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  1. Terrorist attacks are one of the human problems that affect many countries, leaving behind a huge toll of disabilities and deaths. The aim of this study was to use a mixed-method analysis to design and validat...

    Authors: Sadegh Miraki, Yasamin Molavi-Taleghani, Mohammadreza Amiresmaeili, Mahmood Nekoei-Moghadam and Hojjat Sheikhbardsiri
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:154
  2. Emergency medical services (EMS) are the first point of contact for most acute stroke patients. EMS call to hospital times have increased in recent years for stroke patients in the UK which is undesirable due ...

    Authors: Graham McClelland, Sarah Hepburn, Tracy Finch and Christopher I. Price
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:153
  3. Post-resuscitation debriefing (PRD) is the process of facilitated, reflective discussion, enabling team-based interpersonal feedback and identification of systems-level barriers to patient care. The importance...

    Authors: April J. Kam, Clarelle L. Gonsalves, Samantha V. Nordlund, Stephen J. Hale, Jennifer Twiss, Cynthia Cupido, Mandeep Brar and Melissa J. Parker
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:152
  4. We investigated key risk factors for hospital admission related to powered scooters, which are modes of transportation with increasing accessibility across the United States (US).

    Authors: Sergio M. Navarro, Victor R. Vakayil, Rafat H. Solaiman, Evan J. Keil, Matthew W. Cohen, Ellen J. Spartz, Christopher J. Tignanelli and James V. Harmon Jr.
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:150
  5. Maternal cardiac arrest is a rare and complex process requiring pregnancy-specific responses and techniques. The goals of this study were to (1) identify, evaluate, and determine the most current best practice...

    Authors: Andrea D. Shields, Jacqueline D. Battistelli, Laurie B. Kavanagh, Brook A. Thomson and Peter E. Nielsen
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:149
  6. Diagnostic errors constitute an important medical safety problem that needs improvement, and their frequency and severity are high in emergency room settings. Previous studies have suggested that diagnostic er...

    Authors: Kotaro Kunitomo, Taku Harada and Takashi Watari
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:148
  7. US emergency department (ED) visits for burns and factors associated with inter-facility transfer are unknown and described in this manuscript.

    Authors: Christopher S. Evans, Kimberly Hart, Wesley H. Self, Sayeh Nikpay, Callie M. Thompson and Michael J. Ward
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:147
  8. Emergency medical dispatchers typically use the dispatch code for suspected stroke when the caller brings up one or more symptoms from the face-arm-speech triad. Paramedics and emergency department physicians ...

    Authors: Pauli Vuorinen, Joonas Kiili, Essi Alanko, Heini Huhtala, Jyrki Ollikainen, Piritta Setälä and Sanna Hoppu
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:146
  9. Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment forms (POLST) exist in some format in all 50 states. The objective of this study is to determine paramedic interpretation and application of the California POLST f...

    Authors: Amelia M. Breyre, Karl A. Sporer, Glen Davenport, Eric Isaacs and Nicolaus W. Glomb
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:145
  10. Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is widespread in hospitals in many countries, causing severe consequences to patient outcomes, staff work and the system, with an overall increase in costs. Therefore, he...

    Authors: Giovanni Improta, Massimo Majolo, Eliana Raiola, Giuseppe Russo, Giuseppe Longo and Maria Triassi
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:143
  11. Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical condition presented in emergency departments globally. It is also the most common cause of abdominal pain treated surgically, with a lifetime risk of 7%. Recent s...

    Authors: Bassant Sayed Moussa, Mohamed Amin Ali, Dina AbdulRahman Ramadan Mohamed and Amal Mohamed El Shahhat
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:142
  12. Road traffic injuries (RTI) are the leading cause of death worldwide in children over 5 and adults aged 18–29. Nonfatal RTIs result in 20–50 million annual injuries. In Bangladesh, a new mechanism of RTI has e...

    Authors: Anna Tupetz, Eleanor Strand, Kazi Imdadul Hoque, Mohsina Sultana, Joao Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci, Catherine Staton and Michel D. Landry
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:141
  13. Authors: Soudani Marghli, Chafiaa Bouhamed, Amira Sghaier, Nabil Chebbi, Insaf Dlala, Samia Bettout, Achref Belkacem, Sarra Kbaier, Nahla Jerbi and Abdelouahab Bellou
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:140

    The original article was published in BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:134

  14. T-CPR has been shown to increase bystander CPR rates dramatically and is associated with improved patient survival.

    Authors: Fareed Ahmed, Uzma Rahim Khan, Salman Muhammad Soomar, Ahmed Raheem, Rubaba Naeem, Abid Naveed, Junaid Abdul Razzak and Nadeem Ullah Khan
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:139
  15. During the COVID-19 pandemic, maintenance of essential healthcare systems became very challenging. We describe the triage system of our institute, and assess the quality of care provided to critically ill non-...

    Authors: Harin Rhee, Gum Sook Jang, Sungmi Kim, Wanhee Lee, Hakeong Jeon, Da Woon Kim, Byung-min Ye, Hyo Jin Kim, Min Jeong Kim, Seo Rin Kim, Il Young Kim, Sang Heon Song, Eun Young Seong, Dong Won Lee and Soo Bong Lee
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:138
  16. Taiwan’s successful containment of the COVID-19 outbreak prior to 2021 provided a unique environment for the surveillance of unnecessary emergency medical use. The aim of the study is to examine the impact of ...

    Authors: Wen-Min Tseng, Po-Hsiang Lin, Pin-Chieh Wu and Chih-Hsiang Kao
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:137
  17. We aimed to evaluate door-to-puncture time (DPT) and door-to-recanalization time (DRT) without directing healthcare by neuro-interventionalist support in the emergency department (ED) by workflow optimization ...

    Authors: Shuiquan Yang, Weiping Yao, James E. Siegler, Mohammad Mofatteh, Jack Wellington, Jiale Wu, Wenjun Liang, Gan Chen, Zhou Huang, Rongshen Yang, Juanmei Chen, Yajie Yang, Zhaohui Hu and Yimin Chen
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:136
  18. Acute variceal bleeding (AVB) is a severe complication of portal hypertension that is caused by rupture of the esophageal or gastric varix. Scoring system for risk stratification of AVB is difficult to use bec...

    Authors: Jun Seok Seo, Yongwon Kim, Yoonsuk Lee, Ho Young Chung and Tae Youn Kim
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:135
  19. The additive benefit of inhaled corticosteroid when used with systemic corticosteroid in acute asthma is still unclear. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of high and repeated doses of inhale...

    Authors: Soudani Marghli, Chafiaa Bouhamed, Amira Sghaier, Nabil Chebbi, Insaf Dlala, Samia Bettout, Achref Belkacem, Sarra Kbaier, Nahla Jerbi and Abdelouahab Bellou
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:134

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:140

  20. During the Syrian civil war, patients were initially treated on-site in Syria and later transferred to medical centers in Israel. Relevant details concerning the exact nature of injury and medical/surgical car...

    Authors: Amitai Bickel, Konstantin Akinichev, Michael Weiss, Samer Ganam, Seema Biswas, Igor Waksman and Eli Kakiashvilli
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:132
  21. Recent studies have shown the prognostic value of capillary refill time (CRT) and suggested that resuscitation management guided by CRT may reduce morbidity and mortality in patients with septic shock. However...

    Authors: Matthias Jacquet-Lagrèze, Cléo Wiart, Rémi Schweizer, Léa Didier, Martin Ruste, Maxime Coutrot, Matthieu Legrand, Florent Baudin, Etienne Javouhey, François Dépret and Jean-Luc Fellahi
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:131
  22. This study aims to estimate and compare the parameters of some univariate and bivariate count models to identify the factors affecting the number of mortality and the number of injured in road accidents.

    Authors: Soodeh Shahsavari, Ali Mohammadi, Shayan Mostafaei, Ehsan Zereshki, Seyyed Mohammad Tabatabaei, Mohsen Zhaleh, Meisam Shahsavari and Frouzan Zeini
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:130
  23. Prehospital advanced airway management, including endotracheal intubation (ETI), is one of the most commonly performed advanced life support skills. In South Africa, prehospital ETI is performed by non-physici...

    Authors: Craig A. Wylie, Farzana Araie, Clint Hendrikse, Jan Burke, Ivan Joubert, Anneli Hardy and Willem Stassen
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:129
  24. In the event of a sudden illness or injury, elderly individuals are often dependent on self-help and mutual assistance from partners. With poor access to medical services during natural and other disasters, th...

    Authors: Eva Dolenc Šparovec, Damjan Slabe, Ivan Eržen and Uroš Kovačič
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:128
  25. Substance use is common among people who visit emergency departments (EDs) frequently. We aimed to characterize subgroups within this cohort to better understand care needs/gaps, and generalizability of charac...

    Authors: Jessica Moe, Yueqiao Elle Wang, Michael J. Schull, Kathryn Dong, Margaret J. McGregor, Corinne M. Hohl, Brian R. Holroyd and Kimberlyn M. McGrail
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:127
  26. The survival of children who suffer cardiac arrest is poor. This study aimed to determine the predictors and outcome of cardiac arrest in paediatric patients presenting to an emergency department of a tertiary...

    Authors: Amne O. Yussuf, Said S. Kilindimo, Hendry R. Sawe, Elishah N. Premji, Hussein K. Manji, Alphonce N. Simbila, Juma A. Mfinanga and Ellen J. Weber
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:126
  27. For critically ill patients, mechanical ventilation is considered a pillar of respiratory life support. The mortality of victims in intensive care units is high in resource-constrained Sub-Saharan African coun...

    Authors: Lehulu Tilahun, Asressie Molla, Fanos Yeshanew Ayele, Aytenew Nega and Kirubel Dagnaw
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:125
  28. Regurgitation is a complication common during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This manikin study evaluated the effect of regurgitation during endotracheal intubation on CPR quality.

    Authors: Li-Wei Lin, James DuCanto, Chen-Yang Hsu, Yung-Cheng Su, Chi-Chieh Huang and Shih-Wen Hung
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:124
  29. A multidisciplinary approach is essential for trauma patients’ treatment, particularly for cases with open lower extremity fractures, which are considered major traumas requiring a comprehensive approach. Rece...

    Authors: Min Ji Kim, Kyung Min Yang, Hyung Min Hahn, Hyoseob Lim and Il Jae Lee
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:123
  30. We aimed to investigate clinical benefits and economic costs of inhaled methoxyflurane when used by ambulance staff for prehospital emergency patients with trauma. Comparison is to usual analgesic practice (UA...

    Authors: Murray D. Smith, Elise Rowan, Robert Spaight and Aloysius N. Siriwardena
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:122
  31. Although the prognosis of patients treated at specialized facilities has improved, the relationship between the number of patients treated at hospitals and prognosis is controversial and lacks constancy in tho...

    Authors: Takumi Tsuchida, Kota Ono, Kunihiko Maekawa, Mariko Hayamizu and Mineji Hayakawa
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:121

    The Correspondence to this article has been published in BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:197

    The Correspondence to this article has been published in BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:198

  32. The risk of choking increases with aging, and the number of cases of choking-induced cardiac arrest is increasing. However, few studies have examined the prognosis of choking-induced cardiac arrest. The aim of...

    Authors: Takahiro Miyoshi, Hideki Endo, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Koki Shimada, Hiraku Kumamaru, Nao Ichihara, Yoshiki Miyachi and Hiroaki Miyata
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:120

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:157

  33. Traumatic injuries are a leading cause of deaths in Norway, especially among younger males. Trauma-related mortality can be reduced by structural measures, such as organization of a trauma system. Many hospita...

    Authors: Ida Celine Bredin, Hedi Marina Joks Gaup, Guttorm Brattebø and Torben Wisborg
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:119
  34. The triage of patients presenting with chest pain on admission to the emergency department uses scales based on patient clinical presentation or an electrocardiogram (ECG). These scales have different sensitiv...

    Authors: Chiara Casarin, Anne-Sophie Pirot, Charles Gregoire, Laurence Van Der Haert, Patrick Vanden Berghe, Diego Castanares-Zapatero and Melanie Dechamps
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:118
  35. Early diagnosis and appropriate management of shock aimed at prevention of prolonged hypoperfusion has shown to decrease morbidity and mortality in patients with undifferentiated shock. However, there is often...

    Authors: Asmaa Ramadan, Tamer Abdallah, Hassan Abdelsalam, Ahmed Mokhtar and Assem Abdel Razek
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:117
  36. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common among ambulance personnel, but its prevalence varies between developed and developing countries. This study aimed to investigate the lived experience of potentia...

    Authors: Khalid Mufleh Alshahrani, Judith Johnson, Lawrence Hill, Tmam Abdulaziz Alghunaim, Raabia Sattar and Daryl B. O’Connor
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:116
  37. Tracheal intubation in the emergency department (ED) can cause serious complications. Available evidence on the use of a high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) during intubation in the ED is limited. This study evalua...

    Authors: Yumi Mitsuyama, Shunichiro Nakao, Junya Shimazaki, Hiroshi Ogura and Takeshi Shimazu
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:115
  38. Identifying the reasons for the Emergency Department (ED) visit of patients with cancer would be essential for possibly decreasing the burden of ED use. The aim of our study was to analyze the distribution of ...

    Authors: Márton Koch, Csaba Varga, Viktor Soós, Lilla Prenek, Lili Porcsa, Alíz Szakáll, Gergely Bilics, Balázs Hunka, Szabolcs Bellyei, János Girán, István Kiss and Éva Pozsgai
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:114
  39. Pain is one of the most common, yet challenging problems leading to emergency department (ED) presentation, despite the availability of a wide range of pharmacological therapies. Virtual reality (VR) simulatio...

    Authors: T. Birrenbach, F. Bühlmann, A. K. Exadaktylos, W. E. Hautz, M. Müller and T. C. Sauter
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:113
  40. To evaluate how spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) affects successful extubation and prognosis in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) patients under mechanical ventilation.

    Authors: Wenjing Liu, Hong Guo, Jing Wang and Fang Ding
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:112
  41. The worldwide burden of stroke remains high, with increasing time-to-treatment correlated with worse outcomes. Yet stroke subtype determination, most importantly between stroke/non-stroke and ischemic/hemorrha...

    Authors: Susmita Chennareddy, Roshini Kalagara, Colton Smith, Stavros Matsoukas, Abhiraj Bhimani, John Liang, Steven Shapiro, Reade De Leacy, Maxim Mokin, Johanna T. Fifi, J Mocco and Christopher P. Kellner
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:111
  42. Numerous guidelines highlight the need for early airway management in facial trauma patients since specific fracture patterns may induce airway obstruction. However, the incidence of these hallmark injuries, i...

    Authors: Tero Puolakkainen, Miika Toivari, Tuukka Puolakka and Johanna Snäll
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:110
  43. Misdiagnosis is a major public health problem, causing increased morbidity and mortality. In the busy setting of an emergency department (ED) patients are diagnosed under difficult circumstances. As a conseque...

    Authors: Tanja Birrenbach, Michele Hoffmann, Stefanie C. Hautz, Juliane E. Kämmer, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Thomas C. Sauter, Martin Müller and Wolf E. Hautz
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:109
  44. This study, conducted in a Finnish city, examined whether decreasing emergency department (ED) services in an overcrowded primary care ED and corresponding direction to office-hours primary care would modify s...

    Authors: Marja Liedes-Kauppila, Anna M. Heikkinen, Ossi Rahkonen, Mika Lehto, Katri Mustonen, Marko Raina and Timo Kauppila
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:108
  45. The optimal prophylactic dose of heparin in patients with coronavirus-associated disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the emergency department (ED) is debated. This study aimed to analyze different thromboprophylaxis ap...

    Authors: Claudia Marchioni, Gaetano Esposito, Mario Calci, Bruno Bais and GianLuca Colussi
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:107
  46. Clinically occult cervical spine (CS) injuries are well described in blunt trauma, however delay in identifying these injuries and clearing the CS can result in morbidity. Our study examines the ground level f...

    Authors: John Culhane, Alan Parr and Philippe Mercier
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:106
  47. Zinc phosphide (ZnP) is a dark gray crystalline compound used as a rodenticide against rodents such as mice. ZnP poisoning may be accidental or suicidal. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical m...

    Authors: Seyed Khosro Ghasempouri, Zakaria Zakariaei, Seyed Mohammad Hoseininejad, Fatemeh Chinian, Mostafa Soleymanii, Seyedeh Masoumeh Pashaei and Mahdieh Sadeghi
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2022 22:104

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