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Beyond life extension- is it time for 'Emergency Last Aid' training? 除了延长生命之外——是时候进行“紧急最后援助”培训了吗?
IF 3 2区 医学
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine Pub Date : 2025-02-04 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-025-01330-5
Matthew Hooper, Marius Rehn
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Point-of-care tests in the emergency medical services: a scoping review. 紧急医疗服务中的即时检测:范围审查
IF 3 2区 医学
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine Pub Date : 2025-02-03 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-025-01329-y
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, J R Benger
{"title":"Point-of-care tests in the emergency medical services: a scoping review.","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, J R Benger","doi":"10.1186/s13049-025-01329-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13049-025-01329-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>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 application of POCTs in EMS despite growing interest and potential benefits in this setting. A review of the research will inform how we target future research efforts to support effective implementation and avoid duplication.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We searched three databases to April 2023 using comprehensive terms for POCTs. One author screened titles and abstracts, full-text papers and extracted data with a second author checking the data. A scoping review framework was used to categorise studies according to demographics, study design, medical conditions, biomarkers and test devices.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found 141 papers that included 158 reports of 9 study designs, 155 reports of 40 combinations of biomarker and condition and 161 reports of 41 test-devices. The majority of research was done in the UK (19%), US (17%), and the Netherlands (16%), mostly in land-based EMS (82%). Most frequently assessed were troponin for acute coronary syndromes (26%), lactate for sepsis (14%) or lactate for trauma/critical illness (13%). The majority of research designs investigated the accuracy of the tests (43%). Few studies were of a design to inform guidelines to change patient pathways and the associated outcomes, including, randomised controlled trials (RCTs) (4%), non-randomised studies able to assess causality (6%), economic analyses (1%) or qualitative work on acceptability (3%). In those few cases where RCTs were done there were long delays between initial test-accuracy research and publication of the first RCT, for example 11 years delay for troponin for acute coronary syndromes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We identified a thriving base of research on POCT in the EMS, however most studies established the diagnostic accuracy of the tests with few RCTs, economic analyses or qualitative research on acceptability. The time-lag from diagnostic accuracy to developing an RCT is considerable. Investment in funding and infrastructure is needed to support the research pathway for potential POCTs beyond diagnostic accuracy to designs able to assess clinical effectiveness, acceptability and economic effectiveness.</p>","PeriodicalId":49292,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine","volume":"33 1","pages":"18"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11792643/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143123927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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An analysis of ambulance re-contacts after non-conveyance: a retrospective cohort study in the Netherlands. 非运输后的救护车再接触分析:荷兰的回顾性队列研究。
IF 3 2区 医学
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-025-01332-3
Susanne E de Loor, Tessa Verheij, Thomas Karol, Franciscus G M H M Cuppen, Frits van Dijk, Femke Goldstein, Joyce Janssen, Remco H A Ebben
{"title":"An analysis of ambulance re-contacts after non-conveyance: a retrospective cohort study in the Netherlands.","authors":"Susanne E de Loor, Tessa Verheij, Thomas Karol, Franciscus G M H M Cuppen, Frits van Dijk, Femke Goldstein, Joyce Janssen, Remco H A Ebben","doi":"10.1186/s13049-025-01332-3","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13049-025-01332-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>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-contacts has limited validity as it lacks insight in actual reasons of an ambulance re-contact. Therefore, the aim of our study was to analyze the incidence, reasons and outcomes of ambulance re-contacts within 72 h after non-conveyance.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a one year (2022) retrospective study in one EMS region in the Netherlands. Medical records of all non-conveyance runs with a re-contact were analyzed using a framework to categorize re-contact reasons in illness-related, patient-related, professional-related, and unrelated. Re-contact outcomes were measured in terms of (non-)conveyance and mortality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>585/13.879 (4.2%) non-conveyance runs had a re-contact within 72 h. 547/585 (93.5%) re-contacts could be categorized with the framework. Re-contacts were related to the illness (n = 267, 48.8%), the patient (n = 130, 23.8%), the professional (n = 106, 19.4%) and unrelated (n = 44, 8.0%). Four subreasons accounted for 68.5% of reasons for re-contacts: progression of disease (19.4%), recurrent disease process/exacerbation (18.6%), reassessment and ambulance request by another medical professional (15.9%), and psychiatric disorder and/or substance abuse (14.6%). 403/547 (73.7%) patients with a re-contact were conveyed to the hospital. Mortality rate for patients with a re-contact was 0.5%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Re-contact incidence after non-conveyance is relatively low, with a very small part of re-contacts related to ambulance care professionals making errors in diagnosis or treatment. Combined with low re-contact mortality, this indicates safe non-conveyance decisions. Re-contacts as quality indicator cover a variety of reasons, with almost half of the re-contacts being related to illness. Four subcategories accounted for the majority of all reasons for re-contacts: progression of disease, recurrent disease process/exacerbation, reassessment and ambulance request by another medical professional, and psychiatric disorder and/or substance abuse. Three-quarters of the patients were conveyed, although more re-contacts due to patient related reasons ended in non-conveyance again.</p>","PeriodicalId":49292,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine","volume":"33 1","pages":"17"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11786587/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143076116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Experimental hypothermia by cold air: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial. 实验性低温空气:一项随机、双盲、安慰剂对照交叉试验。
IF 3 2区 医学
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-025-01331-4
Ane M Helland, Sigurd Mydske, Jörg Assmus, Guttorm Brattebø, Øystein Wiggen, Haakon K Kvidaland, Øyvind Thomassen
{"title":"Experimental hypothermia by cold air: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial.","authors":"Ane M Helland, Sigurd Mydske, Jörg Assmus, Guttorm Brattebø, Øystein Wiggen, Haakon K Kvidaland, Øyvind Thomassen","doi":"10.1186/s13049-025-01331-4","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13049-025-01331-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>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 have developed a new method for clinical trials of experimental hypothermia, to enable further studies of active rewarming. If cold ambient air is effective as a cooling method, this would mimic the most frequent clinical setting of hypothermic patients and provide a feasible cooling method for field studies. We aimed to induce mild hypothermia in healthy volunteers by exposure to cold ambient air, and tested the hypothesis that drug-induced suppression of endogenous thermoregulation would be required.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In a randomized, double-blind, crossover design, 15 healthy volunteers wearing wet clothes were put in a windy climate chamber set to 5 °C. Each participant completed the experimental procedure twice, once receiving active drugs (meperidine and buspirone) and once receiving placebo. The experiments were separated by a one-week wash-out period. Primary outcome was core temperature at termination, defined as 3 h of exposure or 35 °C. The between-groups difference was assessed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) with left censoring (Tobit model) and individual random intercept. Secondary outcomes were trajectory of core temperature and reduction of shivering.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At termination, the active drug vs placebo group differed in temperature by 1.4 °C. With adjustment for the removal of participants reaching 35 °C, the estimated mean difference was 1.7 °C (1.4-2.0, p < 0.001). Shivering was effectively reduced, but not completely inhibited by the drug regimen, and core temperature declined at a rate of - 0.82 °C per hour.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The novel protocol utilizing cold air as a cooling method and drug-induced suppression of endogenous thermoregulation, is effective and enables future research projects. We have provided suggestions for minor alterations.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>EudraCT ID 2023-506020-81-00.</p>","PeriodicalId":49292,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine","volume":"33 1","pages":"16"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11786356/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143076118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Key performance indicators in emergency department simulation: a scoping review. 急诊科模拟的关键绩效指标:范围审查。
IF 3 2区 医学
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-024-01318-7
Mohammad Hossein Mehrolhassani, Anahita Behzadi, Elaheh Asadipour
{"title":"Key performance indicators in emergency department simulation: a scoping review.","authors":"Mohammad Hossein Mehrolhassani, Anahita Behzadi, Elaheh Asadipour","doi":"10.1186/s13049-024-01318-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13049-024-01318-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>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 and classify the KPIs related to ED in simulations through the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) framework.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This scoping review was performed in 2024 without any time limitation based on the Arksey and O'Malley framework. The electronic databases of PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, EMBASE, MathSciNet, Google Scholar, and Persian databases such as IranDoc, MagIran, and SID were searched. The winter simulation conference was also investigated through manual searching. Furthermore, the screening process of included studies was based on the PRISMA reporting checklist. The data were analyzed by content analysis deductively and inductively. The extracted KPIs were coded as analysis units and transferred to the MAXQDA2020 software. Then, the KPIs were integrated and organized based on similarity. Moreover, the two authors discussed disagreements to reach a consensus on the final codes. The final KPIs classification was carried out based on the BSC framework to achieve a holistic view. The BSC is a managerial tool for evaluating organizations' performance via different dimensions. It contains four main dimensions: Customer, Financial, Growth and infrastructure, and Internal Processes. In addition, the management (vision, objectives, and strategies) has been positioned at the heart of the framework.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>Initially, 4257 articles were retrieved, and 125 articles were included after screening. Finally, 109 KPIs were extracted and classified into five categories. They include input, processing time, cost and revenue, utilization and productivity, and output indicators. Then, each category of KPIs was positioned in the BSC framework dimensions. Additionally, the findings showed that most indicators were related to the time of process indicators.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study findings have collected a comprehensive set of KPIs to measure ED performance in simulations. These results can assist policymakers, managers, and researchers in measuring ED performance and help improve ED performance through a holistic view.</p>","PeriodicalId":49292,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine","volume":"33 1","pages":"15"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11784001/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143068701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Identification of major trauma using the simplified abbreviated injury scale to estimate the injury severity score: a diagnostic accuracy and validation study. 使用简化简略损伤量表估算损伤严重程度评分来识别重大创伤:诊断准确性和验证研究。
IF 3 2区 医学
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine Pub Date : 2025-01-29 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-025-01320-7
David Eidenbenz, Tobias Gauss, Tobias Zingg, Vincent Darioli, Cécile Vallot, Pierre-Nicolas Carron, Pierre Bouzat, François-Xavier Ageron
{"title":"Identification of major trauma using the simplified abbreviated injury scale to estimate the injury severity score: a diagnostic accuracy and validation study.","authors":"David Eidenbenz, Tobias Gauss, Tobias Zingg, Vincent Darioli, Cécile Vallot, Pierre-Nicolas Carron, Pierre Bouzat, François-Xavier Ageron","doi":"10.1186/s13049-025-01320-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13049-025-01320-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>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 trained staff. A simple yet reliable scoring system is needed. The aim of this study was two-fold. First, to develop and validate a simplified AIS (sAIS) chart centred on the most frequent injuries for use by non-trained healthcare professionals. Second, to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the sAIS (index test) to calculate the simplified ISS (sISS) to identify major trauma, compared with the reference AIS (rAIS) to calculate the reference ISS (rISS).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective study used data (2013-2014) from the Northern French Alps Trauma Registry to develop and internally validate the sAIS. External validation was performed with data from the Trauma Registry of Acute Care of Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland (2019-2021). Both datasets comprised a random sample of 100 injured patients. Following the Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies 2015 guidelines, all patients completed the rAIS and the sAIS. The sISS and the rISS were calculated using the sAIS and the rAIS, respectively. Accuracy was evaluated with the mean difference between the sISS and the rISS and the Pearson correlation coefficient. A clinically relevant equivalence limit was set at ± 4 ISS points. Precision was analyzed using Bland-Altmann plots with 95% limits of agreement.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Accuracy was good. The mean ISS difference of 0.97 (95% CI, -0.03 to 1.97) in the internal validation dataset and - 1.77 (95% CI, - 3.04 to 0.50) in the external validation dataset remained within the equivalence limit. The Pearson correlation coefficient was 0.93 in the internal validation dataset (95% CI, 0.90-0.95) and 0.82 in the external validation dataset (95% CI, 0.75-0.88). The limits of agreement were wider than the predetermined relevant range.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The sAIS is accurate, but slightly imprecise in calculating the ISS. The development of this scale increases the possibilities to use a scoring system for severely injured patients in settings with a reduced availability of the AIS.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>Retrospectively registered.</p>","PeriodicalId":49292,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine","volume":"33 1","pages":"13"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11776216/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143068683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Circumstantial risk factors for death after intensive care unit-to-unit inter-hospital transfer-a Swedish registry study. 重症监护病房到医院间转院后死亡的间接危险因素——瑞典登记研究
IF 3 2区 医学
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine Pub Date : 2025-01-29 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-025-01325-2
Jesper Sternley, Karl Stattin, Max Petzold, Jonatan Oras, Christian Rylander
{"title":"Circumstantial risk factors for death after intensive care unit-to-unit inter-hospital transfer-a Swedish registry study.","authors":"Jesper Sternley, Karl Stattin, Max Petzold, Jonatan Oras, Christian Rylander","doi":"10.1186/s13049-025-01325-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13049-025-01325-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>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 weekend discharge and capacity transfer as compared to other reasons for transfer. Distance travelled may also constitute an indirect risk. The aim of this study was to assess potential associations between these circumstantial factors and the risk of death 30 days after transfer.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from 2015 to 2019 was retrieved from the Swedish Intensive Care Registry. Logistic regression was used for risk analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 4,327 patients, 965 (22%) were deceased 30 days after transfer. 1351 patients undergoing capacity transfer had a higher morbidity than patients transferred for other reasons. Using univariable logistic regression, days spent in the referring ICU before transfer, capacity transfer as compared to clinical transfer and repatriation as well as SAPS3 in the receiving ICU were associated with a higher risk of death at 30 days. However, after multivariable regression with adjustment for ICD-10 diagnosis and Standardised Mortality Rate in the receiving ICU, these associations were lost.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our results suggest that inter-hospital transfer is safe to carry out at any time of day and over shorter as well as longer distances.</p>","PeriodicalId":49292,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine","volume":"33 1","pages":"14"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11780853/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143068654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Significant room for improvement in the prehospital assessment and treatment of acute abdominal pain: a retrospective observational study. 急性腹痛院前评估和治疗的显著改进空间:一项回顾性观察性研究
IF 3 2区 医学
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine Pub Date : 2025-01-27 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-025-01328-z
Rasmus Bjerén, Carl Magnusson, Johan Herlitz, Denise Bäckström
{"title":"Significant room for improvement in the prehospital assessment and treatment of acute abdominal pain: a retrospective observational study.","authors":"Rasmus Bjerén, Carl Magnusson, Johan Herlitz, Denise Bäckström","doi":"10.1186/s13049-025-01328-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13049-025-01328-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>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 regardless of any other factor, studies on prehospital pain management in AAP patients are limited and suggest room for improvement. This is particularly relevant given the long-standing controversy surrounding the use of analgesia in AAP patients before a final diagnosis is made, which may still influence the prehospital pain management.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective cohort study of pain management in EMS patients with AAP in a central Swedish region. The region had a population density of 15.7 inhabitants per square kilometer spread over a mix of small urban and rural settings. Patient records were manually reviewed and scanned for written assessments or numeric ratings of pain. The analysis focused on proportions of assessment, treatment and reassessment of pain as well as median pain intensity, pain reduction and proportion of patients with a low last recording of pain.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>816 patients were included. Pain was assessed in 55% (n = 447) of all cases. The median initial pain intensity was eight units (IQR 6.0-9.0) on the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS), and 90% (n = 403) of the assessed patients experienced moderate or severe pain. Of those, 62% (n = 249) received pharmacological treatment. In 50% (n = 158) of all cases receiving treatment, pain was reassessed afterwards. The median pain reduction was four units (IQR 2.0-5.0) on the NRS scale. Among all cases, 10% (n = 84) had a last recorded pain assessment indicating low pain.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Significant room for improvement in the prehospital management of acute abdominal pain was found. The proportions of pain assessment, treatment and reassessment were low with nine out of ten patients leaving prehospital care with unknown, moderate or severe pain. Among the cases where pain assessment, treatment and reassessment were made and recorded, four out of five patients experienced significant pain relief, indicating the potential of better prehospital pain management.</p>","PeriodicalId":49292,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine","volume":"33 1","pages":"12"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11773934/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143054017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Improving preparedness for time critical prehospital care: a descriptive study of the first responder system in Central Norway. 改善时间关键院前护理的准备:挪威中部第一反应系统的描述性研究。
IF 3 2区 医学
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine Pub Date : 2025-01-25 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-024-01316-9
Andreas Lindeman, Lars Eide Næss, Lars Vesterhus, Ann-Britt Maude Bakken, Andreas Krüger, Helge Haugland
{"title":"Improving preparedness for time critical prehospital care: a descriptive study of the first responder system in Central Norway.","authors":"Andreas Lindeman, Lars Eide Næss, Lars Vesterhus, Ann-Britt Maude Bakken, Andreas Krüger, Helge Haugland","doi":"10.1186/s13049-024-01316-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13049-024-01316-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>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 this study was to describe the first responder system in Central Norway and how it is used as a supplement to emergency medical services (EMS).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We described incidents with dispatch of first responders in the catchment area of the Emergency Medical Communication Center of Sør-Trøndelag in Central Norway, using retrospective data recorded in the Norwegian Emergency Medical Information System between 2019 and 2023.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>First responders were dispatched to 460 incidents during the period. Of these, 441/460 (96%) incidents were assessed as \"acute\", and 135/460 (29%) were assessed as possible cardiac arrests. Four large rural municipalities accounted for 234/460 (51%) of the incidents. One in four patients, 112/449 (25%), died within 30 days. EMS had a median response time of 29 min in our sample.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>First responders are almost exclusively dispatched to high-severity incidents, with suspected cardiac arrest being the most common dispatch criteria. Our findings suggest that the first responder system contributes to rapid response in cases of acute illness and injury, especially in rural areas.</p>","PeriodicalId":49292,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine","volume":"33 1","pages":"11"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11762499/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143041935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Post-mission debriefs in helicopter emergency medicine services- introducing "The compassionate debrief". 直升机紧急医疗服务的任务后汇报——引入“富有同情心的汇报”。
IF 3 2区 医学
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine Pub Date : 2025-01-24 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-025-01326-1
Leif Rognås, Marius Rehn, Karina Damsgaard Nørby
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