Traumatic brain injury as vulnerability factor for the development of psychological disorders in a prospective single-event trauma traffic accident sample.

: Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) present a relevant problem among individuals involved in traffic accidents. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of TBI on the development of psychological symptoms after a traffic accident. This cohort study investigates, whether individuals involved in traffic accidents with TBI are more likely to develop psychological illness than those without TBI.

Hair cortisol predicts avoidance behavior and depressiveness after first-time and single-event trauma exposure in motor vehicle crash victims.

The role of cortisol as a premorbid vulnerability factor for trauma sequelae remains unclear. Furthermore, the onset of long-term endocrine changes in response to first-time trauma as a function of later psychopathology is not clarified yet. Thus the predictive value of pre- and post-traumatic hair cortisol concentrations (HCCs) for psychological trauma sequelae was investigated in response to motor vehicle crash (MVC).

Continuous HRV analysis of HEMS emergency physicians to specify the work load over the different working days.

Introduction: Up to date, there has been little research about the acute stress load of emergency physicians of the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS). Therefore, this study investigates the physiological stress level between an air-rescue day, a clinic day, and a day off (control day). Furthermore, phases of activity and resting were compared to assess the activity of the autonomic nervous system (ANS).

Stress load of emergency service: effects on the CAR and HRV of HEMS emergency physicians on different working days (N = 20).

Purpose: The occupation of the emergency physicians (EPs) of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) can be characterized as a high-strain occupation (Karasek in Adm Sci Q 24(2):285-308. https://doi.org/10.