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Pediatric pulmonary emergencies
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Closed head injuries
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Editors' picks
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Survival status and its predictors among adult victims of road traffic accident admitted to public hospitals of Bahir Bar City, Amhara regional state, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2023: multi center retrospective follow-up study
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Assessment of the effectiveness of hospital external disaster functional drills on health care receivers’ performance, using standardized patients and mass cards simulation: a pilot study from Saudi Arabia
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The impact of ketamine on emergency rapid sequence intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Characteristics of trauma patients treated by Helicopter Emergency Medical Service and transported to the hospital by helicopter or ambulance
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A pilot study of 17 wrist-cutting suicide injuries in single institution: perspectives from a hand surgeon
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ABCDE cognitive aid tool in patient assessment – development and validation in a multicenter pilot simulation study
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Emergency department triage: an ethical analysis
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Unified treatment algorithm for the management of crotaline snakebite in the United States: results of an evidence-informed consensus workshop
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Is the APLS formula used to calculate weight-for-age applicable to a Trinidadian population?
Aims and scope
BMC Emergency Medicine is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all urgent and emergency aspects of medicine, in both practice and basic research. In addition, the journal covers aspects of disaster medicine and medicine in special locations, such as conflict areas and military medicine, together with articles concerning healthcare services in the emergency departments.
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Annual Journal Metrics
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Citation Impact 2023
Journal Impact Factor: 2.3
5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.5
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.936
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.745
Speed 2023
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 14
Submission to acceptance (median days): 164
Usage 2023
Downloads: 1,251,999
Altmetric mentions: 586
Peer-review Terminology
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The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:
Identity transparency: Single anonymized
Reviewer interacts with: Editor
Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication