vesterhus, Ann-Britt Maude Bakken, Andreas Krüger and Helge Haugland
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:11
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  36. As iatrogenic hyperoxia has been related to adverse outcomes in critically ill patients, guidelines advise to titrate oxygen to physiological levels. In the prehospital setting where partial arterial oxygen (PaO2

    Authors: Renate Stolmeijer, Jan C. ter Maaten, Jack Ligtenberg and Ewoud ter Avest
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:8
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  37. Although Emergency Medicine is now globally an established specialty, the Nordic countries have been relatively slow to implement it into their health care systems. To facilitate the development of EM in the N...

    Authors: Hjalti Már Björnsson, Ari Palomäki, Christian Baaner Skjærbæk, Frederik Pors Klinting, Frida Meyer, Jørn Einar Rasmussen and Lars Petter Bjørnsen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:7
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  38. Emergency Medical Communication Centres (EMCCs) play a crucial role in emergency care by ensuring timely responses through telephone triage. However, extended communication times can impede accessibility, pati...

    Authors: Melisande Bensoussan, Mathilde Vannier, Thomas Loeb, Jérémie Boutet, Frédéric Lapostolle and Paul-Georges Reuter
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:6
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    The Correction to this article has been published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:37

  39. During the recent years, emergency services in several countries have integrated video streaming into medical emergency calls, and research on the topic has gained increased focus. Video streaming during medic...

    Authors: Siri Idland, Kristin Häikiö, Jo Kramer-Johansen and Magnus Hjortdahl
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:5
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  40. Chest pain is one of the most common reasons for contacting the emergency medical services (EMS). It is difficult for EMS personnel to distinguish between patients suffering from a high-risk condition in need ...

    Authors: Elin Lökholm, Carl Magnusson, Johan Herlitz, Annica Ravn-Fischer, Ola Hammarsten, Magnus Johansson, Kristoffer Hallin and Kristoffer Wibring
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:4
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  41. Road traffic injury is the leading cause of death among young people globally, with motor vehicle collisions often resulting in severe injuries and entrapment. Traditional extrication techniques focus on limit...

    Authors: Tim Nutbeam, Rob Fenwick, Charlotte Haldane, Caroline Leech, Emily Foote, Simon Todd and David Lockey
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:3
    Content type: Guideline Published on:

  42. Over the past three decades, more advanced pre-hospital systems have increasingly integrated physicians into targeted roles, forming interprofessional teams. These teams focus on providing early senior decisio...

    Authors: Matthew D. Lavery, Arshbir Aulakh and Michael D. Christian
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:1
    Content type: Review Published on:

    The Matters Arising to this article has been published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:54

    The Matters Arising to this article has been published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:36

    The Matters Arising to this article has been published in Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2025 33:33

  45. Early rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia (RSI) and tracheal intubation for patients with airway or ventilatory compromise following major trauma is recommended, with guidance suggesting a 45-min timeframe...

    Authors: Daniel Heritage, Joanne Griggs, Jack Barrett, Scott Clarke, Rory Carroll, Richard Lyon and Duncan Bootland
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2024 32:138
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  46. The prehospital use of blood lactate measurements is increasing. However, the test’s benefits have not been methodically evaluated in non-trauma patients. This study had three aims: (1) To assess the evidence ...

    Authors: Louise Houlberg Walther, Hanne Beck Mieritz, Annmarie Touborg Lassen, Erika Frischknecht Christensen, Christian Backer Mogensen, Søren Mikkelsen and Anne Craveiro Brøchner
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2024 32:137
    Content type: Review Published on:

  47. Workplace violence against healthcare workers has been a well-known problem for more than 40 years. This problem is also relevant for prehospital personnel who are at risk of physical and/or psychological viol...

    Authors: Brit Schøsler, Frederik Stuhr Bang and Søren Mikkelsen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2024 32:136
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  48. Emergency Medical Service crews are equipped with comprehensive emergency kits for routine care and to provide life-saving interventions in severely ill patients. While guidelines on contents and packing strat...

    Authors: Daniel Laxar, Daniel Grassmann, Lena Reischmann, Alexandra Kaider, Bertram Schadler, Carmen Huber, Mario Krammel and Christina Hafner
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2024 32:135
    Content type: Original research Published on:

  49. Pre-alerts from paramedics to trauma centers are important for ensuring the highest quality of trauma care. Despite this, there is a paucity of data to support best practices in trauma pre-alert notifications....

    Authors: Tara Williams, Brodie Nolan, Melissa McGowan, Tania Johnston, Sonja Maria and Johannes von Vopelius-Feldt
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2024 32:134
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  50. Pain therapy is an important first-response measure in the pre-clinical care of trauma patients. Injured individuals on ski slopes are usually given first aid by members of the ski patrol. The early implementa...

    Authors: Lena Benz, Jürgen Knapp, Fredy-Michel Roten, Markus Huber and Richard Steffen
    Citation: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2024 32:132
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