A consensus-based template for documenting and reporting in physician-staffed pre-hospital services

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Krüger, Andreas J ^a,b,c   Lockey, David ^d   Kurola, Jouni ^e   Di Bartolomeo, Stefano ^f   Castrén, Maaret ^g   Mikkelsen, Søren ^h   Lossius, Hans M ^a,i  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f Udine/Regional Health Agency of Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; PHYSICIAN; STANDARD;

CONSENSUS; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EUROPE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84857138081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-19-71     Document Type: Article

References (58)

1. Ghosh R, Pepe P. The critical care cascade: a systems approach. Curr Opin Crit Care 2009, 15:279-283. 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32832faef2, 19606026.
2. Lossius HM, Soreide E, Hotvedt R, Hapnes SA, Eielsen OV, Forde OH, Steen PA. Prehospital advanced life support provided by specially trained physicians: is there a benefit in terms of life years gained?. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2002, 46:771-778. 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.460703.x, 12139529.
3. Kurola J, Wangel M, Uusaro A, Ruokonen E. Paramedic helicopter emergency service in rural Finland - do benefits justify the cost?. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2002, 46:779-784. 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.460704.x, 12139530.
4. Frankema SP, Ringburg AN, Steyerberg EW, Edwards MJ, Schipper IB, van Vugt AB. Beneficial effect of helicopter emergency medical services on survival of severely injured patients. Br J Surg 2004, 91:1520-1526. 10.1002/bjs.4756, 15455361.
5. Rehn M, Eken T, Kruger AJ, Steen PA, Skaga NO, Lossius HM. Precision of field triage in patients brought to a trauma centre after introducing trauma team activation guidelines. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2009, 17:1. 10.1186/1757-7241-17-1, 2639532, 19134177.
6. Kruger AJ, Skogvoll E, Castren M, Kurola J, Lossius HM. Scandinavian pre-hospital physician-manned Emergency Medical Services--same concept across borders?. Resuscitation 2010, 81:427-433. 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.019, 20122784.
7. Langhelle A, Lossius HM, Silfvast T, Bjornsson HM, Lippert FK, Ersson A, Soreide E. International EMS Systems: the Nordic countries. Resuscitation 2004, 61:9-21. 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2003.12.008, 15081176.
8. Fischer M, Kamp J, Garcia-Castrillo Riesgo L, Robertson-Steel I, Overton J, Ziemann A, Krafft T. Comparing emergency medical service systems--a project of the European Emergency Data (EED) Project. Resuscitation 2011, 82:285-293. 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.11.001, 21159417.
9. Fevang E, Lockey D, Thompson J, Lossius HM. The top five research priorities in physician-provided pre-hospital critical care: a consensus report from a European research collaboration. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2011, 19:57. 10.1186/1757-7241-19-57, 3204240, 21996444.
10. MacFarlane C. The advances and evidence base for prehospital care. Emerg Med J 2003, 20:114-115. 10.1136/emj.20.2.114, 1726035, 12642516.
11. Lossius HM, Sollid SJ, Rehn M, Lockey DJ. Revisiting the value of pre-hospital tracheal intubation: an all time systematic literature review extracting the Utstein airway core variables. Crit Care 2011, 15:R26. 10.1186/cc9973, 3222062, 21244667.
12. Cone DC. Knowledge translation in the emergency medical services: a research agenda for advancing prehospital care. Acad Emerg Med 2007, 14:1052-1057.
13. Mann NC, Dean JM, Mobasher H, Mears G, Ely M. The use of national highway traffic safety administration uniform prehospital data elements in state emergency medical services data collection systems. Prehosp Emerg Care 2004, 8:29-33. 10.1080/312703002788, 14691784.
14. Bulger EM, May S, Kerby JD, Emerson S, Stiell IG, Schreiber MA, Brasel KJ, Tisherman SA, Coimbra R, Rizoli S, Minei JP, Hata JS, Sopko G, Evans DC, Hoyt DB. Out-of-hospital hypertonic resuscitation after traumatic hypovolemic shock: a randomized, placebo controlled trial. Ann Surg 2011, 253:431-441. 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181fcdb22, 21178763.
15. Hostler D, Everson-Stewart S, Rea TD, Stiell IG, Callaway CW, Kudenchuk PJ, Sears GK, Emerson SS, Nichol G. Effect of real-time feedback during cardiopulmonary resuscitation outside hospital: prospective, cluster-randomised trial. Bmj 2011, 342:d512. 10.1136/bmj.d512, 3033623, 21296838.
16. Aufderheide TP, Nichol G, Rea TD, Brown SP, Leroux BG, Pepe PE, Kudenchuk PJ, Christenson J, Daya MR, Dorian P, Callaway CW, Idris AH, Andrusiek D, Stephens SW, Hostler D, Davis DP, Dunford JV, Pirrallo RG, Stiell IG, Clement CM, Craig A, Van Ottingham L, Schmidt TA, Wang HE, Weisfeldt ML, Ornato JP, Sopko G. A Trial of an Impedance Threshold Device in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. N Engl J Med 2011, 365:798-806. 10.1056/NEJMoa1010821, 21879897.
17. Stiell IG, Nichol G, Leroux BG, Rea TD, Ornato JP, Powell J, Christenson J, Callaway CW, Kudenchuk PJ, Aufderheide TP, Idris AH, Daya MR, Wang HE, Morrison LJ, Davis D, Andrusiek D, Stephens S, Cheskes S, Schmicker RH, Fowler R, Vaillancourt C, Hostler D, Zive D, Pirrallo RG, Vilke GM, Sopko G, Weisfeldt M. Early versus later rhythm analysis in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med 2011, 365:787-797. 10.1056/NEJMoa1010076, 21879896.
18. Olasveengen TM, Sunde K, Brunborg C, Thowsen J, Steen PA, Wik L. Intravenous drug administration during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a randomized trial. Jama 2009, 302:2222-2229. 10.1001/jama.2009.1729, 19934423.
19. Stiell IG, Wells GA, Field B, Spaite DW, Nesbitt LP, De Maio VJ, Nichol G, Cousineau D, Blackburn J, Munkley D, Luinstra-Toohey L, Campeau T, Dagnone E, Lyver M. Advanced cardiac life support in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The New England journal of medicine 2004, 351:647-656. 10.1056/NEJMoa040325, 15306666.
20. Weisfeldt ML, Sitlani CM, Ornato JP, Rea T, Aufderheide TP, Davis D, Dreyer J, Hess EP, Jui J, Maloney J, Sopko G, Powell J, Nichol G, Morrison LJ. Survival after application of automatic external defibrillators before arrival of the emergency medical system: evaluation in the resuscitation outcomes consortium population of 21 million. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010, 55:1713-1720. 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.11.077, 3008654, 20394876.
21. Atkins DL, Everson-Stewart S, Sears GK, Daya M, Osmond MH, Warden CR, Berg RA. Epidemiology and outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in children: the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Epistry-Cardiac Arrest. Circulation 2009, 119:1484-1491. 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.802678, 2679169, 19273724.
22. Jacobs I, Nadkarni V, Bahr J, Berg RA, Billi JE, Bossaert L, Cassan P, Coovadia A, D'Este K, Finn J, Halperin H, Handley A, Herlitz J, Hickey R, Idris A, Kloeck W, Larkin GL, Mancini ME, Mason P, Mears G, Monsieurs K, Montgomery W, Morley P, Nichol G, Nolan J, Okada K, Perlman J, Shuster M, Steen PA, Sterz F, et al. Cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation outcome reports: update and simplification of the Utstein templates for resuscitation registries: a statement for healthcare professionals from a task force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (American Heart Association, European Resuscitation Council, Australian Resuscitation Council, New Zealand Resuscitation Council, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, InterAmerican Heart Foundation, Resuscitation Councils of Southern Africa). Circulation 2004, 110:3385-3397. 10.1161/01.CIR.0000147236.85306.15, 15557386.
23. Ringdal KG, Coats TJ, Lefering R, Di Bartolomeo S, Steen PA, Roise O, Handolin L, Lossius HM. The Utstein template for uniform reporting of data following major trauma: A joint revision by SCANTEM, TARN, DGU-TR and RITG. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2008, 16:7. 10.1186/1757-7241-16-7, 2568949, 18957069.
24. Sollid SJ, Lockey D, Lossius HM. A consensus-based template for uniform reporting of data from pre-hospital advanced airway management. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2009, 17:58. 10.1186/1757-7241-17-58, 2785748, 19925688.
25. MacFarlane C, Benn CA. Evaluation of emergency medical services systems: a classification to assist in determination of indicators. Emerg Med J 2003, 20:188-191. 10.1136/emj.20.2.188, 1726053, 12642542.
26. Pepe PE, Copass MK, Sopko G. Clinical trials in the out-of-hospital setting: rationale and strategies for successful implementation. Crit Care Med 2009, 37:S91-101. 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318192154d, 19104231.
27. Snooks H, Evans A, Wells B, Peconi J, Thomas M, Woollard M, Guly H, Jenkinson E, Turner J, Hartley-Sharpe C. What are the highest priorities for research in emergency prehospital care?. Emerg Med J 2009, 26:549-550. 10.1136/emj.2008.065862, 19625545.
28. Callaham M. Quantifying the scanty science of prehospital emergency care. Ann Emerg Med 1997, 30:785-790. 10.1016/S0196-0644(97)70049-0, 9398774.
29. Maio RF, Garrison HG, Spaite DW, Desmond JS, Gregor MA, Cayten CG, Chew JL, Hill EM, Joyce SM, MacKenzie EJ, Miller DR, O'Malley PJ, Stiell IG. Emergency medical services outcomes project I (EMSOP I): prioritizing conditions for outcomes research. Ann Emerg Med 1999, 33:423-432. 10.1016/S0196-0644(99)70307-0, 10092721.
30. Rosengart MR, Nathens AB, Schiff MA. The identification of criteria to evaluate prehospital trauma care using the Delphi technique. J Trauma 2007, 62:708-713. 10.1097/01.ta.0000197150.07714.c2, 17414352.
31. Murphy MK, Black NA, Lamping DL, McKee CM, Sanderson CF, Askham J, Marteau T. Consensus development methods, and their use in clinical guideline development. Health Technol Assess 1998, 2:i-iv. 1-88.
32. Ringdal KG, Coats TJ, Lefering R, Di Bartolomeo S, Steen PA, Roise O, Handolin L, Lossius HM. The Utstein template for uniform reporting of data following major trauma: a joint revision by SCANTEM, TARN, DGU-TR and RITG. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2008, 16:7. 10.1186/1757-7241-16-7, 2568949, 18957069.
33. Cummins RO, Chamberlain DA, Abramson NS, Allen M, Baskett PJ, Becker L, Bossaert L, Delooz HH, Dick WF, Eisenberg MS, et al. Recommended guidelines for uniform reporting of data from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: the Utstein Style. A statement for health professionals from a task force of the American Heart Association, the European Resuscitation Council, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and the Australian Resuscitation Council. Circulation 1991, 84:960-975.
34. Idris AH, Becker LB, Ornato JP, Hedges JR, Bircher NG, Chandra NC, Cummins RO, Dick W, Ebmeyer U, Halperin HR, Hazinski MF, Kerber RE, Kern KB, Safar P, Steen PA, Swindle MM, Tsitlik JE, von Planta I, von Planta M, Wears RL, Weil MH. Utstein-style guidelines for uniform reporting of laboratory CPR research. A statement for healthcare professionals from a Task Force of the American Heart Association, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American College of Cardiology, the European Resuscitation Council, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the Institute of Critical Care Medicine, the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Resuscitation 1996, 33:69-84. 10.1016/S0300-9572(96)01055-6, 8959776.
35. Idris AH, Berg RA, Bierens J, Bossaert L, Branche CM, Gabrielli A, Graves SA, Handley AJ, Hoelle R, Morley PT, Papa L, Pepe PE, Quan L, Szpilman D, Wigginton JG, Modell JH. Recommended guidelines for uniform reporting of data from drowning: the "Utstein style". Circulation 2003, 108:2565-2574. 10.1161/01.CIR.0000099581.70012.68, 14623794.
36. Langhelle A, Nolan J, Herlitz J, Castren M, Wenzel V, Soreide E, Engdahl J, Steen PA. Recommended guidelines for reviewing, reporting, and conducting research on post-resuscitation care: the Utstein style. Resuscitation 2005, 66:271-283. 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.06.005, 16129543.
37. Castren M, Karlsten R, Lippert F, Christensen EF, Bovim E, Kvam AM, Robertson-Steel I, Overton J, Kraft T, Engerstrom L, Garcia-Castrill Riego L. Recommended guidelines for reporting on emergency medical dispatch when conducting research in emergency medicine: the Utstein style. Resuscitation 2008, 79:193-197. 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.07.007, 18805620.
38. Sinha IP, Smyth RL, Williamson PR. Using the Delphi technique to determine which outcomes to measure in clinical trials: recommendations for the future based on a systematic review of existing studies. PLoS Med 2011, 8:e1000393. 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000393, 3026691, 21283604.
39. Jacobs I, Nadkarni V, Bahr J, Berg RA, Billi JE, Bossaert L, Cassan P, Coovadia A, D'Este K, Finn J, Halperin H, Handley A, Herlitz J, Hickey R, Idris A, Kloeck W, Larkin GL, Mancini ME, Mason P, Mears G, Monsieurs K, Montgomery W, Morley P, Nichol G, Nolan J, Okada K, Perlman J, Shuster M, Steen PA, Sterz F, et al. Cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation outcome reports: update and simplification of the Utstein templates for resuscitation registries. A statement for healthcare professionals from a task force of the international liaison committee on resuscitation (American Heart Association, European Resuscitation Council, Australian Resuscitation Council, New Zealand Resuscitation Council, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, InterAmerican Heart Foundation, Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa). Resuscitation 2004, 63:233-249. 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.09.008, 15582757.
40. Roudsari BS, Nathens AB, Cameron P, Civil I, Gruen RL, Koepsell TD, Lecky FE, Lefering RL, Liberman M, Mock CN, Oestern HJ, Schildhauer TA, Waydhas C, Rivara FP. International comparison of prehospital trauma care systems. Injury 2007, 38:993-1000. 10.1016/j.injury.2007.03.028, 17640641.
41. Craig P, Dieppe P, Macintyre S, Michie S, Nazareth I, Petticrew M. Developing and evaluating complex interventions: the new Medical Research Council guidance. Bmj 2008, 337:a1655. 10.1136/bmj.a1655, 2769032, 18824488.
42. Bossaert LL. The complexity of comparing different EMS systems--a survey of EMS systems in Europe. Ann Emerg Med 1993, 22:99-102.
43. European Emergency Data Project. , http://www.geographie.uni-muenchen.de/eed/assets/publications/eed_report_titel-index.pdf
44. Newgard CD, Lewis RJ. Statistical methods for prehospital care research. Prehosp Emerg Care 2002, 6:S9-17. 10.3109/10903120209102676, 11962589.
45. Garrison HG, Maio RF, Spaite DW, Desmond JS, Gregor MA, O'Malley PJ, Stiell IG, Cayten CG, Chew JL, Mackenzie EJ, Miller DR. Emergency Medical Services Outcomes Project III (EMSOP III): the role of risk adjustment in out-of-hospital outcomes research. Ann Emerg Med 2002, 40:79-88. 10.1067/mem.2002.124758, 12085077.
46. Skaga NO, Eken T, Sovik S, Jones JM, Steen PA. Pre-injury ASA physical status classification is an independent predictor of mortality after trauma. J Trauma 2007, 63:972-978. 10.1097/TA.0b013e31804a571c, 17993938.
47. ASA Physical Status Classification System. , http://www.asahq.org/clinical/physicalstatus.htm
48. Burman RA, Zakariassen E, Hunskaar S. Acute chest pain - A prospective population based study of contacts to Norwegian emergency medical communication centres. BMC Emerg Med 2011, 11:9. 10.1186/1471-227X-11-9, 3155474, 21777448.
49. Teasdale G, Jennett B. Assessment of coma and impaired consciousness. A practical scale. Lancet 1974, 2:81-84.
50. Grmec S, Kupnik D. Does the Mainz Emergency Evaluation Scoring (MEES) in combination with capnometry (MEESc) help in the prognosis of outcome from cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a prehospital setting?. Resuscitation 2003, 58:89-96. 10.1016/S0300-9572(03)00116-3, 12867314.
51. Grmec S, Gasparovic V. Comparison of APACHE II, MEES and Glasgow Coma Scale in patients with nontraumatic coma for prediction of mortality. Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation. Mainz Emergency Evaluation System. Crit Care 2001, 5:19-23. 29052, 11178221.
52. Thomas SH, Shewakramani S. Prehospital trauma analgesia. J Emerg Med 2008, 35:47-57. 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.05.041, 17997072.
53. Maio RF, Garrison HG, Spaite DW, Desmond JS, Gregor MA, Stiell IG, Cayten CG, Chew JL, Mackenzie EJ, Miller DR, PJ OM. Emergency Medical Services Outcomes Project (EMSOP) IV: pain measurement in out-of-hospital outcomes research. Ann Emerg Med 2002, 40:172-179. 10.1067/mem.2002.124756, 12140496.
54. Jennings PA, Cameron P, Bernard S. Measuring acute pain in the prehospital setting. Emerg Med J 2009, 26:552-555. 10.1136/emj.2008.062539, 19625547.
55. Bakalos G, Mamali M, Komninos C, Koukou E, Tsantilas A, Tzima S, Rosenberg T. Advanced life support versus basic life support in the pre-hospital setting: A meta-analysis. Resuscitation 2011, 82:1130-1137. 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.04.006, 21555177.
56. Wildner G, Pauker N, Archan S, Gemes G, Rigaud M, Pocivalnik M, Prause G. Arterial line in prehospital emergency settings - A feasibility study in four physician-staffed emergency medical systems. Resuscitation 2011, 82:1198-1201. 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.05.002, 21621893.
57. Rempell JS, Noble VE. Using lung ultrasound to differentiate patients in acute dyspnea in the prehospital emergency setting. Crit Care 2011, 15:161. 10.1186/cc10226, 21635703.
58. Jabre P, Combes X, Lapostolle F, Dhaouadi M, Ricard-Hibon A, Vivien B, Bertrand L, Beltramini A, Gamand P, Albizzati S, Perdrizet D, Lebail G, Chollet-Xemard C, Maxime V, Brun-Buisson C, Lefrant JY, Bollaert PE, Megarbane B, Ricard JD, Anguel N, Vicaut E, Adnet F. Etomidate versus ketamine for rapid sequence intubation in acutely ill patients: a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2009, 374:293-300. 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60949-1, 19573904.