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Guidelines for Essential Trauma Care: Second Edition (2026)

open access: yesWorld Journal of Surgery, Volume 50, Issue 6, Page 1409-1450, June 2026.
Injury is a major cause of death and disability globally, with the highest burden in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Strengthening the organization and planning for trauma care (care of the injured) can improve care and lower mortality. In 2004, the International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care (IATSIC) and the World Health ...
Charles Mock   +41 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Prediction to Horizon: Clinicians' Negotiations of AI‐Driven Personal Prognoses in Clinical Practice

open access: yesSociology of Health &Illness, Volume 48, Issue 5, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Computational methods and tools under the label ‘artificial intelligence’ (AI) are increasingly promoted as solutions to the challenges of under‐resourced and understaffed healthcare systems, with predictive modelling positioned as a means to improve efficiency and individualise care.
Iben Mundbjerg Gjødsbøl   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medical evacuations by search and rescue helicopters in the Barents Sea

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background The Barents Sea, characterized by remote locations, vast distances, harsh weather conditions and seasonal polar night, presents significant challenges for search and rescue (SAR) operations.
Silje Aune   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predictors of Hospital Admission Following Emergency Department Presentation for Falls Among Older Adults: A Retrospective Analysis

open access: yesAustralasian Journal on Ageing, Volume 45, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective To identify demographic, clinical and injury‐related factors independently associated with hospital admission among older adults presenting to the emergency department (ED) after a fall. Methods We conducted a retrospective chart review of electronic medical records for 574 patients aged 65 years and older who presented to the ED of ...
Yong‐Joon Kim   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

What is artificial intelligence doing to emergency medicine? From hype to real‐world impact

open access: yes
Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine, Volume 33, Issue 3, June 2026.
Yih Yng Ng
wiley   +1 more source

Fentanyl Compromises Lower‐Airway Mechanics and Naloxone Triggers a Transient Mechanical Overshoot

open access: yesActa Physiologica, Volume 242, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Opioid‐induced respiratory depression (OIRD) is the leading cause of death following opioid overdose, due to its effects on central rhythm generation, and airway and thoracic constriction. While the effects on rhythm generation have been well documented, the effects of fentanyl on airway constriction are less well understood. We tested the
Riley R. Parks   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prehospital stroke care, a narrative review

open access: yes, 2018
Stroke is a leading cause of disability in the United States and current treatment for stroke is limited to two modalities with well-defined time restraints.
Yuchuan Ding, Zi Wang, Paul Fu
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Nonlinear Associations Between Frailty and Medication Burden in Hospitalized Older Adults

open access: yesGeriatrics &Gerontology International, Volume 26, Issue 6, June 2026.
Medication burden in hospitalized older adults—including total medications, potentially inappropriate medications, and anticholinergic burden—showed nonlinear associations with frailty, peaking at moderate frailty (CFS 5–6) before attenuating in advanced frailty.
Hiroyuki Umegaki   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prehospital Care: Do No Harm?

open access: yesAnnals of Surgery, 2003
The principle of “do no harm” is the foundation of all medical practice. It requires us to periodically reevaluate that which we have intuitively believed we are doing for the good of patients, while being prepared to accept that we might be wrong. In 1854 Florence Nightingale introduced measurement of outcome.
openaire   +3 more sources

The Danish quality database for prehospital emergency medical services

open access: yes, 2016
Erika Frischknecht Christensen,1–3 Peter Anthony Berlac,4 Henrik Nielsen,5 Christian Fynbo Christiansen5 1Clinical Institute, Aalborg University, 2Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, 3Prehospital ...
Christiansen CF   +3 more
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