Table of contents

Abstracts

• 1 The use and impact of 12-lead electrocardiograms in acute stroke patients: a systematic review (21 May, 2017)

  S Munro, T Quinn, D Cooke, M Joy
• 2 Does current pre-hospital analgesia effectively reduce pain in children caused by trauma within a UK ambulance service: a service evaluation (21 May, 2017)

  G Whitley, F Bath-Hextall
• 3 Choking children – should we be scared? (21 May, 2017)

  H Frederiksen Højgaard, D Köhler
• 4 Revising EMS dispatch procedures to manage growing demand in victoria, australia (21 May, 2017)

  E Andrew, Karen Smith
• 5 Mental health-related presentations to emergency medical services in victoria, australia (21 May, 2017)

  E Andrew, R Roggenkamp, Z Nehme, S Cox, K Smith
• 6 Characteristics of thunderstorm asthma EMS attendances in victoria, australia (21 May, 2017)

  E Andrew, Z Nehme, S Bernard, K Smith
• 7 Dispatch of fire-fighters and police officers in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a nationwide prospective cohort trial (21 May, 2017)

  I Hasselqvist-Axe, P Nordberg, J Herlitz, L Svensson, M Jonsson, J Lindqvist, M Ringh, A Claesson, J Björklund, JO Andersson, C Ericson, P Lindblad, L Engerström, M Rosenqvist, J Hollenberg
• 8 Genuine illness and injury during europe’s largest emergency service major incident exercise (21 May, 2017)

  E Cannon, T Edwards, R Fothergill
• 9 Audit of morphine administration by east midlands ambulance service (EMAS) (21 May, 2017)

  S Winter, R Jootun
• 10 Prehospital critical care team attendance increases the survival of major trauma patients: national registry data (21 May, 2017)

  A Maddock, A Corfield, M Donald, S Hearns, R Lyon, D Fitzpatrick, N Sinclair
• 11 Increase in BYSTANDER-CPR in sweden is associated with increased rates of compression-only CPR (21 May, 2017)

  G Riva, J Hollenberg, L Svensson, M Ring, S Rubertsson, P Nordberg, A Claesson, T Djärv, J Herlitz
• 12 Outcomes and modifiable resuscitative characteristics amongst pan-asian out-of-hospital cardiac arrest occuring at night – a multinational, prosepctive, observationel study (21 May, 2017)

  M Ong, AFW Ho, Y Hao, PP Pek, N Shahidah, S Yap, YY Ng, DW Kwanhatha, EJ Lee, P Khruekarnchana, W Wah, N Liu, H Tanaka, SD Shin, MH Ma, MEH Ong
• 13 Annual tourniquet use in UK ambulance services for major haemorrhage control (21 May, 2017)

  G Bessant, S Dharmaratne
• 14 Initial prehospital vital signs to predict subsequent adverse hospital outcomes (21 May, 2017)

  TA Williams, KM Ho, H Tohira, DM Fatovich, P Bailey, D Brink, P Gowens, GD Perkins, J Finn
• 15 The importance of staying on the call: recognition of cardiac arrest after initial dispatch (21 May, 2017)

  S Ball, A Whiteside, M Inoue, J Bray, DM Fatovich, P Cameron, T Williams, K Smith, KL O’Halloran, D Brink, GD Perkins, H Tohira, P Bailey, M Riou, J Finn
• 16 Feasibility of a prehospital acute dyspnoea score – a pilot study (21 May, 2017)

  TA Lindskou, AWK Sørensen, BS Laursen, UM Weinreich, EF Christensen
• 17 Accuracy in emergency medical dispatch (21 May, 2017)

  K Torlén, L Kurland, M Castrén, K Olanders, K Bohm
• 18 ‘Tell me what’s happened’: when linguistic choices affect efficiency of ambulance dispatch for cardiac arrest (21 May, 2017)

  M Riou, A Whiteside, S Ball, T Williams, KL O’Halloran, GD Perkins, J Bray, P Cameron, K Smith, DM Fatovich, M Inoue, D Brink, P Bailey, J Finn
• 19 Pre-hospital oxygen therapy and co₂ retention in patients admitted through the emergency department

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  M Lumholdt, E Cresciolo, A Monti, LR Sørensen, KA Damgaard
• 20 Hygiene in the emergency medical services (EMS) calls for attention (21 May, 2017)

  HS Vikke, M Giebner, HJ Kolmos
• 21 Prehospital national early warning score (NEWS) does not predict one day mortality (21 May, 2017)

  J Pirneskoski, J Nurmi, K Olkkola, M Kuisma
• 22 Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest as a mandatory reportable disease – first experiences from norway (21 May, 2017)

  J Kramer-Johansen, I Tjelmeland, J Langørgen, E Søreide
• 23 Helicopter emergency medical services in major incident management: national norwegian cross-sectional survey (21 May, 2017)

  AS Johnsen, SJM Sollid, T Vigerust, M Jystad, M Rehn
• 24 Citizens’ utilisation and satisfaction with a novel organisational structure of prehospital access to hospital care (21 May, 2017)

  H Gamst-Jensen, N Blomberg, F Folke, F Lippert
• 25 Machine learning – a novel approach to increase recognition of out of hospital cardiac arrest during calls to emergency medical dispatch centres (21 May, 2017)

  NF Blomberg, F Folke, TP Møller, F Lippert
• 26 Systematic influences of the implementation of a comprehensive 24/7-telemedicine system into emergency medical service (21 May, 2017)

  SK Beckers, S Bergrath, F Hirsch, M Felzen, R Rossaint
• 27 Implementation, temporal changes, and follow-up of a nationwide AED-network (21 May, 2017)

  LIM Karlsson, CM Hansen, M Wissenberg, SM Hansen, FK Lippert, S Rajan, K Kragholm, S Møller, GH Gislason, C Torp-Pedersen, F Folke
• 28 The difference between physician assistants and ambulance nurses as solo emergency care providers in EMS, a cross sectional study (21 May, 2017)

  S Berben, A Bloemhoff, L Schoonhoven, A de Kreek, P van Grunsven, M Laurant
• 29 Investigating the population characteristics, processes and outcomes of pre-hospital psychiatric and self-harm emergencies in scotland: a national record linkage study (21 May, 2017)

  E Duncan, C Best, N Dougall, S Skar, D Fitzpatrick, J Evans, A Corfield, I Goldie, M Maxwell, H Snooks, C Stark, C White, W Wojcik
• 30 A study of the prevalence of impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia in people who have had a severe hypoglycaemic emergency and been attended by the ambulance service (21 May, 2017)

  E Duncan, D Fitzpatrick, J Evans
• 31 Intraosseous access is effective whilst wearing CBRN protective equipment (21 May, 2017)

  T Collins
• 32 Treat-and-release EMS patients in the north denmark region: identification and vital signs (21 May, 2017)

  TM Larsen, MD Bendtsen, M Søvsø, TA Lindskou, PA Hansen, FB Jensen, HO Holdgaard, JG Stegger, EF Christensen
• 33 Characteristics of patients undergoing pre-hospital rapid sequence intubation by intensive care flight paramedics in victoria, australia (21 May, 2017)

  A Delorenzo, St T Clair, E Andrew, S Bernard, K Smith
• 34 Characteristics of repeated EMS users in the north denmark region (21 May, 2017)

  MD Bendtsen, M Søvsø, TM Larsen, TA Lindskou, PA Hansen, FB Jensen, HO Holdgaard, JG Stegger, EF Christensen
• 35 Manual versus semi-automatic rhythm analysis and defibrillation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (21 May, 2017)

  Z Nehme, E Andrew, R Nair, S Bernard, K Smith
• 36 Not transporting all paediatric out-of-hospital setting patients by ambulance seems to be safe (21 May, 2017)

  J Oulasvirta, H Harve-Rytsälä, M Kuisma
• 37 Emergency medical dispatchers’ perception of barriers in handling emergency calls. a qualitative study (21 May, 2017)

  TP Møller, H Gamst Jensen, S Viereck, FK Lippert, D Østergaard
• 38 A 5 year comparison of public recognition and willingness to perform bystander CPR in a metropolitan city (21 May, 2017)

  S Moon, HW Ryoo, DE Lee, JH Kim, HW Ryu
• 39 Heliport proximity is crucial in reducing treatment delay in patients with st-elevation myocardial infarction transported by helicopter – heliproxy study (21 May, 2017)

  PM Hansen, CJ Terkelsen, IS Riddervold, L Knudsen
• 40 Comprehensive efficacy and integrated safety results from the late-phase clinical program of the sufentanil sublingual tablet 30 MCG (21 May, 2017)

  R Leto, J Miner, Z Rafique, M Tyler
• 41 New methods for diagnosis of thoracic trauma in prehospital care (21 May, 2017)

  S Candefjord, R Buendia, EC Caragounis, NP Oveland, BA Sjöqvist, M Oropeza-Moe, M Elam, M Persson, A Fhager
• 42 Straight line vs true distance to nearest aed – does it matter for cardiac arrest coverage? (21 May, 2017)

  LIM Karlsson, KB Sondergaard, CM Hansen, M Wissenberg, SM Hansen, FK Lippert, S Rajan, K Kragholm, S Møller, GH Gislason, C Torp-Pedersen, F Folke
• 43 Time delay to contact the medical dispatch – eurocall study in romania (21 May, 2017)

  D Cimpoesu, O Popa, GrT Popa
• 44 Point-of-care analysis of lactate from intraosseous samples during resuscitation (21 May, 2017)

  M Jousi, A Nelskylä, M Skrifvars, G Ristagno, J Nurmi
• 45 Frontiers of performance: using a mathematical model to discover unobservable performance limits in a pre-hospital and retrieval service (21 May, 2017)

  CEJ Moultrie, AR Corfield, J Pell, D Mackay
• 46 Forecasting the demand profile for a physician-led pre-hospital care service using a mathematical model (21 May, 2017)

  CEJ Moultrie, AR Corfield, J Pell, D Mackay