SynthesisThe western journal of emergency medicine2022
Trauma-informed Care Interventions in Emergency Medicine: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in The western journal of emergency medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Communicating neurological prognosis in the prenatal period: a narrative review and practice guidelines.Pediatric research · 2025Guideline
- Effectiveness of Trauma-Informed Care Implementation in Health Care Settings: Systematic Review of Reviews and Realist Synthesis.The Permanente journal · 2024Pooled it
- Trauma-informed procedural training in emergency medicine: a multi-site randomized control pilot study.BMC emergency medicine · 2026Trial
- Life in the slow lane: reflective practice in postgraduate Emergency Medicine training in South Africa.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2026Review
- Empowering health care staff to address health inequalities: A policy-focused evidence brief.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- 'We're Not Mental Health': Perspectives of Emergency Department Clinicians on Trauma-Informed Care.International journal of mental health nursing · 2026Article
- Paramedics: A Missing Workforce in Australia's Mental Health System.The Australian journal of rural health · 2026Article
- Distress, Discomfort and Moral Injury: Emergency Department Clinicians Experiences Caring for People With a Psychosocial Disability and a National Disability Insurance Scheme Plan.International journal of mental health nursing · 2026Article
- Navigating Law Enforcement Presence in Emergency Departments.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Implementation of a trauma-informed care initiative at FQHCs in Texas.Frontiers in health services · 2026Article
- A 3-year experience of an Australian short-stay Psychiatric, Alcohol and Non-prescription Drug Assessment Unit: unit activity and the patient experience.Emergency medicine journal : EMJ · 2025Article
- Healthcare Worker's Experiences of Patient-Initiated Workplace Violence in Emergency Departments: Qualitative Research.Nursing open · 2025Article
- Safe haven - a trauma-informed care model for oral health practitioners: a commentary.British dental journal · 2025Article
- The Complexity of the Emergency Department as Seen by People With Psychosocial Disability and an NDIS Plan and the Clinicians Caring for Them.Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA · 2025Article
- Core Competencies in Trauma-Informed Care for Emergency Medicine: A Modified Delphi Consensus.Journal of graduate medical education · 2025Article
- Exploration of Client Experiences of Veterinary Care for Companion Animals (Dogs and Cats) and the Impact of Trauma-Informed Care on Client Outcomes.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Emergency Medicine: The Paradigm Shift.Journal of acute medicine · 2025Article
- Elements of a care pathway for human trafficking victims in emergency departments: A mapping review.Worldviews on evidence-based nursing · 2025Review
- Trauma-Informed Care in the health-care for transgender and gender-diverse adults: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Assessing Emergency Department Staff Knowledge, Competency, and Implementation of Pre- and Post-Trauma-Informed Care Training.Journal of emergency nursing · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionTrauma exposure is a highly prevalent experience for patients and clinicians in emergency medicine (EM). Trauma-informed care (TIC) is an effective framework to mitigate the negative health impacts of trauma. This systematic review synthesizes the range of TIC interventions in EM, with a focus on patient and clinician outcomes, and identifies gaps in the current research on implementing TIC.
methodsThe study was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42020205182). We systematically searched peer-reviewed journals and abstracts in the PubMed, EMBASE (Elsevier), PsycINFO (EBSCO), Social Services Abstract (ProQuest), and CINAHL (EBSCO) databases from 1990 onward on August 12, 2020. We analyzed studies describing explicit TIC interventions in the ED setting using inductive qualitative content analysis to identify recurrent themes and identify unique trauma-informed interventions in each study. Studies not explicitly citing TIC were excluded. Studies were assessed for bias using the Newcastle-Ottawa criteria and Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) Checklist.
resultsWe identified a total of 1,372 studies and abstracts, with 10 meeting inclusion criteria for final analysis. Themes within TIC interventions that emerged included educational interventions, collaborations with allied health professionals and community organizations, and patient and clinician safety interventions. Educational interventions included lectures, online modules, and standardized patient exercises. Collaborations with community organizations focused on addressing social determinants of health. All interventions suggested a positive impact from TIC on either clinicians or patients, but outcomes data remain limited.
conclusionTrauma-informed care is a nascent field in EM with limited operationalization of TIC approaches. Future studies with patient and clinician outcomes analyzing universal TIC precautions and systems-level interventions are needed.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.