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Facilitators and barriers to collaboration between pre-hospital emergency and emergency department in traffic accidents: a qualitative study
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Ketamine versus etomidate for rapid sequence intubation in patients with trauma: a retrospective study in a level 1 trauma center in Korea
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Decision on non-conveyance of patients suspected of COVID-19 in a novel arrangement with assessment visits by paramedics at home
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Comparison between two triage scales requires testing users who do not have a known scale, with referent scenarios including all pathologies
The original article was published in BMC Emergency Medicine 2023 23:49
The Research article to this article has been published in BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:201
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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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ABCDE cognitive aid tool in patient assessment – development and validation in a multicenter pilot simulation study
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Is the APLS formula used to calculate weight-for-age applicable to a Trinidadian population?
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.
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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:
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