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Emergency Department Thoracotomy in Children: A Pediatric Trauma Society, Western Trauma Association, and Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Systematic Review and Practice Management Guideline
2023
· Oregon Health & Science University,
· University of Florida,
· University of Southern California,
· Texas Tech University,
· Loma Linda University,
· University of California –San Diego School of Medicine
The article is about emergency department thoracotomy in children. It describes a systematic review and practice management guideline created by PTS, WTA, and EAST. The …
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Protect Our Kids: A Novel Program Bringing Hemorrhage Control to Schools
The article describes a program called "Protect Our Kids," which teaches school staff how to control bleeding in emergencies. After the Sandy Hook shooting, experts …
Reframing Disaster Planning with Quality Improvement Methodology Using Family Reunification as a Case Study
2025
· Children's Hospital at Montefiore,
· Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford,
· Dell Children's Medical Center,
· Saint Louis University,
· Boston Children's Hospital
This research article describes how using quality improvement methods can help make disaster planning better, especially for reuniting families after emergencies. The article uses family …
Evaluation of Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness and Outcomes Among US Trauma Centers
2019
· Oregon Health & Science University,
· University of Utah,
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· University of California, Davis
This study looks at how well emergency departments are prepared to treat children in trauma centers across the United States. It describes how being ready …
Child Abuse and the Pediatric Surgeon: A Position Statement from the Trauma Committee, the Board of Governors and the Membership of the American Pediatric Surgical Association
2019
· Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital,
· State University of New York - Upstate Medical University,
· Yale University,
· University of Texas at Austin,
· Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
This article presents a position statement by the American Pediatric Surgical Association on child physical abuse, emphasizing the role of pediatric surgeons in assessing and …
National Assessment of Pediatric Readiness of US Emergency Departments During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2023
· University of Texas at Austin,
· Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center,
· University of Utah,
· Dell Children's Medical Center
This study examined how well emergency departments in the United States were prepared to care for children during the pandemic. It describes efforts to assess …
Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness and Short-term and Long-term Mortality Among Children Receiving Emergency Care
This article explores how well emergency departments are prepared to care for children and its impact on their survival. It describes that better-prepared hospitals can …
Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness: A Trauma Center Quality Improvement Initiative
2024
· University of Texas at Austin,
· Parkland Health
This article evaluates the impact of a quality improvement initiative on enhancing pediatric readiness in an emergency department. The study, conducted at a Level I …
California and Oregon NICU Wildfire Disaster Preparedness Tools
2021
· Stanford University,
· Asante,
· Oregon Health & Science University
This study examines the wildfire impact on neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in the Western United States in 2020. It focuses on tools and strategies …
Search Is a Time-Critical Event: When Search and Rescue Missions May Become Futile
This study looks at search and rescue missions in Oregon over seven years to find the best time to stop a search. It describes how …