Publikationen

Versorgung bei Herz-Kreislauf-Stillstand und Herzinfarkt

Das Überlebensnetz – adaptiv und evidenzbasiert (05/2026)

Barriers and facilitators while implementing community first responder systems in a western setting: mixed-methods expert consensus (05/2026)

Pediatric non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a high-resource metropolitan area: epidemiology and outcomes (04/2026)

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) during and after cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A systematic review and meta-analysis (04/26)

Relevance of Reversible Causes of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The “REBECCA” Interactive Checklist (03/2026)

Barriers and enablers to public access defibrillation – an international RAND-UCLA consensus study (03/2026)

Knowledge and attitudes toward cardiopulmonary resuscitation on women in Arab countries: An international cross-sectional survey study (01/26)

The necessity for prospective randomized-controlled trials investigating mechanical ventilation strategies during CPR (12/25)

Comparing the incomparable: Population densities and first responder groups through alternate statistics (11/25)

Education, Implementation, and Teams: 2025 International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Consensus on Science With Treatment Recommendations (10/25)

European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2025 System Saving Lives (10/25)

European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2025 Education for Resuscitation (10/25)

European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2025 Executive Summary (10/25)

Incidence, outcome, and dynamics of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the city of Vienna between 2019 and 2023 (09/2025)

Chest Compression Synchronized Ventilation (CCSV) during cardiac arrest in animals and humans: A scoping review (08/2025)

The impact of additional special emergency medical service units on non-traumatic adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes in a high-resource metropolitan area. (07/2025)

Association between heart rate variability and ECG changes in on-duty prehospital physicians. (07/2025)

Landiolol bolus application for tachycardic dysrhythmia in the prehospital EMS setting - An observational study of a novel concept. (07/2025)

Cerebral oxygen saturation in relation to end-tidal CO2 in cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Separate views of brain and body? (07/2025)

Association between postresuscitation 12-lead ECG features and long-term neurological outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a post-hoc subanalysis of the PEACE study. (07/2025)

CPR manikin diversity for BLS education: Current status mapped by an international cross-sectional survey and steps to reach health equity. (05/2025)

Diversity of CPR manikins for basic life support education: use of manikin sex, race and body shape - a scoping review. (05/2025)

Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Outcomes Improve With Center Experience. (05/2025)

The association of capillary refill time and return of spontaneous circulation during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: an observational study. (01/2025)

Landiolol for refractory ventricular fibrillation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, pilot trial. (08/2024)

Diversity of manikins used in the "Get Trained Save Lives" campaign. (05/2025)

Smartphone-based alert of community first responders: A multinational survey to characterise contemporary systems. (05/2025)

Organisations supporting cardiac arrest survivors: An exploratory survey of organisational structures and activities. (05/2025)

Artificial intelligence in resuscitation: a scoping review. (05/2025)

CPR emojis and stickers - Additional pieces of the BLS awareness puzzle. (04/2025)

From first aid to BLS certification: Addressing the distinction in training standards. (04/2025)

The use of social media platforms in adult basic life support research: a scoping review. (04/2025)

Troponin is associated with mortality and significant coronary artery disease in patients treated for atrial fibrillation in the emergency department. (03/2025)

Analyzing resuscitation conference content through the lens of the chain of survival. (03/2025)

Defining the terminology of first responders alerted for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by medical dispatch centres: An international consensus study on nomenclature. (02/2025)

Artificial intelligence in cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Driving awareness and debunking myths. (03/2025)

Learn to drive, learn CPR: Advancing road safety and life-saving skills across Europe. (02/2025)

Analyzing the association of critical illness and cardioversion success in patients with atrial fibrillation at the emergency department. (01/2025)

2024 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations: Summary From the Basic Life Support; Advanced Life Support; Pediatric Life Support; Neonatal Life Support; Education, Implementation, and Teams; and First Aid Task Forces. (12/2024)

Balancing 'primum non nocere' and advanced life support in frail patients: How to potentially avoid suffering as a result of life-saving. (10/2024)

[Layperson basic life support education in Austria: An overview]. (12/2024)

Incidence and Survival of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Public Housing Areas in 3 European Capitals. (06/2024)

Reporting standard for describing first responder systems, smartphone alerting systems, and AED networks. (02/2024)

Feasibility of resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography at out-of-hospital emergency scenes of cardiac arrest. (11/2023)

Public Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Residential Neighborhoods. (10/2023)

Austrian Cardiac Arrest Awareness Association: An overview of a multi-tiered and multi-facetted regional initiative to save lives. (08/2023)

Out of sight - Out of mind? The need for a professional and standardized peri-mission first responder support model. (08/2023)

The Impact of Preclinical High Potent P2Y12 Inhibitors on Decision Making at Discharge and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome. (06/2023)

Differences in Automated External Defibrillator Types in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Treated by Police First Responders. (04/2023)

Proposal to increase safety of first responders dispatched to cardiac arrest. (05/2023)

Rhythm check three - A2BCDE3! - A new acronym to select eligible patients for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (eCPR). (02/2022)

BLS courses for refugees are feasible and induce commitment towards lay rescuer resuscitation. (01/2022)

More patients could benefit from dispatch of citizen first responders to cardiac arrests. (11/2021)

The use of personal protection equipment does not impair the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A prospective triple-cross over randomised controlled non-inferiority trial. (03/2021)

Smartphone-based dispatch of community first responders to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - statements from an international consensus conference. (02/2021)

An increase in acute heart failure offsets the reduction in acute coronary syndrome during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. (02/2021)

Management of EMS on-scene time during advanced life support in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective observational trial. (11/2020)

The impact of a high-quality basic life support police-based first responder system on outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. (06/2020)

The impact of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) manikin chest stiffness on motivation and CPR performance measures in children undergoing CPR training-A prospective, randomized, single-blind, controlled trial. (08/2018)

Gender and age-specific aspects of awareness and knowledge in basic life support. (06/2018)

Public access defibrillation is insufficiently available in rural regions - When layperson efforts meet a lack of device distribution. (05/2018)

Skills, Medikation und neue Technologien

Effects of heatwaves on emergency medical service activity in Vienna: a 4-year analysis (06/2026)

Outside temperatures are associated with ambulance calls due to psychiatric emergencies. A retrospective chart survey (05/2026)

Short- and long-term risk stratification in acutely ill medical patients by implementing D-dimer in the emergency setting – A prospective cohort study (05/2026)

Live video versus audio-only emergency calls in simulated emergency medical dispatch: a randomized mixed-methods study (04/2026)

Emergency physician attended calls that could have been covered by advanced emergency medical technicians in Austria (03/2026)

Early Identification of Sepsis by Emergency Medical Services: Diagnostic Accuracy of Scoring Systems in a Retrospective Cohort (02/26)

Mapping drug-class associations with sudden cardiac arrest in the outpatient setting: an exploratory population-based case-control analysis (01/26)

Differences in call profiles, interventions and physician staffing between ground and helicopter emergency medical services in Austria (01/26)

Antiarrhythmic drugs for cardiac arrest with a shockable rhythm and their effect on outcomes: a systematic review with meta-analysis (12/25)

Evaluation of "Real BVM Help" for Improving Manual Ventilation Quality in the Prehospital Setting: A Before-After Manikin Study (09/2025)

Emergency Point-of-Care Blood Gas Analysis During Mass Gathering Events: Experiences of the Vienna City Marathon. (04/2025)

Assess, improve, detect, guide: a narrative review and proposal for a standardized protocol for prehospital transesophageal echocardiography during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. (03/2025)

Conventional versus task-based package organization for out-of-hospital emergency kits: an emergency medical services simulation study. (12/2024)

Editorial: Prehospital emergency medicine: challenges and opportunities. (11/2024)

Impact of Team Composition on Learning Outcomes Following Simulation-Based Training of Teamwork Competencies: A Systematic Review. (08/2025)

Short- and long-term risk stratification in acutely ill medical patients by implementing ankle-brachial index and pulse wave velocity in the emergency setting. (06/2025)

Associations of Thyroid and Parathyroid Hormones with Arterial Stiffness in Emergency Department Patients: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study. (04/2025)

Manikin physical realism for resuscitation education: A systematic review. (03/2025)

The Relation of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2, Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Inhibitors, and Arterial Stiffness in Acute COVID-19 Emergency Department Patients-A Prospective Observational Study. (03/2025)

Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in severe COVID-19 - a retrospective cohort study. (02/2025)

Live stream of prehospital point-of-care ultrasound during cardiopulmonary resuscitation - A feasibility trial. (01/2024)

Prehospital emergency medicine research by additional teams on scene - Concepts and lessons learned. (11/2023)

The Epidemiology of Pre-Hospital EMS Treatment of Geriatric Patients in the City of Vienna-An Overview. (01/2023)

ST-T segment changes in prehospital emergency physicians in the field: a prospective observational trial. (07/2022)

Critical care during a pandemic -Are we prepared for the ethical dilemma? (04/2022)

The use of personal protection equipment does not negatively affect paramedics' attention and dexterity: a prospective triple-cross over randomized controlled non-inferiority trial. (01/2022)

Ethical considerations during critical care from an age-specific perspective. (09/2021)

Versorgung von neurologischen Notfällen

Comprehensive pre- and in-hospital near-infrared-spectroscopy (NIRS) monitoring after return of spontaneous circulation predicts neurological outcome following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a prospective observational study and literature review. (08/2025)

High Altitude Dynamics in Cerebral Oxygenation of Mountain Rescue Personnel: A Prospective Alpine Proof-of-Concept Field Study. (02/2025)

Author's response to Letter to the Editor 'Can the chain of survival start with environment safety for special circumstances'. (08/2024)

Prehospital triage optimization of patients with large vessel occlusion by Austrian Prehospital Stroke Scale. (09/2022)

Traumaversorgung

Resuscitative thoracotomy in traumatic cardiac arrest (06/2026)

Defining the bellwether procedures and processes for global trauma care: an international Delphi study (02/2026)

Effects of major trauma care organisation on mortality in a European level 1 trauma centre: A retrospective analysis of 2016-2023. (12/2024)

Outcomes and potential for improvement in the prehospital treatment of penetrating chest injuries in a European metropolitan area: A retrospective analysis of 2009 - 2017. (01/2024)