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Editors' picks
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Is it time to re-think FAST? A systematic review and meta-analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) and conventional ultrasound for initial assessment of abdominal trauma
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Age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index as effective predictor for in-hospital mortality of patients with cardiac arrest: a retrospective study
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Incidence management system of the healthcare institutions for disaster management in Sri Lanka
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Effects of the establishment of trauma centres on the mortality rate among seriously injured patients: a propensity score matching retrospective study
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A pilot study of 17 wrist-cutting suicide injuries in single institution: perspectives from a hand surgeon
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Emergency department triage: an ethical analysis
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Unified treatment algorithm for the management of crotaline snakebite in the United States: results of an evidence-informed consensus workshop
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Is the APLS formula used to calculate weight-for-age applicable to a Trinidadian population?
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ABCDE cognitive aid tool in patient assessment – development and validation in a multicenter pilot simulation study
Aims and scope
BMC Emergency Medicine is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all urgent and emergency aspects of medicine, in both practice and basic research. In addition, the journal covers aspects of disaster medicine and medicine in special locations, such as conflict areas and military medicine, together with articles concerning healthcare services in the emergency departments.
The journal welcomes manuscripts in the following broad areas of research:
The journal welcomes manuscripts in the following broad areas of research:
- Patient management in the Emergency Department, quality and efficiency metrics, computer applications including decision support, computerized provider order entry, electronic medical records.
- Out-of-hospital acute care, ground first responder and paramedic systems, ambulance service and other critical care transports, emergency medical service regulations, policies and guidelines.
- Pediatric emergency medicine, neurological and psychiatric emergency medicine, toxicology and poisoning management, infection and sepsis, ultrasound, healthcare services research.
- Resuscitation and cardiac emergency medicine, including but not limited to: thromboembolism, respiratory failure and stroke.
- Trauma management including, but not limited to: head and neck injury, pelvic fracture, acute musculoskeletal trauma and cut injuries, trauma systems.
- Emergency medicine in disaster situations, emergency medicine in conflict areas and military medicine.
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Citation Impact
2.485 - 2-year Impact Factor (2021)
2.743 - 5-year Impact Factor (2021)
1.236 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
0.566 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)Speed
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The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:
Identity transparency: Single anonymized
Reviewer interacts with: Editor
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