Research on prehospital emergency medical services in Norway after the year 2000: a systematic literature search with sorting
Mapping review
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The aim of this systematic review was to map the research conducted on prehospital emergency medical services in Norway after the year 2000.
Key message
Prehospital emergency medical services provide necessary medical treatments outside the hospital by a range of healthcare services, usually where acute medical need arises.
The aim of this systematic review was to map the research conducted on prehospital emergency medical services in Norway after the year 2000.
We conducted a systematic literature search with sorting, which is a type of systematic review of all literature available on a specific question, with included publications sorted into categories and presented in lists and/or using figures and diagrams.
We included 485 publications on prehospital medical services in Norway from 2000 to 2023. We found that:
- There is a steady increase over time in the number of publications addressing prehospital medical services.
- There are considerable differences in the types of prehospital medical services and conditions being researched.
- Most studies focus on municipal emergency care and air ambulance services.
- Few studies address mental health care and substance abuse treatment.
- Few studies examine collaboration across the acute medical care chain.
Despite an increase in the amount of research being conducted on prehospital medical services in Norway, there is still a dearth of research on several topics. This indicates a need for considerable research efforts in the future.
