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Prehospital Emergency Services Current Awareness Update – Issue 35, April 2016

Prehospital Emergency Services Current Awareness Update Issue 35, April 2016

Welcome to April issue of the Prehospital Emergency Services Current Awareness Update.

Introduction

Welcome to the April Edition. New Resources Cochrane Clinical Answers has been added to the National NHS Collection. You can access the Cochrane Clinical Answers here [ http://cochraneclinicalanswers.com ]. Access requires an Open Athens User Name and Password. If you don’t have one you can apply through your local Library or register here [ https://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/evidence-services/journals-and-databases ]. Add PESCAU to your personal database

As usual references to this and past issues are available through Mendeley. If there are any colleagues out there who would like to add them to their personal database please contact me via eMail and I will send you an RIS file, suitable to be loaded into your preferred Reference Management Software. Matt Holland, April 2016.

The aim of this Current Awareness Update is to provide a

digest of information supporting evidence based practice in

prehospital emergency services. Access to resources from

open access and NICE Evidence Search journals are freely

available to Ambulance Trust staff. A number may be only

available via your local Library services, where they exist.

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Follow @NWASLibrary or go to https://twitter.com/NWASLibrary. The NWAS LKS Twitter account Tweets the latest relevant research for Paramedic Practice as it’s published from scholarly/academic journals. If you don’t want to subscribe just search for #NWASLKSParamedic Follow @SASHlibs for updates from Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Library and Knowledge Services. Online Bibliography All this month’s articles included here are available through the Mendeley Group Prehospital Emergency Care Current Awareness Current. Click through to see the Abstracts with links to sources of full text. Last month’s articles are available in a backfile. From now on all the previous months article will accumulate in the backfile. This should mean that information about article sin in past updates is always available. Note the Tags don’t work at the moment. This is a known problem and Mendeley are working on a fix.

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Research & Best Practice The following research papers have been published in the last couple of months.

Papers listed as Open Access @ are freely available in full text from the link provided.

All other papers will require you to log in with an NHS Open Athens User Name and Password to obtain the full text. These links take you to the abstract initially. To read the whole paper, choose either ‘full text’ or ‘pdf’ from the options on the abstract page. The full text option will present the article as a single webpage, the pdf. option will open as a digital copy of the original paper. Selecting either will open a page with the following link for you to enter your Athens username and password;

Where papers are not available either through Open Access or with your NHS Open Athens you may be

able to get access through your own Library Service if you have one, or University, if you are registered on a course.

The research papers have been arranged by the topic headings below: (Ctrl & Click on the heading to go straight to that section)

Prehospital Practitioners – Professional Development Prehospital Research – Methods and Discussion Diagnosis &Triage Patient Profile Helicopter Emergency Medical Services On-Scene Interventions Airway Management, Resuscitation & CPR

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Prehospital Practitioners – Roles, Professional Practice and Development

Acker, J.J., 2016. Informing our Future: The development of a regulatory framework for registered

paramedics in Australia. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, 13(2). Available at:

http://ajp.paramedics.org/index.php/ajp/article/view/526 [Accessed May 12, 2016]. Open Access @

Armitage, E., 2016. UK Ambulance Services Clinical Practice Guidelines 2016 Pocket Book Review.

Journal of Paramedic Practice, 8(5), p.260. Available at: http://www.paramedicpractice.com/cgi-

bin/go.pl/library/abstract.html?uid=107567 [Accessed May 12, 2016]. Check with your local Library Service provider.

Becker, T.K. et al., 2016. Global Emergency Medicine: A review of the literature from 2015. Academic

emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Available at:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27146277 [Accessed May 12, 2016]. Check with your local Library Service provider.

Cheng, J. et al., 2016. Impacts of temperature change on ambulance dispatches and seasonal effect

modification. International journal of biometeorology. Available at:


DuBose, D.N. et al., 2016. Horizontal Slide Creates Less Cervical Motion When Centering an Injured

Patient on a Spine Board. The Journal of emergency medicine, 50(5), pp.728–33. Available at:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467915010227 [Accessed May 12, 2016]. Open Access @

Feltham, C. et al., 2016. Student midwives and paramedic students’ experiences of shared learning in pre-

hospital childbirth. Nurse Education Today, 41, pp.73–78. Available at:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27138486 [Accessed April 29, 2016]. Check with your local Library Service provider.

Johnson, S.R., Paramedics deployed as care navigators. Modern healthcare, 45(51), p.28. Available at:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27079067 [Accessed May 12, 2016]. NHS Open Athens @

Kirby, K., Moreland, S. & Pollard, J., 2016. The impact of working shifts: exploring the views of UK

paramedics. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 8(5), pp.252–257. Available at:

http://www.paramedicpractice.com/cgi-bin/go.pl/library/abstract.html?uid=107565 [Accessed May

13, 2016]. Check with your local Library Service provider.

Kline, J.A. & Promes, S.B., 2016. Introducing Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training.

Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27165174 [Accessed May 13, 2016]. Check with your local Library Service provider.

Kukowski, C., King, D.B. & DeLongis, A., 2016. Protective effect of paramedics’ sense of personal

accomplishment at work: Mitigating the impact of stress on sleep. Australasian Journal of

Paramedicine, 13(2). Available at: http://ajp.paramedics.org/index.php/ajp/article/view/147

[Accessed May 12, 2016]. Open Access @

Pidcoke, H.F. & Spinella, P.C., 2016. RDCR Symposium fifth-year anniversary edition: global prehospital

care rooted in a history of military innovation. Transfusion, 56 Suppl 2, pp.S107–9. Available at:


Quaile, A., 2016. Ambulance staff contemplate suicide due to stress and poor mental health. Journal of

Paramedic Practice, 8(5), pp.224–226. Available at: http://www.paramedicpractice.com/cgi-

http://ajp.paramedics.org/index.php/ajp/article/view/526

http://www.paramedicpractice.com/cgi-bin/go.pl/library/abstract.html?uid=107567


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27146277


http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467915010227





http://ajp.paramedics.org/index.php/ajp/article/view/147




bin/go.pl/library/abstract.html?uid=107560 [Accessed May 12, 2016]. Check with your local Library Service provider.

Sriram, V. et al., 2016. Comparative analysis of three prehospital emergency medical services

organizations in India and Pakistan. Public Health. Available at:


Szarpak, L. et al., 2016. Comparison of Bone Injection Gun and Jamshidi intraosseous access devices by

paramedics with and without chemical-biological-radiological-nuclear personal protective equipment:

a randomized, crossover, manikin trial. The American journal of emergency medicine. Available at:


Szarpak, Ł. et al., 2016. Are paramedics able to perform endotracheal intubation with access to the patient

through the back seat of the car? Randomized crossover manikin study. The American Journal of

Emergency Medicine. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27079500 [Accessed April


Szarpak, L. et al., 2016. Ability of paramedics to perform intraosseous access. A randomized cadaver study

comparing EZ-IO(®) and NIO(®) devices. Resuscitation. Available at:

http://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300957216300247/fulltext [Accessed May 12, 2016]. Check with your local Library Service provider.

Welp, A., Meier, L.L. & Manser, T., 2016. The interplay between teamwork, clinicians’ emotional

exhaustion, and clinician-rated patient safety: a longitudinal study. Critical Care, 20(1), p.110.

Available at: http://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-016-1282-9 [Accessed April

20, 2016]. Open Access @

Prehospital Research – Methods and Discussion

Annemans, L. et al., 2016. Prehospital and in-hospital use of healthcare resources in patients surviving

acute coronary syndromes: an analysis of the EPICOR registry. Open heart, 3(1), Available at:

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=4847130&tool=pmcentrez&rendertype=a

bstract [Accessed May 12, 2016]. Open Access @

Buswell, M. et al., 2016. Using ambulance service PCRs to understand 999 call-outs to older people with

dementia. Journal of Paramedic Practice, 8(5), pp.246–251. Available at:



Felzen, M. et al., 2016. Improved technical performance of a multifunctional prehospital telemedicine

system between the research phase and the routine use phase - an observational study. Journal of

telemedicine and telecare. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27080747 [Accessed

April 25, 2016]. Check with your local Library Service provider.

Friedman, M.S. & Manini, A.F., 2016. Validation of Criteria to Guide Prehospital Naloxone

Administration for Drug-Related Altered Mental Status. Journal of medical toxicology : official

journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology. Available at:


Goldstein, P. et al., 2016. Mortality in primary angioplasty patients starting antiplatelet therapy with

prehospital prasugrel or clopidogrel: a 1-year follow-up from the European MULTIPRAC Registry.

Vascular health and risk management, 12, pp.143–51. Available at:







http://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300957216300247/fulltext

http://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-016-1282-9

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=4847130&tool=pmcentrez&rendertype=abstract








Grusd, E. & Kramer-Johansen, J., 2016. Does the Norwegian emergency medical dispatch classification as

non-urgent predict no need for pre-hospital medical treatment? An observational study. Scandinavian

journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine, 24(1), p.65. Available at:



Makam, R.P. et al., 2016. Decade Long Trends (2001-2011) in Duration of Pre-Hospital Delay Among

Elderly Patients Hospitalized for an Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal of the American Heart

Association, 5(4). Available at:



Schwindling, L. et al., 2016. Prehospital Imaging-Based Triage of Head Trauma with a Mobile Stroke

Unit: First Evidence and Literature Review. Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the

American Society of Neuroimaging. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27159772

[Accessed May 13, 2016]. Check with your local Library Service provider.

Diagnosis and Triage

Arcos González, P. et al., 2016. The development and features of the Spanish prehospital advanced triage

method (META) for mass casualty incidents. Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and

emergency medicine, 24(1), p.63. Available at:



Bååth, C. et al., 2016. Prevention of heel pressure ulcers among older patients – from ambulance care to

hospital discharge: A multi-centre randomized controlled trial. Applied Nursing Research, 30, pp.170–

175. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27091274 [Accessed April 8, 2016]. Check with your local Library Service provider.

Brown, J.B. et al., 2016. Prehospital Lactate Improves Accuracy of Prehospital Criteria for Designating

Trauma Activation Level. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery. Available at:


Follin, A. et al., 2016. Tree-based algorithm for prehospital triage of polytrauma patients. Injury. Available

at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27161834 [Accessed May 13, 2016]. Check with your local Library Service provider.

Hsieh, M.-J. et al., 2016. Effect of prehospital notification on acute stroke care: a multicenter study.

Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine, 24(1), p.57. Available at:



Idrees, M., Macdonald, S.P. & Kodali, K., 2016. Sepsis Early Alert Tool: Early recognition and timely

management in the emergency department. Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA. Available at:


Jin, H.-Q. et al., Prehospital Identification of Stroke Subtypes in Chinese Rural Areas. Chinese medical

journal, 129(9), pp.1041–1046. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27098788


Kahlon, T.S. et al., 2016. Impact of pre-hospital electrocardiograms on time to treatment and one year

outcome in a rural regional ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction network. Catheterization and

cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography &
















Interventions. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27142567 [Accessed May 12,

2016]. ]. Check with your local Library Service provider.

Llompart-Pou, J.A. et al., 2016. Scoring severity in trauma: comparison of prehospital scoring systems in

trauma ICU patients. European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the

European Trauma Society. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27089878 [Accessed

April 25, 2016]. Check with your local Library Service provider.

Long, D., Long, B. & Koyfman, A., 2016. Zika Virus: What Do Emergency Physicians Need to Know?

The Journal of emergency medicine. Available at:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S073646791630035X [Accessed May 11, 2016].

Lord, B., Jennings, P.A. & Smith, K., 2016. The epidemiology of pain in children treated by paramedics.

Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA. Available at:


Matthews, B.L. et al., 2016. Epidemiology of fatal and non-fatal drowning patients attended by paramedics

in Victoria, Australia. International journal of injury control and safety promotion, pp.1–8. Available


Pakkanen, T. et al., 2016. Pre-hospital severe traumatic brain injury - comparison of outcome in paramedic

versus physician staffed emergency medical services. Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation

and emergency medicine, 24(1), p.62. Available at:



Quan, L. et al., 2016. Predicting outcome of drowning at the scene: A systematic review and meta-

analyses. Resuscitation. Available at:


Schwindling, L. et al., 2016. Prehospital Imaging-Based Triage of Head Trauma with a Mobile Stroke

Unit: First Evidence and Literature Review. Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the

American Society of Neuroimaging. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27159772

[Accessed May 13, 2016].

Szarpak, L. et al., 2016. Ultrasonography as a tool for prehospital recognition of tension pneumothorax:

Preliminary data. The American journal of emergency medicine. Available at:


Yperzeele, L. et al., 2016. Feasibility, Reliability and Predictive Value Of In-Ambulance Heart Rate

Variability Registration. PloS one, 11(5), p.e0154834. Available at:



Zozula, A. et al., 2016. Prehospital emergency services screening and referral to reduce falls in community-

dwelling older adults: a systematic review. Emergency medicine journal : EMJ, 33(5), pp.345–50.

Available at: http://emj.bmj.com/content/33/5/345.abstract [Accessed May 12, 2016]. NHS Open Athens @

Patient Profile

Ageron, F.-X. et al., 2016. Effectiveness of a Multimodal Intervention Program for Older Individuals

Presenting to the Emergency Department After a Fall in the Northern French Alps Emergency

Network. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency



http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S073646791630035X










http://emj.bmj.com/content/33/5/345.abstract


Medicine. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27144990 [Accessed May 12, 2016]. Check with your local Library Service provider.

Dinh, M.M. et al., 2016. Trends and characteristics of short-term and frequent representations to

emergency departments: A population-based study from New South Wales, Australia. Emergency

medicine Australasia : EMA. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27147298


Silva, H.C. da, Pessoa, R. de L. & Menezes, R.M.P. de, 2016. Trauma in elderly people: access to the

health system through pre-hospital care. Revista latino-americana de enfermagem, 24, p.e2690.

Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27143543 [Accessed May 12, 2016]. Check with your local Library Service provider.

Helicopter Emergency Medical Services

Eidenbenz, D. et al., 2016. A two-year retrospective review of the determinants of pre-hospital analgesia

administration by alpine helicopter emergency medical physicians to patients with isolated limb

injury. Anaesthesia. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27091515 [Accessed May


Griffiths, E., 2016. Cardiac care in SAR helicopter paramedic practice: from mountainside to rehabilitation.

Journal of Paramedic Practice, 8(5), pp.238–244. Available at:



On-Scene Interventions

Campbell, A. & Ellington, M., 2016. Reducing Time to First on Scene: An Ambulance-Community First

Responder Scheme. Emergency medicine international, 2016, p.1915895. Available at:


bstract [Accessed April 29, 2016]. Open Access @

Cole, J.B. et al., 2016. A prospective study of ketamine versus haloperidol for severe prehospital agitation.

Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.), pp.1–7. Available at:


Drennan, I.R. & Orkin, A.M., 2016. OPIOID CRISS. Prehospital naloxone administration for opioid-

related emergencies. JEMS : a journal of emergency medical services, 41(3), pp.36–9. Available at:


Evans, M.E. & Chassee, T., 2016. BET 2: Usefulness of epinephrine in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ, 33(5), pp.367–8. Available at:

http://emj.bmj.com/content/33/5/367.abstract [Accessed May 12, 2016]. NHS Open Athens @

González Del Castillo, J. et al., 2016. Treatment Adequacy of Antibiotics in Severe Sepsis. The Journal of

emergency medicine. Available at:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467916300014 [Accessed May 12, 2016]. Open Access @

Hayes, B.D., 2016. Ketamine for agitation: a key cog in the prehospital treatment armamentarium

wheelhouse. Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.), pp.1–2. Available at:


Moscote-Salazar, L.R. et al., 2016. Severe Cranioencephalic Trauma: Prehospital Care, Surgical

Management and Multimodal Monitoring. Bulletin of emergency & trauma, 4(1), pp.8–23. Available












http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736467916300014




Navalkele, D.D. et al., 2016. Higher prehospital blood pressure prolongs door to needle thrombolysis

times: a target for quality improvement? The American journal of emergency medicine. Available at:


Perlman, R. et al., 2016. A recommended early goal-directed management guideline for the prevention of

hypothermia-related transfusion, morbidity, and mortality in severely injured trauma patients. Critical

care (London, England), 20(1), p.107. Available at:

http://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-016-1271-z [Accessed May 12, 2016]. Open Access @

Puolakka, T. et al., 2016. Prehospital Phase of the Stroke Chain of Survival: A Prospective Observational

Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 5(5). Available at:


Takinami, Y., 2016. [Tracheal Intubation by Paramedics in a Local Community: Current Situation and

Future Challenges]. Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology, 65(3), pp.308–13. Available at:


van Tulder, R. et al., 2016. Laryngeal Tube Practice in a Metropolitan Ambulance Service: A Five-year

Retrospective Observational Study (2009-2013). Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the

National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors, pp.1–

7. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27115936 [Accessed May 12, 2016]. Check with your local Library Service provider.

Wise, S.L. & O’Neil, B.J., 2016. KEEPING COOL? Prehospital targeted temperature management in

cardiac arrest patients. JEMS : a journal of emergency medical services, 41(3), pp.40–2. Available at:


Woolley, T. et al., 2016. NATO Blood Panel perspectives on changes to military prehospital resuscitation

policies: current and future practice. Transfusion, 56 Suppl 2, pp.S217–23. Available at:


Airway Management, Resuscitation & CPR

Anon, 2016. Resuscitative Decisions: Maintaining, Withholding, and Withdrawing Resuscitative

Interventions in the Emergency Setting. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 42(3), pp.250–252. Available

at: http://www.jenonline.org/article/S0099176716300290/fulltext [Accessed May 12, 2016]. NHS Open Athens @

Beskind, D.L. et al., 2016. Viewing a brief chest-compression-only CPR video improves bystander CPR

performance and responsiveness in high school students: A cluster randomized trial. Resuscitation,

104, pp.28–33. Available at: http://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300957216300041/fulltext


Bowles, F. & Rawlinson, K., 2016. BET 3: The efficacy of chest compressions in paediatric traumatic

arrest. Emergency medicine journal : EMJ, 33(5), p.368. Available at:


Brandling, J. et al., 2016. An exploration of the views of paramedics regarding airway management.

Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine, 24(1), p.56. Available at:




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Burke, C.R. et al., 2016. Extracorporeal life support for victims of drowning. Resuscitation, 104, pp.19–23.

Available at: http://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300957216300181/fulltext [Accessed

May 12, 2016]. Check with your local Library Service provider.

Govender, K. et al., 2016. Comparison of two training programmes on paramedic-delivered CPR

performance. Emergency medicine journal : EMJ, 33(5), pp.351–6. Available at:


Ihnát Rudinská, L. et al., 2016. Intra-thoracic injuries associated with cardiopulmonary resuscitation -

Frequent and serious. Resuscitation, 103, pp.66–70. Available at:


Matsumura, Y. et al., 2016. Nighttime is associated with decreased survival and resuscitation efforts for

out-of-hospital cardiac arrests: a prospective observational study. Critical care (London, England),

20(1), p.141. Available at: http://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-016-1323-4

[Accessed May 13, 2016]. Open Access @

Møller, S.G. et al., 2016. Temporal trends in survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in patients with

and without underlying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Resuscitation. Available at:


Pearson, D.A. et al., 2016. Comparison of Team-Focused CPR vs Standard CPR in Resuscitation from

Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Results from a Statewide Quality Improvement Initiative.

Resuscitation. Available at: http://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300957216300211/fulltext


Smith, J. & Judge, B., 2016. BET 1: Effectiveness of the precordial thump in restoring heart rhythm

following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Emergency medicine journal : EMJ, 33(5), pp.366–7.

Available at: http://emj.bmj.com/content/33/5/366.2.abstract [Accessed May 12, 2016]. NHS Open Athens @

Vetter, V.L. et al., 2016. Innovative cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator

programs in schools: Results from the Student Program for Olympic Resuscitation Training in

Schools (SPORTS) study. Resuscitation. Available at:


Williams, S.T. et al., 2016. The 2015 advanced life support guidelines: a summary and evidence for the

updates. Emergency medicine journal : EMJ, 33(5), pp.357–60. Available at:


Zakariassen, E. & Hunskaar, S., 2016. Potential cardiac arrest - an observational study of pre-hospital

medical response. Scandinavian journal of primary health care, pp.1–5. Available at:


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