Table 1.
Search terms.
| Line | MEDLINE Subject heading / text term |
Embase Subject heading / text term |
CINAHL Complete Subject heading / text term |
Scopus Text term |
| 1 | Paramedics/ | Paramedical Personnel/ | – | – |
| 2 | Paramedicine/ | – | – | – |
| 3 | Ambulances/ | Ambulance/ | (MH “Ambulances”) | – |
| 4 | Emergency Medical Technicians/ | Rescue personnel/ | (MH “Emergency Medical Technicians”) | – |
| 5 | Air ambulances/ | Air medical transport/ | – | – |
| 6 | Emergency Medical Services/ | Emergency health service/ | (MH “Emergency Medical Services”) | TITLE-ABS (Emergency AND medical AND services) |
| 7 | Paramedic*.tw | Paramedic*.tw | TI Paramedic* OR AB Paramedic* | TITLE-ABS (Paramedic*) |
| 8 | EMS.tw | EMS.tw | TI EMS OR AB EMS | TITLE-ABS (EMS) |
| 9 | EMT.tw | EMT.tw | TI EMT OR AB EMT | TITLE-ABS (EMT) |
| 10 | Prehospital.tw | Prehospital.tw | TI Prehospital OR AB Prehospital | TITLE-ABS (Prehospital) |
| 11 | Pre-hospital.tw | Pre-hospital.tw | TI Pre-hospital OR AB Pre-hospital | TITLE-ABS (Pre-hospital) |
| 12 | First responder*.tw | First responder*.tw | TI First responder* OR AB First responder* | TITLE-ABS (First AND responder*) |
| 13 | Emergency medical technicians.tw | Emergency medical technicians.tw | TI Emergency medical technicians OR AB Emergency medical technicians | TITLE-ABS (Emergency AND medical AND technicians) |
| 14 | Emergency services.tw | Emergency services.tw | TI Emergency services OR AB Emergency services | TITLE-ABS (Emergency AND services) |
| 15 | Ambulance*.tw | Ambulance*.tw | TI Ambulance* OR AB Ambulance* | TITLE-ABS (Ambulance*) |
| 16 | HEMS.tw | HEMS.tw | TI HEMS OR AB HEMS | TITLE-ABS (HEMS) |
| 17 | Field triage.tw | Field triage.tw | TI Field triage OR AB Field triage | TITLE-ABS (Field AND triage) |
| 18 | Out-of-hospital.tw | Out-of-hospital.tw | TI Out-of-hospital OR AB Out-of-hospital | TITLE-ABS (Out-of-hospital) |
| 19 | 1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6 OR 7 OR 8 OR 9 OR 10 OR 11 OR 12 OR 13 OR 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17 OR 18 | 1 OR 3 OR 4 OR 5 OR 6 OR 7 OR 8 OR 9 OR 10 OR 11 OR 12 OR 13 OR 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17 OR 18 | 3 OR 4 OR 6 OR 7 OR 8 OR 9 OR 10 OR 11 OR 12 OR 13 OR 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17 OR 18 | 6 OR 7 OR 8 OR 9 OR 10 OR 11 OR 12 OR 13 OR 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17 OR 18 |
| 20 | Mixed method*.tw | Mixed method*.tw | TI Mixed method* OR AB Mixed method* | TITLE-ABS (Mixed AND method*) |
| 21 | (Quantitative OR survey*).tw | (Quantitative OR survey*).tw | TI (Quantitative OR survey*) OR AB (Quantitative OR survey*) | TITLE-ABS (Quantitative OR survey*) |
| 22 | Qualitative.tw | Qualitative.tw | TI Qualitative OR AB Qualitative | TITLE-ABS (Qualitative) |
| 23 | 21 AND 22 | 21 AND 22 | 21 AND 22 | 21 AND 22 |
| 24 | 20 OR 23 | 20 OR 23 | 20 OR 23 | 20 OR 23 |
| 25 | 19 AND 24 | 19 AND 24 | 19 AND 24 | 19 AND 24 |
| 26 | Limit 25 to (English language and yr=“2012 – Current”) | Limit 25 to (English language and yr=“2012 – Current”) | Limit 25 to (English language and yr=“2012 – Current”) | Limit 25 to (English language and yr=“2012 – Current”) |