Factors influencing door-to-triage- and triage-to-patient administration-time.

Background: Overcrowding decreases quality of care. Triage and patient administration are possible bottlenecks. We aimed to identify factors influencing door-to-triage- and triage-to-patient administration-time in a prospective observational study at a tertiary care center with 70,000 patients per year.

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the emergency department: A retrospective patient selection evaluation.

Background: There is an increasing use of extracorporeal life support in refractory cardiac arrest. Recent studies highlighted the importance of an early and accurate patient selection for this invasive procedure.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to retrospectively validate a six-criteria-screening-checklist (witnessed collapse, bystander-cardiopulmonary resuscitation/first medical contact <5 min, shockable, age <70 years, end tidal carbon dioxide >14 mmHg and pupils not anisocoric/distorted/mydriatic) as an early screening tool in patients treated with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (eCPR) at the emergency department.