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  1. Dyspnoea is one of the most common reasons for patients contacting emergency medical services (EMS). Pre-hospital Emergency Nurses (PENs) are independently responsible for advanced care and to meet these patie...

    Authors: Wivica Kauppi, Johan Herlitz, Thomas Karlsson, Carl Magnusson, Lina Palmér and Christer Axelsson
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:89
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Organizational changes in out-of-hour (OOH) services may have unintended consequences for other prehospital services. Reports indicate an increased use of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) after cha...

    Authors: Dag Ståle Nystøyl, Jo Røislien, Øyvind Østerås, Steinar Hunskaar, Hans Johan Breidablik and Erik Zakariassen
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:88
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  3. Although the shock index is known to predict mortality and other severe outcomes, deriving it requires complex calculations. Subtracting the systolic blood pressure from the heart rate may produce a simple sho...

    Authors: Yohei Kamikawa and Hiroyuki Hayashi
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:87
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. It remains unclear whether transcatheter arterial embolisation (TAE) is as safe and effective for paediatric patients with blunt torso trauma as it is for adults in Japan, owing to few trauma cases and sporadi...

    Authors: Masayasu Gakumazawa, Chiaki Toida, Takashi Muguruma, Naoki Yogo, Mafumi Shinohara and Ichiro Takeuchi
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:86
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  5. A decision system in the ambulance allowing alternative pathways to alternate healthcare providers has been developed for older patients in Stockholm, Sweden. However, subsequent healthcare resource use result...

    Authors: Sofi Varg, Veronica Vicente, Maaret Castren, Peter Lindgren and Clas Rehnberg
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:85
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  6. Applied Research Associates (ARA) and the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR) have been developing a tablet-based simulation environment for burn wound assessment and burn shock resuscit...

    Authors: Austin Baird, Maria Serio-Melvin, Matthew Hackett, Marcia Clover, Matthew McDaniel, Michael Rowland, Alicia Williams and Bradly Wilson
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:84
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  7. The aim of the emergency department (ED) triage is to recognize critically ill patients and to allocate resources. No strong evidence for accuracy of the current triage instruments, especially for the older ad...

    Authors: Kirsi Kemp, Janne Alakare, Veli-Pekka Harjola, Timo Strandberg, Jukka Tolonen, Lasse Lehtonen and Maaret Castrén
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:83
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  8. Emergency department personnel routinely bear witness to traumatic experiences and critical incidents that can affect their own well-being. Peer support through debriefing has demonstrated positive impacts on ...

    Authors: Laura Cantu and Listy Thomas
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:82
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  9. The aim of this review is to elucidate the efficacy and side effects of ketofol in comparison to other anaesthetic agents during procedural sedation and analgesia.

    Authors: Tze Yong Foo, Norhayati Mohd Noor, Mohd Boniami Yazid, Mohd Hashairi Fauzi, Shaik Farid Abdull Wahab and Mohammad Zikri Ahmad
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:81
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. Non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) has become an alternative to an invasive artificial airway for the management of acute respiratory failure (ARF). NIV failure causes delayed intubation, which eventual...

    Authors: W. Liengswangwong, C. Yuksen, T. Thepkong, P. Nakasint and C. Jenpanitpong
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:80
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. Defined as a ‘guided reflective learning conversation’, ‘debriefing’ is most often undertaken in small groups following healthcare simulation training. Clinical debriefing (CD) following experiences in the wor...

    Authors: Andrew Coggins, Aaron De Los Santos, Ramez Zaklama and Margaret Murphy
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:79
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  13. Sepsis-associated encephalopathy (SAE) is a common complication of sepsis that may result in worse outcomes. This study was designed to determine the epidemiology, clinical features, and risk factors of SAE.

    Authors: Jiayi Chen, Xiaobei Shi, Mengyuan Diao, Guangyong Jin, Ying Zhu, Wei Hu and Shaosong Xi
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:77
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  14. With increased focus on early resuscitation methods following injury to improve patient outcomes, studies are employing exception from informed consent (EFIC) enrollment. Few studies have assessed patients’ op...

    Authors: Insiyah Campwala, Francis X. Guyette, Joshua B. Brown, Peter W. Adams, Barbara J. Early, Mark H. Yazer, Matthew D. Neal, Brian S. Zuckerbraun and Jason L. Sperry
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:76
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  15. In order to the significance of lessons learned from the natural disasters for health care systems particularly in developing and under-developed countries, the main purpose of this study was to identify chall...

    Authors: Mohammadtaghi Mohammadpour, Omid Sadeghkhani, Peivand Bastani, Ramin Ravangard and Rita Rezaee
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:75
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  16. Obstetric triage is a new idea, so the design and implementation of it requires identification of its concept and structure. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the concept and structure of the ob...

    Authors: Asieh Moudi, Mina Iravani, Mahin Najafian, Armin Zareiyan, Arash Forouzan and Mojgan Mirghafourvand
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:74
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  17. Clinical decision-making (CDM) is an important competency for young doctors especially under complex and uncertain conditions in geriatric emergency medicine (GEM). However, research in this field is character...

    Authors: Maria Louise Gamborg, Mimi Mehlsen, Charlotte Paltved, Gitte Tramm and Peter Musaeus
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:73
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  18. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends involving lay people in prehospital care. Several training programmes have been implemented to build lay responder first aid skills. Findings show that most progr...

    Authors: Menti L. Ndile, Britt-Inger Saveman, Gift G. Lukumay, Dickson A. Mkoka, Anne H. Outwater and Susann Backteman-Erlanson
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:72
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  19. Amidst the ongoing opioid crisis there are debates regarding the optimal route of administration and dosages of naloxone. This applies both for lay people administration and emergency medical services, and in ...

    Authors: Ida Tylleskar, Linn Gjersing, Lars Petter Bjørnsen, Anne-Cathrine Braarud, Fridtjof Heyerdahl, Ola Dale and Arne Kristian Skulberg
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:71
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  20. Vestibular symptoms are a frequent reason for presenting at the emergency department (ED). Underlying conditions range in severity from life-threatening to benign, but often remain undiagnosed despite extensiv...

    Authors: Martin Müller, Martina B. Goeldlin, Janika Gaschen, Thomas C. Sauter, Stephanie Stock, Franca Wagner, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos, Urs Fischer, Roger Kalla and Georgios Mantokoudis
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:70
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. Worldwide, policies exist on family presence during resuscitation (FPDR), however, this is still lacking in the Gulf Corporation Countries (GCC) in general and in the Kingdom of Bahrain in particular. The aim ...

    Authors: Feras H. Abuzeyad, Ahmed Elhobi, Wael Kamkoum, Luma Bashmi, Ghada Al-Qasim, Leena Alqasem, Naser Mohamed Ali Mansoor, Stephanie Hsu and Priya Das
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:69
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. More than half of deaths in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) result from conditions that could be treated with emergency care - an integral component of universal health coverage (UHC) - through timely...

    Authors: Fiona E. Lecky, Teri Reynolds, Olubukola Otesile, Sara Hollis, Janette Turner, Gordon Fuller, Ian Sammy, Jean Williams-Johnson, Heike Geduld, Andrea G. Tenner, Simone French, Ishtar Govia, Julie Balen, Steve Goodacre, Sujan B. Marahatta, Shaheem DeVries…
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:68
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. Dyspnoea (breathing difficulty) is among the most commonly cited reasons for contacting emergency medical services (EMSs). Dyspnoea is caused by several serious underlying medical conditions and, based on pati...

    Authors: Wivica Kauppi, Johan Herlitz, Carl Magnusson, Lina Palmér and Christer Axelsson
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:67
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Nadir Ijaz, Matthew Strehlow, N. Ewen Wang, Elizabeth Pirrotta, Areeba Tariq, Naseeruddin Mahmood and Swaminatha Mahadevan
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:66
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Emergency Medicine 2018 18:22

  25. People living in rural areas usually suffer comparatively disadvantaged emergency health care than those living in urban areas, reasons including long transit time due to geographic factors. As for many time c...

    Authors: Xing Fu, Philip Wilson and Wing Sun Faith Chung
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:65
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. Selecting stroke patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO) based on prehospital stroke scales could provide a faster triage and transportation to a comprehensive stroke centre resulting a favourable outcome. ...

    Authors: Gabor Tarkanyi, Peter Csecsei, Istvan Szegedi, Evelin Feher, Adam Annus, Tihamer Molnar and Laszlo Szapary
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:64
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  27. Emergency care research into ‘Silver Trauma’, which is simply defined as major trauma consequent upon relatively minor injury mechanisms, is facing many challenges including that at present, there is no clear ...

    Authors: Abdullah Alshibani, Jay Banerjee, Fiona Lecky, Timothy J. Coats, Rebecca Prest, Áine Mitchell, Emily Laithwaite, Matt Wensley and Simon Conroy
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:63
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. To manage increasing demand for emergency and unscheduled care NHS England policy has promoted services in which patients presenting to Emergency Departments (EDs) with non-urgent problems are directed to gene...

    Authors: Michelle Edwards, Alison Cooper, Freya Davies, Rebecca Sherlock, Andrew Carson-Stevens, Delyth Price, Alison Porter, Bridie Evans, Saiful Islam, Helen Snooks, Pippa Anderson, Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena, Peter Hibbert, Thomas Hughes, Matthew Cooke, Jeremy Dale…
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:62
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. There has been an increasing demand for emergency medical services (EMS), and a growing number of patients are not conveyed; i.e., they are referred to levels of care other than ambulance conveyance to the eme...

    Authors: Erik Höglund, Magnus Andersson-Hagiwara, Agneta Schröder, Margareta Möller and Emma Ohlsson-Nevo
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:61
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. Despite regionalization efforts, delays at transferring hospitals for patients transferred with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) persist. These de...

    Authors: Michael J. Ward, Timothy J. Vogus, Kemberlee Bonnet, Kelly Moser, David Schlundt and Sunil Kripalani
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:60
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. Syncope is a frequent reason for referral to the emergency department. After excluding a potentially life-threatening condition, the second objective is to find the cause of syncope. The objective of this stud...

    Authors: Veera K. van Wijnen, Reinold O. B. Gans, Wouter Wieling, Jan C. ter Maaten and Mark P. M. Harms
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:59
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Malnutrition often occurs in acute stroke patients receiving enteral tube feeding (ETF). Unless malnutrition is improved, their clinical outcome is poor. However, strategies to improve malnutrition in these pa...

    Authors: Takahisa Mori and Kazuhiro Yoshioka
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:56
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:99

  35. Massive infusions of crystalloids into bleeding hypotensive patients can worsen the outcome. Military experience suggests avoiding crystalloids using early damage control resuscitation with blood components in...

    Authors: Pauli Vuorinen, Joonas-Eemeli Kiili, Piritta Setälä, Antti Kämäräinen and Sanna Hoppu
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:55
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  36. No study to date has looked at the gender of emergency medicine (EM) physicians in the United States in relation to admission rates. This study seeks to investigate admission rates of adult patients treated by...

    Authors: Hisham Valiuddin, Hope Ring, Michelle Fallon and Yaser Valiuddin
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:54
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Willem F. van der Mei, Anna C. Barbano, Andrew Ratanatharathorn, Richard A. Bryant, Douglas L. Delahanty, Terri A. deRoon-Cassini, Betty S. Lai, Sarah R. Lowe, Yutaka J. Matsuoka, Miranda Olff, Wei Qi, Ulrich Schnyder, Soraya Seedat, Ronald C. Kessler, Karestan C. Koenen and Arieh Y. Shalev
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:53
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:16

  38. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is prevalent among road traffic accident survivors (RTA), yet the psychological welfare of the persons has largely been ignored as health care professionals focus more on ...

    Authors: Asres Bedaso, Gemechu Kediro, Jemal Ebrahim, Firkru Tadesse, Shewangizaw Mekonnen, Negeso Gobena and Ephrem Gebrehana
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:52
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Emergency Department (ED) crowding occurs when demand for care exceeds the available resources. Crowding has been associated with decreased quality of care and increased mortality, but the prevalence on a nati...

    Authors: Jens Wretborn, Joakim Henricson, Ulf Ekelund and Daniel B. Wilhelms
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:50
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  41. The cardiopulmonary resuscitation guidelines revised in 2015 recommend target chest compression rate (CCR) and chest compression depth (CCD) of 100–120 compressions per minute (cpm) and 5–6 cm, respectively. W...

    Authors: Nao Urushibata, Kiyoshi Murata, Hideki Endo, Ayako Yoshiyuki and Yasuhiro Otomo
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:49
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  42. UK Ambulance services are under pressure to safely stream appropriate patients away from the Emergency Department (ED). Even so, there has been little evaluation of patient outcomes. We investigated difference...

    Authors: Joanna M. Blodgett, Duncan J. Robertson, David Ratcliffe and Kenneth Rockwood
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:48
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  43. The average age of the global population is rising at an increasing rate. There is a disproportional increase in Emergency Department (ED) visits by older people worldwide. In the Brazilian health system, comp...

    Authors: João Carlos Pereira Gomes, Roger Daglius Dias, Jacson Venancio de Barros, Irineu Tadeu Velasco and Wilson Jacob Filho
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:47
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. Previous studies have shown that prehospital insertion of peripheral vascular access is highly variable. The aim of this study is to establish the proportion of peripheral vascular access placement and its use...

    Authors: Erin Gonvers, Thierry Spichiger, Eric Albrecht and Fabrice Dami
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:46
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Acute appendicitis is a global disease and a very common indication for emergency surgery worldwide. The need for hospital resources is therefore constantly high. The administration in Kanta-Häme Central Hospi...

    Authors: Artur Ojakäär, Martin Purdy, Aristotelis Kechagias, Ulla Järvelin and Ari Palomäki
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:45
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. Sepsis is a common problem encountered in the emergency room which needs to be intervened early. Predicting prognosis is always a difficult task in busy emergency rooms using present scores, which has several ...

    Authors: Rajan Ghimire, Yogendra Man Shakya, Tirtha Man Shrestha and Ram Prasad Neupane
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:43
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. Several scores and codes are used in prehospital clinical quality registries but little is known of their reliability. The aim of this study is to evaluate the inter-rater reliability of the American Society o...

    Authors: A. Heino, P. Laukkanen-Nevala, L. Raatiniemi, M. Tommila, J. Nurmi, A. Olkinuora, I. Virkkunen and T. Iirola
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:42
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Anterior shoulder dislocations (ASD) are commonly seen in Emergency Departments (ED). ED overcrowding is increasingly burdening many healthcare systems. Little is known about factors influencing ED length-of-s...

    Authors: Daan Schuur, David Baden, Martijn Roetman, Tom Boeije, Michael Burg and Nieke Mullaart-Jansen
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:41
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  50. Suspected urinary tract infection (UTI) syndromes are a common reason for empirical antibiotics to be prescribed in the Emergency Department (ED), but differentiating UTI from other conditions with a similar p...

    Authors: Laura J. Shallcross, Patrick Rockenschaub, David McNulty, Nick Freemantle, Andrew Hayward and Martin J. Gill
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2020 20:40
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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