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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Trauma center vs. nearest non-trauma center: direct transport or bypass approach for out-of-hospital traumatic cardiac arrest	72
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	32
Development of novel thoracic retractor for resuscitative thoracotomy	31
Bleeding resuscitation in the ambulance service, an observational study of standard care in Sweden	30
The forgotten cohort-lessons learned from prehospital trauma death: a retrospective cohort study	29
The use of strong analgesics for prehospital pain management in children in the region of Southern Denmark: a register-based study	28
The MeSH heading “Call Center” is due for an update: why we recommend the more precise heading “Emergency Medical Communication Center”	28
The association between urgency level and hospital admission, mortality and resource utilization in three emergency department triage systems: an observational multicenter study	26
ST-T segment changes in prehospital emergency physicians in the field: a prospective observational trial	26
Prognostic value of arterial carbon dioxide tension during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients receiving extracorporeal resuscitation	24
TeLePhone Respiratory (TeLePoR) score to assess the risk of immediate respiratory support through phone call for acute dyspnoea: a prospective cohort study	24
Unplanned transfers from wards to intensive care units: how well does NEWS identify patients in need of urgent escalation of care?	23
Practical psychosocial care for providers of pre-hospital care: a summary of the report ‘valuing staff, valuing patients’	22
Airway registries in primarily adult, emergent endotracheal intubation: a scoping review	22
Outcome of severely injured patients in a unique trauma system with 24/7 double trauma surgeon on-call service	22
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
Removal of the cervical collar from alpine rescue protocols? A biomechanical non-inferiority trial in real-life mountain conditions	22
A comparison of clinical prediction scores for massive traumatic hemorrhage	22
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
Exploring use of coercion in the Norwegian ambulance service – a qualitative study	19
Critical interventions, diagnosis, and mortality in children treated by a physician-manned mobile emergency care unit	19
Evaluating GPT-4o for emergency disposition of complex respiratory cases with pulmonology consultation: a diagnostic accuracy study	18

What motivates and demotivates emergency response volunteers? A survey-based factor analysis study	18
Pediatric trauma over a decade: demographics, mechanisms of injury, and mortality at a major Danish trauma center—a retrospective cohort study	18
Concrete silo collapse: emergency medical services response to a mass casualty incident	18
Characteristics and motivational factors for joining a lay responder system dispatch to out-of-hospital cardiac arrests	18
Management and outcomes of firearm-related vascular injuries	17
The impact of concurrency conflicts on optimal location of air ambulance bases in Norway	16
The effect of low-dose ketamine compared to morphine on the severity of acute pain in emergency situations: a systematic review and meta-analysis	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
Pre-hospital blood transfusion in non-traumatic major haemorrhage: a retrospective observational study	15
Prehospital analgesia for trauma-related pain by paramedics: a comparative retrospective observational study of paracetamol, nalbuphine plus paracetamol, and piritramide	15
Factors influencing the pre-hospital management of civilian burn mass casualty incidents in the 21st century: a scoping review	15
Characteristics of patients who received helicopter emergency medical services in Japan from 2012 to 2019: a retrospective analysis of data from Tochigi Prefecture	15
Favourable neurological outcome following paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective observational study	14
Mortality after paediatric emergency calls for patients with or without pre-existing comorbidity: a nationwide population based cohort study	14
Predictors of post-intubation hypotension in trauma patients following prehospital emergency anaesthesia: a multi-centre observational study	14
Emergency call utilization over a 10-years period: an observational study in Region Zealand, Denmark, 2013–2022	14
Mortality rates in Norwegian HEMS—a retrospective analysis from Central Norway	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
Pre-hospital management of penetrating neck injuries: derivation of an algorithm through a National Modified Delphi	14
Lumping disparate emergency dispatch priority levels together creates an assumption error regarding ‘overtriage’	14
Prothrombin complex concentrate for reversal of oral anticoagulants in patients with oral anticoagulation-related critical bleeding: a systematic review of randomised clinical trials	13
Clinicians’ experience of barriers and facilitators to care delivery of an extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation service for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a qualitative survey	13
Description of patients presenting with mental illness in emergency medical services: a retrospective observational study	12
Beyond life extension– is it time for ‘Emergency Last Aid’ training?	12
Impact of delayed mobile medical team dispatch for respiratory distress calls: a propensity score matched study from a French emergency communication center	12
Triage of road injury casualties - the role of bystanders: a scoping review	12
A wrong conclusion	12
The hidden value of MRI: modifying treatment decisions in C-spine injuries	12
A scoping review of cognitive load assessment tools suitable for clinicians performing REBOA	12
Flow dynamics	11
Soundwaves of innovation: a qualitative exploration of POCUS in Australasian ambulance and retrieval services	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
A scenario based approach to optimizing cost-effectiveness of physician-staffed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services compared to ground-based Emergency Medical Services in Finland	11
Survival and cost-effectiveness of helicopter versus ground emergency medical services: a systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression and trial sequential analysis	11
Triage limitations in geriatric trauma: the need for tailored criteria	11
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
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
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
Landiolol bolus application for tachycardic dysrhythmia in the prehospital EMS setting – An observational study of a novel concept	10
Post-mission debriefs in helicopter emergency medicine services– introducing “The compassionate debrief”	10
Incidence of post-induction hypotension following emergency rapid sequence induction with ketamine: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
The effects of norepinephrine in shockable cardiac arrest, a scoping review	10
Prehospital procedural sedation and analgesia agent selection: propofol, etomidate, ketamine	10
The effectiveness and perceived value of feedback used in cardiac arrest simulation education: a mixed-method systematic review	10
Patients’ perspectives on point-of-care diagnostics and treatment by emergency medical technicians in acute COPD exacerbations: A qualitative study	10
Invited Letter to editor (respons STRE-D-24–00176)	10
Excellent agreement of Norwegian trauma registry data compared to corresponding data in electronic patient records	10

Cleared to land? A nationwide analysis of emergency care hospital and HEMS infrastructure in Germany	9
Civilian vascular trauma, treatment and outcome at a level 1-trauma centre	9
The Field’s mass shooting: emergency medical services response	9
Comment on “A randomized double-blind trial of intranasal dexmedetomidine versus intranasal esketamine for procedural sedation and analgesia in young children”	9
Validation of a modified South African triage scale in a high-resource setting: a retrospective cohort study	9
Remote real-time supervision of prehospital point-of-care ultrasound: a feasibility study	9
Physician-led interprofessional pre-hospital teams: does the science hold up?	9
Performance measures of the medical priority dispatch system in an urban basic life support system	9
Lessons learned from the first 50 COVID-19 critical care transfer missions conducted by a civilian UK Helicopter Emergency Medical Service team	9
Pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia in 2025: ten years on from the modification of induction regimes	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
Barriers to helicopter emergency medical services in a Haze-Prone, mountainous region of Northern Thailand	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
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
Pain assessment and management of adult patients in the Swedish EMS: a nationwide registry study	8
Prehospital measurement and treatment of ionised hypocalcaemia by UK helicopter emergency medical services in trauma patients: a survey of current practice	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
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
Are 5-level triage systems improved by using a symptom based approach?—a Danish cohort study	8
Transportation model utilized in the first week following the Kahramanmaraş earthquakes in Turkey - transport health centers	7
Global, regional, and national assessment of foreign body aspiration (1990–2021): novel insights into incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life years	7
Prehospital blood gas analyses in acute patients treated by a ground-based physician-manned emergency unit: a cohort study	7
Ask not liberal or conservative intravenous fluids in septic shock: ask rather why and when	7
Demography, emergency interventions and outcome after severe pelvic injuries: a two-decade registry study from South- Western Norway	7
Impact of “hypotension on arrival” on required surgical disciplines and usage of damage control protocols in severely injured patients	7
Characteristics of a trauma population in an ambulance organisation in Sweden: results from an observational study	7
Optimal cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration for favorable neurological outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	7
Use of the HOPE score to assess survival outcome of hypothermic cardiac arrest selected by ECLS rewarming	7
Prehospital locoregional anesthesia: a case series	7
Temperature should not be ignored when analyzing the factors affecting trauma outcomes	7
Effect of cold environments on technical performance and perceived workload and stress during advanced medical procedures: a randomized controlled simulation study	7
CPR-induced consciousness in hypothermic cardiac arrest: Where is the limit of tolerance of the human brain? A case report	7
Characteristics and outcome of traumatic cardiac arrest at a level 1 trauma centre over 10 years in Sweden	7
The effect of restrictive versus liberal selection criteria on survival in ECPR: a retrospective analysis of a multi-regional dataset	7
Risk stratification tools for patients with syncope in emergency medical services and emergency departments: a scoping review	7
Strategic implementation of transportation networks following the February 6th Kahramanmaraş Earthquake: an observational analysis	7
Outcomes in patients not conveyed by emergency medical services (EMS): a one-year prospective study	7
Rendezvous between ambulances and prehospital physicians in the Capital Region of Denmark: a descriptive study	7
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
Proarrhythmic changes in human cardiomyocytes during hypothermia by milrinone and isoprenaline, but not levosimendan: an experimental in vitro study	6
Implementing prehospital invasive arterial blood pressure monitoring in critically ill patients—a prospective observational first year analysis	6
Service provision for Frailty in European Emergency Departments (FEED): a survey of operational characteristics	6
Helicopter emergency medical service for time critical interfacility transfers of patients with cardiovascular emergencies	6
Correction: Pharmacodynamic properties for inhibition of cAMP- and cGMP elimination by pentoxifylline remain unaltered in vitro during hypothermia	6
Impact of COVID-19 on mortality in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with return of spontaneous circulation: a retrospective cohort study	6
Methoxyflurane in early analgesic therapy by ski patrol members on Swiss ski slopes – an observational cohort study	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
Age- dependent injury patterns, management and impact on mortality of severe thoracic trauma in severely injured children: a retrospective study from the TraumaRegister DGU®	6
Effect of oxygen supplementation on cognitive performance among HEMS providers after acute exposure to altitude: the HEMS II randomized clinical trial	6
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation during hyperbaric oxygen therapy: a comprehensive review and recommendations for practice	6
The skåne emergency medicine (SEM) cohort	6
Severe trauma associated cardiac failure	6
Conventional versus task-based package organization for out-of-hospital emergency kits: an emergency medical services simulation study	6
Locating helicopter ambulance bases in Iceland: efficient and fair solutions	6
Critically buried avalanche victims can develop severe hypothermia in less than 60 min	6
Factors related to 30-day survival rate following accidental hypothermia – a retrospective single-center study from Northern Finland	6
Factors influencing on-scene time in a physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS): a retrospective observational study	6
Drowning incidents treated by the Danish Royal Air Force’s Search and Rescue helicopters: a 10-year nationwide registry-based cohort study	6
Prioritising time-critical injuries and interventions for trapped motor vehicle collision patients: a Delphi study	6
Correction: A regional modification to the Revised Swiss System for clinical staging of hypothermia including confusion	6
Factors associated with a positive shock index in the prehospital setting after major trauma	6
Response to letter to the editor: Awareness strategies and the physiological impact of pain in prehospital analgesia management	6
Aeromedical retrieval services characteristics globally: a scoping review	6
FPHC Wellbeing Charter: The ‘Whys’ and ‘Hows’ of the Charter	6
Patient and mission characteristics of helicopter emergency medical services in the Republic of Ireland: a retrospective analysis	6
A classification system for identifying patients dead on ambulance arrival: a prehospital medical record review	6
Trauma outcomes differences in females: a prospective analysis of 76 000 trauma patients in the Asia-Pacific region and the contributing factors	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
Non-invasive ventilation for preoxygenation during prehospital anaesthesia – a prospective observational study	6