OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Trauma center vs. nearest non-trauma center: direct transport or bypass approach for out-of-hospital traumatic cardiac arrest	70
Differential diagnosis and cause-specific treatment during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective descriptive study	64
Psychoactive substances and previous hospital admissions, triage and length of stay in rural injuries: a prospective observational study	35
Simulating the methodological bias in the ATLS classification of hypovolemic shock: a critical reappraisal of the base deficit renaissance	31
Development of novel thoracic retractor for resuscitative thoracotomy	29
Practical psychosocial care for providers of pre-hospital care: a summary of the report ‘valuing staff, valuing patients’	29
Unplanned transfers from wards to intensive care units: how well does NEWS identify patients in need of urgent escalation of care?	28
Bleeding resuscitation in the ambulance service, an observational study of standard care in Sweden	28
The forgotten cohort-lessons learned from prehospital trauma death: a retrospective cohort study	27
The use of strong analgesics for prehospital pain management in children in the region of Southern Denmark: a register-based study	25
The MeSH heading “Call Center” is due for an update: why we recommend the more precise heading “Emergency Medical Communication Center”	24
Prognostic value of arterial carbon dioxide tension during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients receiving extracorporeal resuscitation	24
ST-T segment changes in prehospital emergency physicians in the field: a prospective observational trial	24
TeLePhone Respiratory (TeLePoR) score to assess the risk of immediate respiratory support through phone call for acute dyspnoea: a prospective cohort study	23
The association between urgency level and hospital admission, mortality and resource utilization in three emergency department triage systems: an observational multicenter study	23
Impact of the route of adrenaline administration in patients suffering from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest on 30-day survival with good neurological outcome (ETIVIO study)	22
Airway registries in primarily adult, emergent endotracheal intubation: a scoping review	21
Outcome of severely injured patients in a unique trauma system with 24/7 double trauma surgeon on-call service	21
Removal of the cervical collar from alpine rescue protocols? A biomechanical non-inferiority trial in real-life mountain conditions	21
Interleukin-6 and its association with outcome in traumatic brain injury: a prospective cohort	21
Correction: The implication of a translational triage tool in mass casualty incidents: part three: a multinational study, using validated patient cards	20
Management and outcomes of firearm-related vascular injuries	20
The impact of concurrency conflicts on optimal location of air ambulance bases in Norway	20
Pediatric trauma over a decade: demographics, mechanisms of injury, and mortality at a major Danish trauma center—a retrospective cohort study	20
Critical interventions, diagnosis, and mortality in children treated by a physician-manned mobile emergency care unit	19

Characteristics and motivational factors for joining a lay responder system dispatch to out-of-hospital cardiac arrests	18
Characteristics of patients who received helicopter emergency medical services in Japan from 2012 to 2019: a retrospective analysis of data from Tochigi Prefecture	18
Evaluating GPT-4o for emergency disposition of complex respiratory cases with pulmonology consultation: a diagnostic accuracy study	18
Concrete silo collapse: emergency medical services response to a mass casualty incident	16
What motivates and demotivates emergency response volunteers? A survey-based factor analysis study	16
Trauma patient transport to hospital using helicopter emergency medical services or road ambulance in Sweden: a comparison of survival and prehospital time intervals	16
Exploring use of coercion in the Norwegian ambulance service – a qualitative study	16
Factors influencing the pre-hospital management of civilian burn mass casualty incidents in the 21st century: a scoping review	15
Lumping disparate emergency dispatch priority levels together creates an assumption error regarding ‘overtriage’	15
Prehospital analgesia for trauma-related pain by paramedics: a comparative retrospective observational study of paracetamol, nalbuphine plus paracetamol, and piritramide	15
Beyond life extension– is it time for ‘Emergency Last Aid’ training?	15
Emergency call utilization over a 10-years period: an observational study in Region Zealand, Denmark, 2013–2022	14
Pre-hospital management of penetrating neck injuries: derivation of an algorithm through a National Modified Delphi	14
Clinicians’ experience of barriers and facilitators to care delivery of an extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation service for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a qualitative survey	14
Predictors of post-intubation hypotension in trauma patients following prehospital emergency anaesthesia: a multi-centre observational study	14
Firefighters and police search dog handlers’ experiences working closely with paramedics in urban search and rescue incidents: a qualitative focus group study from Oslo	14
Mortality rates in Norwegian HEMS—a retrospective analysis from Central Norway	14
Prothrombin complex concentrate for reversal of oral anticoagulants in patients with oral anticoagulation-related critical bleeding: a systematic review of randomised clinical trials	14
Mortality after paediatric emergency calls for patients with or without pre-existing comorbidity: a nationwide population based cohort study	14
Favourable neurological outcome following paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective observational study	13
A scoping review of cognitive load assessment tools suitable for clinicians performing REBOA	13
A wrong conclusion	13
Impact of delayed mobile medical team dispatch for respiratory distress calls: a propensity score matched study from a French emergency communication center	12
Description of patients presenting with mental illness in emergency medical services: a retrospective observational study	12
Landiolol bolus application for tachycardic dysrhythmia in the prehospital EMS setting – An observational study of a novel concept	12
The hidden value of MRI: modifying treatment decisions in C-spine injuries	12
A scenario based approach to optimizing cost-effectiveness of physician-staffed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services compared to ground-based Emergency Medical Services in Finland	12
Triage of road injury casualties - the role of bystanders: a scoping review	12
Flow dynamics	12
Triage limitations in geriatric trauma: the need for tailored criteria	11
Differences in characteristics between patients ≥ 65 and < 65 years of age with orthopaedic injuries after severe trauma	11
Pharmacodynamic properties for inhibition of cAMP- and cGMP elimination by pentoxifylline remain unaltered in vitro during hypothermia	11
Post-mission debriefs in helicopter emergency medicine services– introducing “The compassionate debrief”	11
Incidence of post-induction hypotension following emergency rapid sequence induction with ketamine: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
The effectiveness and perceived value of feedback used in cardiac arrest simulation education: a mixed-method systematic review	10
Online training to improve BLS performance with dispatcher assistance? Results of a cluster-randomised controlled simulation trial	10
Rescue blankets as multifunctional rescue equipment in alpine and wilderness emergencies: a commentary	10
Prehospital procedural sedation and analgesia agent selection: propofol, etomidate, ketamine	10
Identifying traumatic significant haemorrhage is challenging for patient with low and intermediate risk, not when bleeding is obvious	10
Prevalence and outcomes of hypocalcemia on ED arrival in traumatic patients before blood transfusions: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Patients’ perspectives on point-of-care diagnostics and treatment by emergency medical technicians in acute COPD exacerbations: A qualitative study	10
Maximum movement and cumulative movement (travel) to inform our understanding of secondary spinal cord injury and its application to collar use in self-extrication	10
Soundwaves of innovation: a qualitative exploration of POCUS in Australasian ambulance and retrieval services	10
Survival and cost-effectiveness of helicopter versus ground emergency medical services: a systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression and trial sequential analysis	10
Invited Letter to editor (respons STRE-D-24–00176)	10
The effects of norepinephrine in shockable cardiac arrest, a scoping review	10
Remote real-time supervision of prehospital point-of-care ultrasound: a feasibility study	9
Performance measures of the medical priority dispatch system in an urban basic life support system	9
Validation of a modified South African triage scale in a high-resource setting: a retrospective cohort study	9
Civilian vascular trauma, treatment and outcome at a level 1-trauma centre	9

Lessons learned from the first 50 COVID-19 critical care transfer missions conducted by a civilian UK Helicopter Emergency Medical Service team	9
The Field’s mass shooting: emergency medical services response	9
Cleared to land? A nationwide analysis of emergency care hospital and HEMS infrastructure in Germany	9
Physician-led interprofessional pre-hospital teams: does the science hold up?	9
Pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia in 2025: ten years on from the modification of induction regimes	9
Comment on “A randomized double-blind trial of intranasal dexmedetomidine versus intranasal esketamine for procedural sedation and analgesia in young children”	9
Excellent agreement of Norwegian trauma registry data compared to corresponding data in electronic patient records	9
Prehospital measurement and treatment of ionised hypocalcaemia by UK helicopter emergency medical services in trauma patients: a survey of current practice	8
Are 5-level triage systems improved by using a symptom based approach?—a Danish cohort study	8
Imposter or knight in shining armor? Pelvic circumferential compression devices (PCCD) for severe pelvic injuries in patients with multiple trauma: a trauma-registry analysis	8
Investigating the effects of frailty on six-month outcomes in older trauma patients admitted to UK major trauma centres: a multi-centre follow up study	8
A head-to-head comparison of S100B and GFAP/UCH-L1 for detection of traumatic intracranial lesions in a Scandinavian trauma cohort	8
Prehospital undertriage of older injured patients in western Switzerland: an observational cross-sectional study	8
Pain assessment and management of adult patients in the Swedish EMS: a nationwide registry study	8
Strategic implementation of transportation networks following the February 6th Kahramanmaraş Earthquake: an observational analysis	8
Correction: Transportation model utilized in the first week following the Kahramanmaraş earthquakes in Turkey - transport health centers	8
Prolonged critical avalanche burial for nearly 23 h with severe hypothermia and severe frostbite with good recovery: a case report	8
Evaluating the accuracy and reliability of AI chatbots in disseminating the content of current resuscitation guidelines: a comparative analysis between the ERC 2021 guidelines and both ChatGPTs 3.5 an	8
Ask not liberal or conservative intravenous fluids in septic shock: ask rather why and when	8
Rendezvous between ambulances and prehospital physicians in the Capital Region of Denmark: a descriptive study	7
Demography, emergency interventions and outcome after severe pelvic injuries: a two-decade registry study from South- Western Norway	7
Prehospital blood gas analyses in acute patients treated by a ground-based physician-manned emergency unit: a cohort study	7
Impact of “hypotension on arrival” on required surgical disciplines and usage of damage control protocols in severely injured patients	7
Optimal cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration for favorable neurological outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	7
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation during hyperbaric oxygen therapy: a comprehensive review and recommendations for practice	7
Temperature should not be ignored when analyzing the factors affecting trauma outcomes	7
Outcomes in patients not conveyed by emergency medical services (EMS): a one-year prospective study	7
Global, regional, and national assessment of foreign body aspiration (1990–2021): novel insights into incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life years	7
Risk stratification tools for patients with syncope in emergency medical services and emergency departments: a scoping review	7
Characteristics and outcome of traumatic cardiac arrest at a level 1 trauma centre over 10 years in Sweden	7
Factors influencing on-scene time in a physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS): a retrospective observational study	7
Prehospital locoregional anesthesia: a case series	7
CPR-induced consciousness in hypothermic cardiac arrest: Where is the limit of tolerance of the human brain? A case report	7
Use of the HOPE score to assess survival outcome of hypothermic cardiac arrest selected by ECLS rewarming	7
Effect of cold environments on technical performance and perceived workload and stress during advanced medical procedures: a randomized controlled simulation study	7
Transportation model utilized in the first week following the Kahramanmaraş earthquakes in Turkey - transport health centers	7
Characteristics of a trauma population in an ambulance organisation in Sweden: results from an observational study	7
Correction: A regional modification to the Revised Swiss System for clinical staging of hypothermia including confusion	7
The effect of restrictive versus liberal selection criteria on survival in ECPR: a retrospective analysis of a multi-regional dataset	7
Proarrhythmic changes in human cardiomyocytes during hypothermia by milrinone and isoprenaline, but not levosimendan: an experimental in vitro study	6
The skåne emergency medicine (SEM) cohort	6
Implementing prehospital invasive arterial blood pressure monitoring in critically ill patients—a prospective observational first year analysis	6
Response to letter to the editor: Awareness strategies and the physiological impact of pain in prehospital analgesia management	6
Prioritising time-critical injuries and interventions for trapped motor vehicle collision patients: a Delphi study	6
Acidosis as a promising early indicator of mortality among point-of-care parameters and vital signs in non-traumatic critically ill patients	6
Conventional versus task-based package organization for out-of-hospital emergency kits: an emergency medical services simulation study	6
Aeromedical retrieval services characteristics globally: a scoping review	6
Helicopter emergency medical service for time critical interfacility transfers of patients with cardiovascular emergencies	6
Factors associated with a positive shock index in the prehospital setting after major trauma	6
Trauma outcomes differences in females: a prospective analysis of 76 000 trauma patients in the Asia-Pacific region and the contributing factors	6
Non-invasive ventilation for preoxygenation during prehospital anaesthesia – a prospective observational study	6
The association between geospatial and temporal factors and pre-hospital response to major trauma: a retrospective cohort study in the North of England	6
Nine golden codes: improving the accuracy of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) dispatch—a retrospective, multi-organisational study in the East of England	6
Locating helicopter ambulance bases in Iceland: efficient and fair solutions	6
Undertriage in geriatric trauma: insights from a multicentre cohort study	6
Correction: Pharmacodynamic properties for inhibition of cAMP- and cGMP elimination by pentoxifylline remain unaltered in vitro during hypothermia	6
Patient and mission characteristics of helicopter emergency medical services in the Republic of Ireland: a retrospective analysis	6
Critically buried avalanche victims can develop severe hypothermia in less than 60 min	6
Methoxyflurane in early analgesic therapy by ski patrol members on Swiss ski slopes – an observational cohort study	6
Analgesia in pediatric trauma patients in physician-staffed Austrian helicopter rescue: a 12-year registry analysis	6
Effect of oxygen supplementation on cognitive performance among HEMS providers after acute exposure to altitude: the HEMS II randomized clinical trial	6
Associations between four standard interventions as well as epinephrine use and sustained ROSC, 30-Day and one-year survival of patients in traumatic cardiac arrest: a multicentre, retrospective cohor	6
Severe trauma associated cardiac failure	6
A classification system for identifying patients dead on ambulance arrival: a prehospital medical record review	6
Service provision for Frailty in European Emergency Departments (FEED): a survey of operational characteristics	6
Predictors of care home resident conveyance to hospital or referral to community pathways by a regional ambulance service attending medical emergencies: a retrospective cross sectional study	6
Impact of COVID-19 on mortality in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with return of spontaneous circulation: a retrospective cohort study	6