The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on rabies post-exposure prophylaxis services in Asia by Gyanendra Gongal, Gadey Sampath, Jugal Kishore, Anup Bastola, Suda Punrin, Amila Gunesekera

“…The PEP should be categorized as an emergency medical service, and it should be part of the hospital medical emergency. …”
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Differences in presentation, radiological features, and outcome in traumatic versus spontaneous acute subdural hematomas – a single-institution population-based study by D. Khaki, J. Ljungqvist, A. Kirknes, J. Bartek, A. Corell

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278 Using a ventilator during cardiac arrest improves pCO2. Starting SYMEVECA study by A Benito, F Torres, A Hernández-Tejedor, E Corral, SI Montero, NV González, MI Vázquez, R Pinilla, M Elizondo

The Impact of Body Mass Index on In-Hospital Mortality in Post-Cardiac-Arrest Patients—Does Sex Matter? by Michał Czapla, Adrian Kwaśny, Małgorzata Słoma-Krześlak, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Piotr Karniej, Sara Janczak, Aleksander Mickiewicz, Bartosz Uchmanowicz, Stanisław Zieliński, Marzena Zielińska

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COVID 19 infection clinical features in pediatric patients in Southwestern Iran: a cross-sectional, multi-center study by Marzieh Jamalidoust, Mohsen Jalil, Zahra Ashkan, Moslem Sharifi, Rouhollah Hemmati, Anahita Sanaei Dashti, Mohammad Rahim Kadivar, Gholamreza Pouladfar, Ali Amanati, Seyeheh Sedigheh Hamzavi, Sadaf Asaie, Maryam Eskandari, Nasrin Aliabadi, Mazyar Ziyaeyan

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Resuscitation of Patient with Suspected/Confirmed COVID-19: How to Increase Medical Staff Safety by Semih Korkut, Togay Evrin, Burak Katipoğlu, Jacek Smereka, Anna Drozd, Lukasz Szarpak

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Traumatic Cardiac Arrest—A Narrative Review by Patrick Schober, Georgios F. Giannakopoulos, Carolien S. E. Bulte, Lothar A. Schwarte

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Fast track to stroke unit for patients not eligible for acute intervention, a case–control register study on 1066 patients by Ingela Wennman, Helle Wijk, Katarina Jood, Eric Carlström, Bengt Fridlund, Linda Alsholm, Johan Herlitz, Per-Olof Hansson

“…The aim of this retrospective case–control register study was to evaluate outcomes for such “low priority” stroke patients who were transported via Fast Track directly to the stroke unit, according to pre-specified criteria by emergency medical service (EMS). The outcomes of Fast Track patients, transported directly to stroke unit (cases) were compared with the outcomes of patients who fulfilled these critera for Fast Track, but instead were transported to the ED (controls). …”
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Emergency carbon monoxide poisoning therapy for petroleum industry workers by Peričević-Medić Sonja, Ljujić Jovana, Mikov Ivan, Španović Milorad, Sakač Slađana

“…Case report the workers had to be treated by the emergency medical service during the night for health problems arising from carbon monoxide inhalation from a faulty installation. …”
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Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury: Implications for Healthcare in Nepal by Oliver W. Sakowitz, Mohan R. Sharma, Karl L. Kiening

“…While some of the equipment for the treatment of TBI victims is readily available (e.g. ventricular drainage), others are scarce (e.g. operating room capacity, intensive care facilities) or completely unavailable (e.g. emergency medical service providers, specialized monitoring equipment). …”
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Detection to Hospital Door: Gender Differences of Patients With Acute Stroke Symptoms by Silke Walter, Silke Walter, Daniel Phillips, Brittany Wells, Robert Moon, Thomas Bertsch, Iris Q. Grunwald, Klaus Fassbender

“…Dispatch and delivery lie within the responsibility of the emergency medical service. Differences in clinical presentation with symptoms mainly affecting general conditions could be identified as a crucial challenge leading to gender inequity in these stages. …”
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Acoustic Method for Detection Large Pneumothoraxes in the Out-of-Hospital Environment by Motz, Andrew J.

“…Much of this is a result of poor diagnostic aids to assist in the detection of pneumothoraxes out-of-hospital, such as by Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers. A simple, portable, and accurate method of clinically detecting a pneumothorax would increase the quality of patient care in austere environments. …”
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Influence of Disease Acceptance on the Quality of Life of Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis – Single Centre Study by Wysocki G, Czapla M, Uchmanowicz B, Fehler P, Aleksandrowicz K, Rypicz, Wolska-Zogata I, Uchmanowicz I

“…Grzegorz Wysocki,1 Michał Czapla,2– 4 Bartosz Uchmanowicz,5 Piotr Fehler,4 Katarzyna Aleksandrowicz,4 Łukasz Rypicz,6 Irena Wolska-Zogata,7 Izabella Uchmanowicz4,5 1LUX MED Medical Center, Warsaw, Poland; 2Department of Emergency Medical Service, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland; 3Group of Research in Care (GRUPAC), Faculty of Health Science, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain; 4Institute of Heart Diseases, University Hospital, Wroclaw, Poland; 5Department of Nursing and Obstetrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland; 6Department of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław, Poland; 7Department of the Sociology of the Public Sphere, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, PolandCorrespondence: Michał Czapla, Department of Emergency Medical Service, Wroclaw Medical University, ul. …”
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New Prehospital Triage for Stroke Patients Significantly Reduces Transport Time of EVT Patients Without Delaying IVT by Martin Cabal, Martin Cabal, Linda Machova, Linda Machova, Daniel Vaclavik, Daniel Vaclavik, Petr Jasso, David Holes, David Holes, Ondrej Volny, Ondrej Volny, Michal Bar, Michal Bar

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Clinical and sociodemographic profile of acute intoxications in an emergency department: A retrospective cross-sectional study by Juan José Aguilón-Leiva, Clara Isabel Tejada-Garrido, Emmanuel Echániz-Serrano, Eduardo Mir-Ramos, Antonio Manuel Torres-Pérez, Alberto Lafuente-Jiménez, María Martínez-Soriano, Iván Santolalla-Arnedo, Michal Czapla, Michal Czapla, Jacek Smereka, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Pedro José Satústegui-Dordá

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Direct vs. Video-Laryngoscopy for Intubation by Paramedics of Simulated COVID-19 Patients under Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Randomized Crossover Trial by Leszek Gadek, Lukasz Szarpak, Lars Konge, Marek Dabrowski, Dominika Telecka-Gadek, Maciej Maslanka, Wiktoria Laura Drela, Marta Jachowicz, Lukasz Iskrzycki, Szymon Bialka, Frank William Peacock, Jacek Smereka

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A multicenter survey on toxoplasmosis knowledge among pregnant women in Poland (the TOWER study) by Jacek Smereka, Lukasz Szarpak, Kurt Ruetzler, Yehoshua Schacham, Adam Smereka, Marek Dabrowski, Marzena Terpilowska, Lukasz Terpilowski, Ishag Adam

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A Local Survey of COVID-19: Vaccine Potential Acceptance Rate among Personnel in a Level 1 Trauma Center without Severe COVID-19 Cases by André Nohl, Heithem Ben Abdallah, Veronika Weichert, Sascha Zeiger, Tobias Ohmann, Marcel Dudda

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Implementation of a mechanical CPR device in a physician staffed HEMS – a prospective observational study by Simon Rauch, Giacomo Strapazzon, Monika Brodmann, Ernst Fop, Christian Masoner, Lydia Rauch, Alessandro Forti, Urs Pietsch, Peter Mair, Hermann Brugger

“…Abstract In this prospective, observational study we describe the incidence and characteristics of out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) cases who received mechanical CPR, after the implementation of a mechanical CPR device (LUCAS 2; Physio Control, Redmond, WA, USA) in a physician staffed helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) in South Tyrol, Italy. During the study period (06/2013–04/2016), 525 OHCA cases were registered by the dispatch centre, 271 (51.6%) were assisted by HEMS. …”
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Impact of Operator Medical Specialty on Endotracheal Intubation Rates in Prehospital Emergency Medicine—A Retrospective Cohort Study by Christophe A. Fehlmann, Michèle Chan, Romain Betend, Fiona Novotny-Court, Mélanie Suppan, Georges L. Savoldelli, Laurent Suppan

“…In a prehospital physician-staffed emergency medical service, overall ETI rates did not depend on the frontline operator’s medical specialty background. …”
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