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Poor Utstein reporting in traumatic OHCA studies

Reporting of Utstein-recommended variables in prehospital traumatic cardiac arrest: a scoping review
BMC Emergency Medicine · Added 18 May 2026

Scoping review evaluated the extent to which prehospital traumatic cardiac arrest studies report Utstein-recommended variables to improve data standardization.

Study type

Systematic review

Design

Scoping review (PRISMA-ScR)

Participants

50 prehospital TCA studies (2020–2025)

Main finding

Core Utstein elements reported in ≥50% of studies in 72.0% vs 12.0% for supplementary; time to first shock 0%, dispatch time variables 4.0%, time to first CPR 2.0%

Caveat

Scoping review limited to English-language studies; descriptive only

Bottom line

Context only

Learning goal

Understand how standardised Utstein reporting shapes the quality and comparability of traumatic cardiac arrest evidence.

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• Topic: Cardiac arrest
• Daily scan: 18 May 2026

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