OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine is 7. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The effect of national lockdown due to COVID-19 on emergency department visits	75
Alternatives to direct emergency department conveyance of ambulance patients: a scoping review of the evidence	37
Assessment of changes in cardiopulmonary resuscitation practices and outcomes on 1005 victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest during the COVID-19 outbreak: registry-based study	36
Multiple trauma management in mountain environments - a scoping review	36
Virtual reality as a teaching method for resuscitation training in undergraduate first year medical students: a randomized controlled trial	34
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training strategies in the times of COVID-19: a systematic literature review comparing different training methodologies	31
Penetrating injuries in Germany – epidemiology, management and outcome an analysis based on the TraumaRegister DGU®	31
Development of machine learning models to predict RT-PCR results for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in patients with influenza-like symptoms using only basic clinical dat	30
Impact of dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation on neurologically intact survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review	30
Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA): update and insights into current practices and future directions for research and implementation	29
Effects of COVID-19 on in-hospital cardiac arrest: incidence, causes, and outcome – a retrospective cohort study	27
Analysis of tracheal intubation in out-of-hospital helicopter emergency medicine recorded by video laryngoscopy	27
Smartphone-based dispatch of community first responders to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - statements from an international consensus conference	27
The definition of major trauma using different revisions of the abbreviated injury scale	26
Preparing medical first responders for crises: a systematic literature review of disaster training programs and their effectiveness	25
Quality of focused thoracic ultrasound performed by emergency medical technicians and paramedics in a prehospital setting: a feasibility study	24
Defining major trauma: a Delphi study	24
Feasibility and accuracy of ED frailty identification in older trauma patients: a prospective multi-centre study	23
Intraosseous versus intravenous vascular access during cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies	23
Rapid sequence induction: where did the consensus go?	22
Prioritizing health care workers and first responders for access to the COVID19 vaccine is not unethical, but both fair and effective – an ethical analysis	21
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during spaceflight - a guideline for CPR in microgravity from the German Society of Aerospace Medicine (DGLRM) and the European Society of Aerospace Medicine Space	21
A conceptual framework for Emergency department design in a pandemic	21
European paramedic curriculum—a call for unity in paramedic education on a European level	21
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) practices in the helicopter emergency medical services in Europe: results of an online survey	20

Reliability of mechanical ventilation during continuous chest compressions: a crossover study of transport ventilators in a human cadaver model of CPR	19
Optimal cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration for favorable neurological outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	19
Cerebral fat embolism after traumatic bone fractures: a structured literature review and analysis of published case reports	19
Intubation success in prehospital emergency anaesthesia: a retrospective observational analysis of the Inter-Changeable Operator Model (ICOM)	19
Traumatic hemorrhage and chain of survival	18
Diagnostic accuracy of prehospital serum S100B and GFAP in patients with mild traumatic brain injury: a prospective observational multicenter cohort study – “the PreTBI I study”	18
Endotracheal intubation to reduce aspiration events in acutely comatose patients: a systematic review	18
Medical dispatchers’ perception of the interaction with the caller during emergency calls - a qualitative study	18
Validation of the BATT score for prehospital risk stratification of traumatic haemorrhagic death: usefulness for tranexamic acid treatment criteria	17
Characteristics and costs of electric scooter injuries in Helsinki: a retrospective cohort study	17
Reliability of prognostic biomarkers after prehospital extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation with target temperature management	17
Trauma care during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands: a level 1 trauma multicenter cohort study	17
Evaluation of elderly specific pre-hospital trauma triage criteria: a systematic review	17
Survival and long-term outcomes following in-hospital cardiac arrest in a Swiss university hospital: a prospective observational study	17
Point-of-care ultrasound of the heart and lungs in patients with respiratory failure: a pragmatic randomized controlled multicenter trial	17
Helicopter emergency medical service for time critical interfacility transfers of patients with cardiovascular emergencies	16
Incidence and challenges of helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) rescue missions with helicopter hoist operations: analysis of 11,228 daytime and nighttime missions in Switzerland	15
Improving access to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for out of hospital cardiac arrest: pre-hospital ECPR and alternate delivery strategies	15
Challenges in the PREHOSPITAL emergency management of geriatric trauma patients – a scoping review	15
Multitasking behaviors and provider outcomes in emergency department physicians: two consecutive, observational and multi-source studies	15
Artificial intelligence in Emergency Medical Services dispatching: assessing the potential impact of an automatic speech recognition software on stroke detection taking the Capital Region of Denmark a	15
The accuracy of initial diagnoses in coma: an observational study in 835 patients with non-traumatic disorder of consciousness	14
Trends in reasons for emergency calls during the COVID-19 crisis in the department of Gironde, France using artificial neural network for natural language classification	14
Association between the body mass index and outcomes of patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a prospective multicentre registry study	14
Transportation model utilized in the first week following the Kahramanmaraş earthquakes in Turkey - transport health centers	14
Emergency physician’s dispatch by a paramedic-staffed emergency medical communication centre: sensitivity, specificity and search for a reference standard	13
Survival among patients with severe high cervical spine injuries – a TraumaRegister DGU® database study	13
Pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Denmark	13
Exploring safety culture in the Finnish ambulance service with Emergency Medical Services Safety Attitudes Questionnaire	13
Selection of CT variables and prognostic models for outcome prediction in patients with traumatic brain injury	13
Impact of the SARS-COV-2 outbreak on epidemiology and management of major traumain France: a registry-based study (the COVITRAUMA study)	13
A comparison of the demographics, injury patterns and outcome data for patients injured in motor vehicle collisions who are trapped compared to those patients who are not trapped	13
Remote real-time supervision of prehospital point-of-care ultrasound: a feasibility study	13
Do team and task performance improve after training situation awareness? A randomized controlled study of interprofessional intensive care teams	13
Assessing unrealised potential for organ donation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	13
Which symptoms pose the highest risk in patients calling for an ambulance? A population-based cohort study from Denmark	12
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)	12
Deep-learning model for screening sepsis using electrocardiography	12
Identification and validation of objective triggers for initiation of resuscitation management of acutely ill non-trauma patients: the INITIATE IRON MAN study	12
Simultaneous external validation of various cardiac arrest prognostic scores: a single-center retrospective study	12
A translational triage research development tool: standardizing prehospital triage decision-making systems in mass casualty incidents	12
Prehospital identification of Covid-19: an observational study	12
Prehospital triage tools across the world: a scoping review of the published literature	12
Incidence of delayed bleeding in patients on antiplatelet therapy after mild traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Predictors of recognition of out of hospital cardiac arrest by emergency medical services call handlers in England: a mixed methods diagnostic accuracy study	11
Smartphone apps to support laypersons in bystander CPR are of ambivalent benefit: a controlled trial using medical simulation	11
Introducing fairness in Norwegian air ambulance base location planning	11
Helicopter emergency medical services use of thoracic point of care ultrasound for pneumothorax: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Characteristics and outcome of traumatic cardiac arrest at a level 1 trauma centre over 10 years in Sweden	11
A novel extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation strategy using a hybrid emergency room for patients with pulseless electrical activity	11

Non-medical factors in prehospital resuscitation decision-making: a mixed-methods systematic review	11
Analgesia in pediatric trauma patients in physician-staffed Austrian helicopter rescue: a 12-year registry analysis	11
Fluid resuscitation with balanced crystalloids versus normal saline in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Implementation of a low-titre whole blood transfusion program in a civilian helicopter emergency medical service	11
Helicopter transport of critical care COVID-19 patients in the Netherlands: protection against COVID-19 exposure-a challenge to critical care retrieval personnel in a novel operation	11
Learning about stress from building, drilling and flying: a scoping review on team performance and stress in non-medical fields	10
Standardized post-resuscitation damage assessment of two mechanical chest compression devices: a prospective randomized large animal trial	10
Transcatheter arterial embolization for severe blunt liver injury in hemodynamically unstable patients: a 15-year retrospective study	10
Description of call handling in emergency medical dispatch centres in Scandinavia: recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and dispatcher-assisted CPR	10
Diagnostic performance of biomarker S100B and guideline adherence in routine care of mild head trauma	10
Primary versus early secondary referral to a specialized neurotrauma center in patients with moderate/severe traumatic brain injury: a CENTER TBI study	10
The updated national research agenda 2021–2026 for prehospital emergency medical services in the Netherlands: a Delphi study	10
Comparison of different mechanical chest compression devices in the alpine rescue setting: a randomized triple crossover experiment	10
Idle peripheral intravenous cannulation: an observational cohort study of pre-hospital and emergency department practices	10
Examining non-technical skills for ad hoc resuscitation teams: a scoping review and taxonomy of team-related concepts	10
Diagnoses and mortality among prehospital emergency patients calling 112 with unclear problems: a population-based cohort study from Denmark	10
An updated national survey of triage and triage related work in Sweden: a cross-sectional descriptive and comparative study	10
Patient handover between ambulance crew and healthcare professionals in Icelandic emergency departments: a qualitative study	10
The effectiveness and safety of paediatric prehospital pain management: a systematic review	9
Point-of-care testing in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective analysis of relevance and consequences	9
Diagnostic accuracy of clinical examination to identify life- and limb-threatening injuries in trauma patients	9
Systems for recognition and response to deteriorating emergency department patients: a scoping review	9
How to evaluate first aid skills after training: a systematic review	9
Analgesia in adult trauma patients in physician-staffed Austrian helicopter rescue: a 12-year registry analysis	9
Patient outcomes after electrical injury – a retrospective study	9
The role of cervical collars and verbal instructions in minimising spinal movement during self-extrication following a motor vehicle collision - a biomechanical study using healthy volunteers	9
Severe traumatic brain injury and hypotension is a frequent and lethal combination in multiple trauma patients in mountain areas – an analysis of the prospective international Alpine Trauma Registry	9
The TEAM instrument for measuring emergency team performance: validation of the Swedish version at two emergency departments	9
Intensive care–treated cardiac arrest: a retrospective study on the impact of extended age on mortality, neurological outcome, received treatments and healthcare-associated costs	9
The impact of selection criteria and study design on reported survival outcomes in extracorporeal oxygenation cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR): a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Management of severe liver injuries: push, pack, pringle – and plug!	9
Discharge from the trauma centre: exposure to opioids, unmet information needs and lack of follow up—a qualitative study among physical trauma survivors	9
Relationship between admission coagulopathy and prognosis in children with traumatic brain injury: a retrospective study	9
Civilian vascular trauma, treatment and outcome at a level 1-trauma centre	8
CPR with restricted patient access using alternative rescuer positions: a randomised cross-over manikin study simulating the CPR scenario after avalanche burial	8
The Great Belt train accident: the emergency medical services response	8
Simulation-based randomized trial of medical emergency cognitive aids	8
A cross-sectional study of mental health-, posttraumatic stress symptoms and post exposure changes in Norwegian ambulance personnel	8
A validity study of the rapid emergency Triage and treatment system for children	8
Hospitals with and without neurosurgery: a comparative study evaluating the outcome of patients with traumatic brain injury	8
Earlier point-of-care ultrasound, shorter length of stay in patients with acute flank pain	8
Helicopter emergency medical service dispatch in older trauma: time to reconsider the trigger?	8
Prehospital characteristics of COVID-19 patients in Helsinki – experience of the first wave of the pandemic	8
Survivors of avalanche accidents: posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and quality of life: a multicentre study	7
A 6-year case series of resuscitative thoracotomies performed by a helicopter emergency medical service in a mixed urban and rural area with a comparison of blunt versus penetrating trauma	7
Pre-hospital management of penetrating neck injuries: a scoping review of current evidence and guidance	7
Emergency medical dispatchers’ ability to identify large vessel occlusion stroke during emergency calls	7
Pre-hospital critical care management of severe hypoxemia in victims of Covid-19: a case series	7
Predictive clinical utility of pre-hospital point of care lactate for transfusion of blood product in patients with suspected traumatic haemorrhage: derivation of a decision-support tool	7
Incidence of hyperoxia in trauma patients receiving pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia: results of a 5-year retrospective analysis	7
Accidental hypothermia: direct evidence for consciousness as a marker of cardiac arrest risk in the acute assessment of cold patients	7
The elderly age criterion for increased in-hospital mortality in trauma patients: a retrospective cohort study	7
Pre-hospital ECPR in an Australian metropolitan setting: a single-arm feasibility assessment—The CPR, pre-hospital ECPR and early reperfusion (CHEER3) study	7
Collaboration between emergency physicians and citizen responders in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation	7
A new approach for reconstruction of the gunshot defect of the flexor surface of the ungual (distal) phalanx by the proper transverse branch of the digital artery: a case report of combat patient inju	7
Epidemiology of emergency ambulance service calls related to COVID-19 in Scotland: a national record linkage study	7
One out of three bystanders of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests shows signs of pathological psychological processing weeks after the incident - results from structured telephone interviews	7
External validation of the PROLOGUE score to predict neurological outcome in adult patients after cardiac arrest: a prospective cohort study	7
The use of personal protection equipment does not negatively affect paramedics’ attention and dexterity: a prospective triple-cross over randomized controlled non-inferiority trial	7
Large variations of oxygen delivery in self-inflating resuscitation bags used for preoxygenation - a mechanical simulation	7
Thoracic injuries in trauma patients: epidemiology and its influence on mortality	7
Echocardiographic parameters during prolonged targeted temperature Management in out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Survivors to predict neurological outcome – a post-hoc analysis of the TTH48 trial	7
Diagnostic performance of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein and Prehospital Stroke Scale for identification of stroke and stroke subtypes in an unselected patient cohort with symptom onset < 4.5 h	7
Intraosseous fluid resuscitation causes systemic fat emboli in a porcine hemorrhagic shock model	7