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Search Blocks for Prehospital and Emergency Care

Text blocks for use in EBSCO and OVID interfaces.

On Scene Time

EBSCO - MEDLINE and CINAHL

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  • MEDLINE  - Number of hits – April 2025 - 47,889
  • CINAHL - Number of hits – April 2025 - 10,345

XB (onscene N2 time* OR scene N2 time* OR prehospital N1 time* OR site N2 time* OR on N2 scene) 

OVID – EMBASE and EMCARE

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  • EMBASE  - Number of hits – April 2025 - 8512
  • EMCARE - Number of hits – April 2025 - 2882

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Updated 03 April 2025