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Prehospital Recognition and Management of Pediatric Sepsis: A Qualitative Assessment
2023
· Nationwide Children's Hospital,
· The Ohio State University,
· University of Colorado,
· George Washington University
This article is about recognizing and managing sepsis in children before they reach the hospital. It describes how early detection can save lives but is …
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Patient-Driven Resource Planning of a Health Care Facility Evacuation
2013
· George Washington University
This article describes how hospitals can plan for evacuations by focusing on patient needs. It explains that some patients need more help during an evacuation, …
Assessing Hospital Preparedness: Comparison of an On-Site Survey With a Self-Reported, Internet-Based, Long-Distance Tabletop Drill
2013
· State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University,
· George Washington University
This study compares hospital preparedness using two methods: an on-site survey and a self-reported, internet-based drill. It describes how hospitals often underreport their surge capacity …
Evaluation of Regional Hospitals’ Use of Children in Disaster Drills
This article evaluates how often children are used in disaster drills at community hospitals near Cincinnati, Ohio. It shows that most hospitals do not include …
Decontamination Training With and Without Virtual Reality Simulation
This study compares decontamination training for nursing students using virtual reality simulation (VRS) and printed directions. It describes how students using VRS completed tasks faster …
Preparing for the Unthinkable. Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Pediatric Guidelines
There are currently no critical care pediatric programs for critically injured children in mass casualty situations. To address this gap, the Committee for Tactical Emergency …
Evacuation Performance Evaluation Tool
2016
· Wright State University,
· University of Cincinnati,
· Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
This article focuses on developing a disaster evacuation performance tool for evaluating evacuation processes. Utilizing the Delphi technique and DeVellis's framework, disaster and neonatal experts …
Effects of Virtual Reality Simulation on Worker Emergency Evacuation of Neonates
2019
· Wright State University,
· Miami University,
· University of Cincinnati,
· Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
This study explores how virtual reality simulation (VRS) helps NICU workers learn to evacuate newborns during emergencies. It compares VRS training with web-based updates. While …
Comparative Cost of Virtual Reality Training and Live Exercises for Training Hospital Workers for Evacuation
2019
· Wright State University,
· Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center,
· Miami University,
· University of Cincinnati
This study provides a cost analysis that compared using virtual reality (VR) versus live drills for training neonatal care workers in hospital evacuations. Initially, virtual …
Disaster Preparedness for Charge Nurses: A Program Evaluation
This article evaluated a disaster preparedness program for charge nurses in a large pediatric hospital. A task force standardized disaster response procedures and developed a …