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  1. Non-compressible haemorrhage is a leading cause of preventable death following road injury. Tranexamic acid (TXA), when administered early, improves survival. Intramuscular (IM) administration offers a feasibl...

    Authors: Tim Nutbeam, Emily Foote, Lauren R. Rodgers, Jessica Thomas-Mourne and Rob Fenwick
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:197
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  3. The Totaled Health Risks in Vascular Events (THRIVE) score, which ranges from 0 to 9, incorporates factors such as age, the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), and the presence of comorbidities...

    Authors: Hui-An Lin, Sheng-Feng Lin and Chyi-Huey Bai
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:195
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  4. Sepsis remains a leading cause of mortality worldwide, and early identification of high-risk patients is essential. The C-reactive protein–albumin–lymphocyte (CALLY) index has emerged as a potential prognostic...

    Authors: Erdal Yılmaz and Rohat Ak
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:194
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  5. Persons living with dementia (PLWD) have longer lengths of stay (LOS) in the Emergency Department (ED), which increases risk of delirium, falls and medication errors. Care of PLWD in the ED is complex and pres...

    Authors: Stephanie K. Nothelle, Eric P. Slade, Phillip D. Magidson, Laura Prichett, Amanda Finney, Tanya Chotrani, Halima Amjad, Sarah Szanton, Cynthia M. Boyd and Jennifer L. Wolff
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:193
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  6. Emergency Medical Communication Centres (EMCCs) play a critical role in the timely coordination of out-of-hospital emergency responses. As demand for emergency services continues to rise, these centres face si...

    Authors: Lydie Uro, Yann Penverne, Henri Delelis-Fanien, Louis Soulat, Joel Jenvrin and Paul-Georges Reuter
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:192
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  7. Early diagnosis is essential in stroke treatment. Medical dispatchers play a key role in ensuring quick assessment, transport, and treatment of stroke patients by recognizing stroke symptoms. We investigated w...

    Authors: Philip Busch Andreasen, Jonathan Wenstrup, Stig Nikolaj Fasmer Blomberg, Christina Kruuse and Helle Collatz Christensen
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:191
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  8. Moral sensitivity plays a crucial role in clinical decision-making and patient interactions among Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel. Although moral sensitivity and professional quality of life have be...

    Authors: Abbas Dadashzadeh, Mostafa Ghasempour, Majid Purabdollah, Javad Dehghannezhad, Neda Gilani and Fezeh Hoseini Lilab
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:190
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  9. Pain is one of the most distressing symptoms for trauma patients and serves as a cornerstone of acute trauma care. The healthcare system in the Gaza Strip has been devastated by the violent war that erupted in...

    Authors: Belal Aldabbour, Wasim Younis, Kareem Alrawabdeh, Anas Alhindi, Mohammed Nijem, Saleh Al Fayoumi, Mohammed Al Aidy, Othman Nassar, Abd Elkarem El Masry, Abdullah Tabaza, Diya Al Ashqar, Ibrahim Al Salhi and Latefa Ali Dardas
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:189
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  10. Pediatric patients present to the emergency departments (EDs) with a wide range of clinical manifestations, ranging from mild to severe. A systematic approach is crucial to identify those at high risk of deter...

    Authors: Mohammed Alsabri, Mohamed A. ELKarargy, Israa Magdy Ata, Mostafa A. Khalifa, Abdulrahman Khaldoon Hamid, Ahmed Bostamy Elsnhory, Omar Ahmed Abdelwahab and Sarah Urbon
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:188
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

  11. Quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is associated with improved survival rates in prehospital arrest cases. Although CPR guidelines emphasize compression depth, rate, and recoil, individual anatomical ...

    Authors: Tayfun Aygun, Olcay Karaoglu, Hakan Senturk, Arif Keskin, Nurullah Yucel and Gulam Hekimoglu
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:187
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  12. To systematically evaluate the effectiveness of emergency fast track in improving the efficiency of acute stroke management and enhancing clinical outcomes, thereby providing evidence-based support for optimiz...

    Authors: Ying Shen, Yuying Lao and Xiening Xu
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:186
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  13. Patients with nonshockable out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) have poor outcomes compared with those with shockable rhythm. The optimal strategy for advanced airway management (AAM) for these patients remai...

    Authors: Mai Nakai-Uchida, Masato Uchida, Shinobu Tamura, Atsushi Kubo, Kosei Kunitatsu, Tsuyoshi Nakashima, Ryosuke Horitani, Yoshinori Kajimoto, Shigeaki Inoue and Masaya Hironishi
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:185
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  14. Over the past 50 years, the concept of the golden hour of shock was established as one of the central tenets of emergency trauma medicine. A shorter duration of prehospital care correlates with a positive chan...

    Authors: Bastian Brune, Fabian Haut, Maximilian Wolf, André Nohl, Frank Herbstreit, Christian Waydhas, Marcel Dudda and Lars Becker
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:184
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  15. The aging population has led to a growing number of frail older patients in prehospital emergency care. These patients often present with complex healthcare needs, posing significant challenges for prehospital...

    Authors: Gabriella Norberg Boysen, Elin Svensson, Caroline Heldtander, Johan Herlitz and Agnes Olander
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:183
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  16. Epinephrine administration during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been a long-standing recommendation, but the evidence is controversial. This study investigated effects of epinephrine administration i...

    Authors: Tobias Gruebl, Janine Jungblut, Dennis Rupp, Chung Shing Rex Ha, Birgit Ploeger, Dana Maresa Haag, Davut Deniz Uzun, Christoph Walter Jaenig, Martin Christian Sassen, Bernhard Schieffer, Lars Timmermann and Susanne Betz
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:182
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  17. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a surge in pre-hospital emergency calls due to the increased prevalence of flu-like symptoms and panic related to the pandemic. However, some patients declined transport...

    Authors: Hassan Farhat, Cyrine Abid, Guillaume Alinier, Moncef Khadhraoui, Imed Gargouri, Loua Al Shaikh and James Laughton
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:181
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  18. Identifying suspected anterior circulation large-vessel occlusion (aLVO) strokes during emergency calls could enhance dispatch efficiency, particularly in rural areas. However, data on emergency medical dispat...

    Authors: Matthias L. Herrmann, Simone Meier, Florian F. Schuchardt, Max Henningsen, Nicole Wimmesberger, Diana Rau, Erik Farin-Glattacker and Jochen Brich
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:180
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  19. At emergency medical dispatch centres (EMDCs) telephone triage takes place in three steps: identifying the event, assessing the caller’s need for support, and prioritizing the response. Some calls are considered ...

    Authors: Inger K. Holmström, Hans Blomberg, Ulrika Winblad and Douglas Spangler
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:179
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  20. Adequate staffing and manageable workloads are crucial for high-quality emergency care. However, high perceived workloads in the emergency department (ED) threaten both. Increased demand and staff shortages in...

    Authors: Ties Eikendal, Naomi Prudon, Rudolf Bertijn Kool, Patrick Jeurissen, Menno Iskander Gaakeer, Bas de Groot and Simone A. van Dulmen
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:178
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  22. Timely and accurate triage is crucial for the emergency department (ED) care. Recently, there has been growing interest in applying large language models (LLMs) to support triage decision-making. However, most...

    Authors: Sukyo Lee, Sumin Jung, Jong-Hak Park, Hanjin Cho, Sungwoo Moon and Sejoong Ahn
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:176
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  23. Mass casualty incidents present significant challenges not only for healthcare providers and emergency service responders at the incident scene, but also for the hospitals that receive those affected. Terroris...

    Authors: Asghar Tavan, Ahmad Mashkoori, Asiye Aminafshar, Afshin Khazaei, Sahar Salahi and Hojjat Farahmandnia
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:175
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  24. Floods, due to their extensive direct and indirect impacts, pose a significant threat to critical infrastructure and public health. Health facilities (HFs), given their heightened vulnerability to this natural...

    Authors: Farhad Arefi, Asghar Tavan, Seyed Mobin Moradi, Salman Daneshi and Hojjat Farahmandnia
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:174
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

  25. Frequent callers are described as a challenge for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) across international contexts, but the terminology, definitions, and frequency vary. Until 2023, the UK’s Frequent Caller Nati...

    Authors: Astrid K. V. Harring, Magnus Hjortdahl, Kristin Häikiö and Trine M. Jørgensen
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:173
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  26. Performance feedback and patient outcome follow-up are essential in emergency medical services. Prior literature has assessed the importance of feedback/follow-up on paramedics and emergency medical technician...

    Authors: Erik J. Wanberg, Greg Scott, Kristina M. Dostal, Aidan F. Mullan and Sarayna S. McGuire
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:172
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  27. Emergency departments (ED) and intensive care units (ICU) in general hospitals can contribute to preventive care for patients with suicidality. Despite the availability of guidelines worldwide, challenges rema...

    Authors: Kinke Marloes Lommerse, Yvonne Lucia Luigjes-Huizer, David Nico Baden, Marjolein Anniek Veerbeek, Renske Gilissen and Saskia Yvonne Mérelle
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:171
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  28. Red blood cell (RBC) transfusions are essential in emergency departments (ED), but their practices lack standardization, often leading to inefficiencies and risks. Patient blood management is poorly developed ...

    Authors: Fabien Coisy, Florian Ajavon, Alberto Di Castri, Mélodie Lagarrigue, Céline Occelli, Xavier Bobbia and Romain Genre Grandpierre
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:170
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  29. Obstructive jaundice is a common clinical condition, often requiring timely diagnosis to guide management. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of ultrasound (USG) and computed tomography (C...

    Authors: Reyhan İrem Mutlu Eren, Çağdaş Yıldırım, Alp Şener, Fatih Ahmet Kahraman, Mehmet Ergin, Şervan Gökhan and Osman Ersoy
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:169
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  30. Effective triage decision-making is crucial in emergency care, requiring healthcare personnel to possess strong cognitive abilities, experience, and intuition. The Triage Decision Making Inventory (TDMI) is a ...

    Authors: Mahdi Nabi Foodani, Amir Hossein Goudarzian, Özkan Görgülü, Kelly Jo Cone, Khosro Shakeri and Zahra Abbasi Dolatabadi
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:168
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  32. Methamphetamine use is associated with frequent emergency department (ED) utilization, but factors associated with drug-related ED re-attendance are understudied. We aimed to characterize the pattern of 30-day...

    Authors: Rex Pui Kin Lam, Chi Keung Chan, Man Li Tse, Eric Ho Yin Lau, Matthew Sik Hon Tsui, Sherry Kit Wa Chan and Timothy Hudson Rainer
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:166
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  33. Chest pain is a common and challenging complaint in emergency departments (EDs), necessitating accurate risk stratification to identify patients at risk for major adverse cardiac events (MACE) while avoiding u...

    Authors: Mehdi Nasr Isfahani, Hamidreza Mohseni, Elahe Nasri Nasrabadi and Nizal Sarrafzadegan
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:165
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  34. This study aimed to compare the predictive accuracy of two scoring systems—Seismic Assessment of Kidney Function to Rule Out Dialysis Requirement (SAFE-QUAKE) and the Dialysis Score—developed to assess the nee...

    Authors: Suleyman Alpar, Sarper Yilmaz, Çağrı Safa Buyurgan, Akif Yarkaç, Neslihan Ergun Suzer and Ali Cankut Tatlıparmak
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:164
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  36. The lung ultrasound (LUS) score is a semi-quantitative tool used to predict clinical outcomes in conditions such as congestive heart failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome. However, its role in pneumo...

    Authors: Tanyaporn Nakornchai, Apichaya Monsomboon, Panrada Pathomkajonkul, Ronnapop Jaluspikultip, Rathachai Kaewlai, Nattakarn Praphruetkit, Tipa Chakorn, Sattha Riyapan, Usapan Surabenjawong, Wansiri Chaisirin and Netiporn Thirawattanasoot
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:162
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  37. Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability. Approximately one-third to one-half of cases of TBI are associated with severe extracranial injuries, particularly abdominal trau...

    Authors: Hohyung Jung, Inhae Heo and Kyoungwon Jung
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:161
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  38. In this large prospective study of patients with moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) examined with early magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), we aimed to explore the differences in the occurrence and...

    Authors: Ingrid Aune Bergstrøm, Oddvar Uleberg, Anne Vik, Anne-Mari Holte Flusund, Anne Katharina Köster, Sozaburo Hara, Marianne Dahlhaug and Kent Gøran Moen
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:160
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  39. In regional trauma systems, emergency medical service (EMS) providers play a crucial role by performing prehospital triage for severely injured patients and transporting them to regional trauma centres. Since ...

    Authors: Donghwan Choi, Yo Huh, Byung Hee Kang, Sora Kim, Seoyoung Song, Kyoungwon Jung and Hohyung Jung
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:159
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:196

  41. Emergency department (ED) crowding has been repeatedly shown to affect patient outcomes negatively. However, there is limited research on its impact on patients immediately discharged by the triage team. This ...

    Authors: Jari Ylä-Mattila, Anna Eidstø, Jalmari Nevanlinna, Heini Huhtala, Teemu Koivistoinen and Sami Mustajoki
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:157
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  42. Medical communication centre operators of the 1-1-3 medical emergency number in Norway use the decision support tool, the Norwegian Index for Medical Emergency, to categorise the problem and determine the corr...

    Authors: Vilde Fosso Smievoll, Helene Monsen Folkedal, Lars Myrmel and Guttorm Brattebø
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:156
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  45. Authors: Haron Ndwiga Njiru, Pryanka Relan, Sk Md Mamunur Rahman Malik, Azad Abdullah, Mukhtar Shube, Ali Haji Adam Abubakar, Ibrahim Nur, Abdinasir Yusuf Osman, Paul Sonenthal, Shada Rouhani, Bernard Olayo, Naoko Ohno, Ireneaus Sebit Sindani, Ali Abdirahman Osman, Md Shajib Hossain, Ndithia James…
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:153
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    The original article was published in BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:89

  46. Trauma, particularly injuries involving massive bleeding, is a leading cause of preventable death worldwide. Prehospital setting plays a critical role, with bleeding control being a primary focus. While guidel...

    Authors: Julia Doescher and Sibylle Langenecker
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:152
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  47. The Ryder Cup is a men’s golf competition and one of the most high-profile sporting events worldwide, presenting significant challenges for healthcare providers, especially when hosted in non-urban areas. Medi...

    Authors: Cesare Mercalli, Federico Emiliano Ghio, Sara Bonizzato, Barbara Mantellini, Carlo Serini, Paolo Pallavicini, Maria Rosaria Squeo, Andrea Ferretti, Andrew Murray and Luca Carenzo
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:151
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  48. To investigate the characteristics of patients consulted from the emergency department to the gynecology and obstetrics clinic, the traumas seen in pregnant women, and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on th...

    Authors: Mustafa Alpaslan, Necmi Baykan, Ömer Salt, Fatma Ünlü, Serhat Koyuncu, Oğuzhan Bol, Mükerrem Altuntaş and Hakan Güner
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:150
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  49. Sudden cardiac arrest represents a global health challenge characterized by high mortality and morbidity rates. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) is increasingly considered as an effective tr...

    Authors: Di Shi, Bo Li, Wei Pan, Fuping Guo, Hui Jiang, Liu Chengxi, Huadong Zhu, Jihai Liu, Jieqing Chen, Liang Zong, Xiao Song, Chen Lin, Xin Ding, Xiang Zhou, Chang Yin and Bin Du
    Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine 2025 25:149
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