Ph.D. Candidates

Our goal is to make the prehospital medical service as good as possible. That is why we are researching areas that can improve the air ambulance service. Read more about our Ph. D. Candidates and their research projects.

Helge Eiding

Safer intensive transport

Can we make intensive transport as safe as possible by ensuring good routines and procedures?

Henriette Solberg Jæger

Stroke

Can a blood test tell if the patient has ischemia or hemorrhage in the brain?

Lars Næss-Pleym

From data to knowledge

How to get better treatment for seriously injured and sick patients using data?

Lars Jacobsen

Cardiac arrest

Can we diagnose myocardial infarction already in the ambulance using ultrasound and blood tests?

Marit Bekkevold

Flying the very youngest patients

How can the air ambulance take the best possible care of newborns, premature babies and children with congenital disorders?

Helge Fagerheim Bugge

Stroke

Can an app help us identify stroke already in the ambulance?

Mona Guterud

Stroke

Can an app help us identify stroke already in the ambulance?

Ole Erik Ulvin

The best use of the air ambulance

How do we ensure that the air ambulance is used in the best possible way, for those who need it most?

Tone Solvik-Olsen

Newborn transports

How can the air ambulance take the best possible care of newborns, premature babies and children with congenital disorders?

Åke Erling Andresen

Prehospital airway treatment

Mapping out airway treatment throughout the rescue chain.

Kristen Rasmussen

Staffing of the air ambulance

The best crew composition for the best possible patient safety.

Inger Marie Nilsbakken

Out-of-hospital treatment

What kind of follow-up are seriously injured patients getting before they arrive at the hospital?

Vegard Nordviste

Early use of two defibrillators

Time is crucial in cardiac arrest. Can emergency responders restart the heart faster with two defibrillators instead of one?

Alexandre Kottmann

Advanced airway management outside hospitals

What is good quality and best practice for advanced airway management outside of hospitals?

Nathalie Sandal

Video use in emergency call centers

With video, emergency call center staff have a new tool to assess patients, symptoms, and injuries remotely. Nathalie Sandal will investigate its applications in her doctoral research.

Linn Therese Hagen

Measuring quality and patient safety outside hospitals

How can we measure the quality of healthcare and patient safety outside hospital settings? This is the focus of a new research project led by Linn Therese Hagen, a nurse and ambulance worker.

June Holter

Child safety in rural areas

Norway is generally safe for children, but accidents happen. Are there more in rural areas? Dr. June Holter will research causes and prevention.

Randi Simensen

Pain management in ambulances

Providing swift and effective pain relief for patients is crucial for ambulance personnel. However, administering treatments like injections can be challenging in the field. Can alternative methods be used?

Sigurd Mydske

Warming hypothermic patients outside hospitals

How can we effectively warm hypothermic patients outside of hospitals? That’s what Dr. and Ph.D. candidate Sigurd Mydske aims to investigate.

Sole Lindvåg Lie

Blood loss effects on the body

Doctor and Ph.D. candidate Sole Lindvåg Lie is studying how severe blood loss affects the body’s circulation in order to expedite detection and provide proper treatment.

Inger Marie Nilsbakken

Treating severe injuries outside
hospitals

Around 8,000 Norwegians are severely injured each year, needing hospitalization and trauma care. Dr. Inger Marie Waal Nilsbakken is researching the care they receive before reaching the hospital and any urban-rural differences.

Bjørn Hoftun Farbu

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Could inflating a small balloon in the main artery enhance the efficacy of CPR and increase survival rates for cardiac arrest victims? This is the subject of investigation for Dr. and Ph.D. candidate Bjørn Hoftun Farbu.

Ane Marthe Helland

Managing hypothermic patients

How can we best care for sick and injured patients in cold environments? That’s what Ane Marthe Helland will explore in her doctoral research.

Ingrid Anette Hustad

Seizure patients outside hospitals

It’s crucial to treat seizures promptly to prevent brain damage. Ingrid Anette Hustad will study the management of seizures outside of hospitals.

Other researchers employed in SNLA:

Kristi Grønvold Bache

Stroke, biomarkers and trauma injuries

Hans Morten Lossius

Efficiency increase

Hans Morten Lossius is Research and Development (R&D) advisor of the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation and Professor of Prehospital Emergency Medicine.

Stephen Sollid

Patient safety, quality of advanced prehospital emergency medicine and advanced airway management

Secretary-General of the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation and professor of prehospital emergency medicine.

Marius Rehn

Clinical air ambulance medicine, trauma systems and disaster medicine

Marius Rehn is head of research at the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation and a senior researcher at the research cluster in Lørenskog.

Jostein Hagemo

Prehospital emergency medicine, incubator transports

Jostein Hagemo is head of implementation at the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation and senior researcher at the research cluster in Lørenskog.

Fridtjof Heyerdahl

Clinical toxicology, prehospital emergency medicine, intensive care

Fridtjof Heyerdahl is a senior researcher at the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation and leader of our research cluster in Lørenskog.

Andreas Krüger

Emergency medicine, quality in the health service, data quality, health service research

Andreas Krüger is head of development at the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation and leader of our research cluster in Trondheim.

Elisabeth Jeppesen

Patient safety

Elisabeth Jeppesen is a senior researcher at the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation and leader of the research cluster in Stavanger.

Oddvar Uleberg

Traumatology, triage, use of data for the best possible treatment

Maren Ranhoff Hov

Stroke and prehospital stroke diagnostics

Maren Ranhoff Hov is a senior researcher at the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation and leader of the research project where we look at whether ambulance personnel can use an app to detect stroke earlier.

Jo Røislien

Methodological quality control

Statistician and professor Jo Røislien is responsible for the method guidance of all the foundation’s researchers, and at the same time develops new statistical methods for research on emergency medicine outside hospitals.

Else Charlotte Sandset

Stroke

Else Charlotte Sandset is a senior researcher at the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation and Secretary-General of the European Stroke Organisation.

Arne Skulberg

Clinical studies

Postdoctoral researcher Arne Skuleberg is a consultant for those who work with clinical studies in the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation

Kjetil Thorsen

Methodological quality control

Researcher and statistician Kjetil Thorsen is working to gain new insight by extracting information from data. He works both with his own research and with the guidance of our researchers and Ph. D. Candidates.

Helge Haugland

Hvordan kan man kan måle kvaliteten på luftambulanseoppdrag? Det er utgangspunktet når stipendiat Helge Haugland og et internasjonalt ekspertpanel skal utvikle kvalitetsindikatorer for luftambulansetjenesten.

Previous researchers in SNLA:

Karianne Larsen

Stroke

Acute treatment of stroke outside hospital.

Mathias Cuevas-Østrem

Elderly trauma patients

What injuries do elderly trauma patients have, and what kind of treatment do they receive?

Tine Almenning Flaa

Sleep and sleepiness

How does sleep and sleepiness affect rescuers and pilots in the air ambulance?

Anne Siri Johnsen

Major accidents

How can the rescue work in the event of major accidents be organised in the best possible way?

Jostein Rødseth Brede

Cardiac arrest outside hospital

Can a balloon provide better quality of cardiac compressions?

Per Bredmose

Training with crew

How can the air ambulance crew train together on duty to get better at solving their missions?

Ingrid Nygren Rognes

The immune system after major injuries

After severe damage, the immune system’s response may worsen a patient’s condition. Why, and can we prevent it?

Dag Ståle Nystøyl

Interaction between prehospital parties

Who gets dispatched and what is done when the air ambulance is unable to fly?

Adrina Kalasho Kuzmiszyn

Hypothermia

What medications can help the heart when rewarming cold patients?

Jan Harald Nilsen

Hypothermia

The best possible resuscitation and rewarming of cold patients.

Martin Samdal

Dispatch criteria

How to ensure that the air ambulance is used in appropriate cases and when it is needed most?

Lars Olav Fjose

Pain treatment

Pain treatment of children and adults outside hospitals.

Van Tran Ngoc Phuc

Cardiac arrest

Better use of resources by giving the right treatment to the right patient in case of cardiac arrest outside hospital.