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Center for Akutforskning er en forskningsenhed ved Aarhus Universitetshospital og Aarhus Universitet

Center for Akutforskning er en forskningsenhed på Aarhus Universitetshospital og Aarhus Universitet.

18/12/2025

🎉A great way to end the year!✨

We are proud to share that five researchers from our centre have recently been awarded external funding 🔬

💰 600.000 DKK from the Health Research Foundation of Central Denmark Region and 387.000 DKK from Helsefonden to the research programme Right Child Care, led by Claus Sixtus Jensen. The funding supports the PhD project “Promoting the RIGHT CHILD Care: Adapting the ISupport Standards and Tools in Danish Paediatric Care”👶📚, carried out by Maria Schiønning Olsen

💰 719.000 DKK from AUFF to Marianne Lisby and the project group consisting of civil society actors (Social Health), healthcare professionals (Emergency Department, AUH), and researchers (Center for Emergency Research, AUH/AU, Department of Political Science, AU) for a feasibility study on whether voluntary social work increase the benefits of the healthcare system for vulnerable citizens 🏥. PI of the project is Morten Jakobsen from the Department of Political Science, AU

💰 477.800 DKK from the Health Research Foundation of Central Denmark Region to Sara Viskum Leth for her PhD project on patients with mental disorders in the somatic healthcare system 🧠, carried out in collaboration with TVÆRSPOR and as part of the CAAIR (Center of Applied AI Research and Innovation) program

💰 31.000 DKK from Oda og Hans Svenningsens Fond to Heidi Brinkmann Larsen and her project group for a pilot study on Early Detection of Inherited Cardiomyopathy in the Emergency Department 🩺

💰 25.000 DKK from Fabrikant Karl G. Andersens (Anderssons) Fond to Anna Sommer Harrits for her Research Year Project on the association between chest compression pause duration for ventilations and ventilation success during in-hospital cardiac arrest ❤️💨

These grants will support exciting new research and strengthen our efforts to generate knowledge and impact across multiple fields 🔍

We are very grateful to the funding bodies for their trust and support 🙏💙

With this, we wish everyone a Merry Christmas🎄and a Happy New Year 🎆

We look forward to sharing more about our projects and research in the year to come ✨

14/11/2025

🌍 Presentation at the European Resuscitation Congress 2025 – Rotterdam

👨‍⚕️Magnus Brøgger presented his study at the European Resuscitation Council Congress 2025 in Rotterdam, exploring how chest compression skills learned on a simulation skill station transfer to real in-hospital cardiac arrest scenarios.

🔍 The findings revealed that this transfer is limited, shedding light on why clinical CPR quality still lags behind in hospitals and emphasizing the need to rethink how we train healthcare professionals in resuscitation.

💬Presenting these results at Resuscitation 2025 was a great experience and an inspiring opportunity to share ideas and learn from dedicated researchers and clinicians from across the world.🌎

🤝 This work was carried out in collaboration with Johannes Wittig, Bo Løfgren, Christian Autenrieth, Dung Nguyen, Kristian Krogh, and Kasper G. Lauridsen

12/11/2025

🌟 Sandbjerg 2025 🌟

🏥We had the pleasure of hosting this year’s Sandbjerg Research Symposium on Acute and Emergency Care, with broad participation from leaders, clinicians, researchers, and students across all regional hospitals, Aarhus University Hospital, the Prehospital Unit, and the Research Unit for General Practice.

💡The main theme was Patient and Public Involvement, featuring inspiring presentations and interactive workshops that encouraged discussions, reflections, and new perspectives on involving patients and the public in emergency care research.

📊We also had a series of exciting project presentations and a lively fireside discussion on future research directions, and of course, social activities and a shared dinner to strengthen collaboration and networking across the region.

🙏 A big thank you to those who presented their interesting work and projects:
Ronja Leth Larsen, Tobias Rygaard Kristiansen, Thea Kjærsgaard Mortensen, Kasper Hoberg von Benzon, Charlotte Hald, Sandra Thun Langsted, Stig Holm Ovesen, Josephine Eleonora Hou Søhoel, Dung Nguyen Riis, Heidi Brinkmann Larsen, Malik Kalmriz, Gitte Boier Tygesen

☀️And to top it all off, Sandbjerg Gods showed itself from its very best side in the autumn sunshine.

07/11/2025

🌍 Resuscitation 2025 – Rotterdam, 23–25 October 2025 🫀

This October, Amalie Gedde, Freia Agervig, and Anna Vang Østergård had the opportunity to attend Resuscitation 2025 in Rotterdam, where they presented their master’s thesis work on barriers during in-hospital cardiac arrest and whether these barriers influence chest compression quality.

📊 Anna and Amalie presented two posters – one sharing the overall results of their study, and another focusing on the thematic analysis exploring the barriers healthcare professionals experience during resuscitation.

🎤 Freia took part in the Young Investigator Competition, where she presented a study examining specific barriers to resuscitation and their impact on chest compression quality. We’re very proud to share that she was awarded the Ian Jacobs Award for Best Young Investigator for her presentation 🌟

It was a fantastic experience to meet other researchers, attend interesting presentations, and learn from so many dedicated people working to improve resuscitation care. 🙏

This work was carried out in close collaboration with supervisors, Kasper G, Lauridsen, Bo Løfgren, and Johannes Wittig🤝🏻

09/10/2025

⚡️ EUSEM 2025 Vienna, Austria ⚡️

Last week researchers from the Research Centre for Emergency Medicine attended the EUSEM (European Society for Emergency Medicine) 2025 conference in Vienna.

Once again, they joined an international gathering of researchers, clinicians, and students. An inspiring setting to share ideas and reflections, connect with colleagues, grow as a community and explore the latest advances in emergency medicine✨

03/10/2025

🚨 Oral presentation at the 24th Nordic Stroke Society Congress 2025, Tartu

At the congress, Line Bilgrav Nisgaard presented her master’s thesis:
“Symptoms and Referral Patterns of Patients with a Missed Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Danish Multicentre Cohort Study”

👉 Key findings:

Patients with non-specific symptoms (dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting) were more often admitted to Emergency Departments than Stroke Centres.

These patients experienced significantly longer delays and received reperfusion therapy less frequently.

This work was carried out in close collaboration with supervisors:

Marianne Lisby, PhD, MHSc, RN, Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine
Rolf Blauenfeldt, MD, PhD, Associate Professor in Neurology
Niels Hjort, MD, PhD, Associate Professor in Neurology

Affiliations:
1️⃣ Research Center for Emergency Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark
2️⃣ Department of Neurology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

29/09/2025

🌟 Early DETECTION of inherited cardiomyopathies in the ED 🌟

We are delighted to welcome Heidi Brinkmann Larsen!

Heidi is a medical student and will be joining us as a research year student under the supervision of Professor Bas de Groot.

Her project investigates whether the emergency department could be a suitable setting for early detection of inherited cardiomyopathies. Although these diseases are rare, they can have fatal consequences, making early identification and prevention crucial. The study will focus on younger ED patients with unexplained cardiac symptoms, analyzing genetic variants, ECGs, and questionnaires to assess the prevalence of pathogenic findings.

Welcome Heidi – we look forward to following your exciting project! 🚀

25/09/2025

🌟 Ventilation pauses during in-hospital cardiac arrest 🌟

We are excited to welcome Anna Sommer Harrits to RECEM!
Anna is a 26-year-old medical student from Aarhus University who will begin her research year with us under the supervision of Kasper Glerup Lauridsen, together with co-supervisors Bo Løfgren, Kristian Krogh, and Johannes Wittig.

🫁 Her project focuses on ventilation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, exploring the optimal chest compression pause duration needed to achieve successful manual ventilations during 30:2 CPR. Using data from the VENT-IHCA study, a prospective multicenter observational study, Anna will combine direct ventilation measurements with CPR quality data from defibrillators to investigate how the duration of chest compression pauses influence ventilation success in adult patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest.

We look forward to an exciting year of research with Anna and to following her contributions to improving cardiac arrest care! 🚀

23/09/2025

🔎 Can Ultrasound Improve Diagnosis of Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department?

This is the key question that our new PhD student, Ronja Leth, will spend the next three years investigating.

Ronja is training to become a specialist in Emergency Medicine, and during her PhD she will lead a large randomized controlled trial across Danish emergency departments.

In the study, patients with abdominal pain will either receive:
1️⃣ One group receives the standard assessment (medical history, blood tests, physical exam).
2️⃣ The other group receives the same standard assessment together with a bedside ultrasound.

By comparing the tentative diagnoses from emergency physicians with final diagnoses reviewed by an expert panel, Ronja’s research will shed light on whether ultrasound can
improve diagnostic accuracy in the emergency department.

We look forward to following Ronja’s important work! 👩‍⚕️✨

16/09/2025

🚑 Exciting research in progress by Emma Bürgstein, an international research fellow and paramedic from Germany! 👏

Emma is currently visiting our center as part of an international research visit, aimed at studying the impact of CPR coaching in simulated paediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).

🌍 Together with Associate Professor Kasper G, Lauridsen and PhD student Johannes Wittig from the Research Center for Emergency Medicine, Emma is leading a simulation-based multicenter randomized trial investigating whether the CPR-Coaching method can help paramedic teams improve CPR quality during paediatric OHCA together with collaborators from Germany, Austria and Canada.

CPR Coaching is a new concept of team members providing real-time coaching and feedback on chest compression quality during CPR. CPR coaching has been developed for the in-hospital context but Emma and her team will assess if CPR Coaching can be transferred to the prehospital setting. This could contribute to improved quality of care and ultimately patient outcomes.

🚀 We are looking forward to seeing the results of the study and to learn more about the potential of CPR Coaching for paediatric OHCA!

12/09/2025

🚑 Who CARES2: Improving Emergency Care for Older Patients 🚑

We are excited to welcome Kasper Hoberg von Benzon, MSc in Health Sciences, as a new PhD student at the Research Center for Emergency Medicine.

The Who CARES2 project aims to improve emergency care for older patients by testing whether ambulance personnel can apply two simple tools: an age-adjusted early warning score and the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS), to better assess disease severity and frailty before patients arrive at the hospital.

By combining these tools with a holistic, patient-centered approach, the study seeks to:
✅ Improve quality of life for frail older patients
✅ Reduce unnecessary hospital admissions
✅ Lower healthcare costs through more appropriate prehospital care

The project will include training of ambulance staff and a large clinical trial in the Central Denmark Region. With this work, the project aims to contribute to more value-based, personalized emergency care for one of the most vulnerable patient groups.

We look forward to following Kasper’s journey and the important knowledge this project will bring!

09/09/2025

🚨 New publication on patients with pulmonary embolism in Emergency Departments during COVID-19

A new study in Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica investigated whether the COVID-19 pandemic influenced outcomes for patients admitted with pulmonary embolism (PE) to Danish Emergency Departments.

👉 The key finding: no significant difference in 30-day mortality, disease severity at admission, or ICU transfers between the pre-pandemic and pandemic periods.

📌 In short: The COVID-19 pandemic did not impact short-term mortality or acute outcomes for PE patients in the Central Denmark Region.

🔗 Read the full article here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40828519/

👏 Congratulations to Katarina, Sara, Hans, and Marianne on this important contribution!

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