EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC)
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Development of the National Prehospital Pediatric Readiness Project Assessment
2024
· Baylor College of Medicine,
· Stanford University,
· EMSC Data Center,
· University of Utah,
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· UCLA School of Medicine
The article describes how experts created a way to measure how ready emergency medical services are to care for children before they reach the hospital. …
National Pediatric Readiness Project: Making a Difference Through Collaboration, Simulation, and Measurement of the Quality of Pediatric Emergency Care
2018
· Yale University,
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· UCLA School of Medicine,
· Emergency Medical Services Agency Los Angeles County,
· Oregon Health & Science University
this journal article describes how the National Pediatric Readiness Project works to improve emergency care for children. The project uses teamwork, practice simulations, and ways …
The Patient-Centered Emergency Department
2018
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
This journal article describes how emergency departments can focus more on the needs and feelings of patients. It suggests ways to improve communication, comfort, and …
Assessing proximity effect of high-acuity pediatric emergency departments on the pediatric readiness scores in neighboring general emergency departments
2022
· University of Colorado Anschutz,
· University of Utah,
· Emergency Medical Services Agency Los Angeles County,
· University of California, Los Angeles,
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· University of Texas at Austin
This journal article describes how being close to a high-level children’s emergency department affects the readiness of nearby general emergency rooms to care for kids. …
Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness Among US Trauma Centers: A Machine Learning Analysis of Components Associated with Survival
2023
· Oregon Health & Science University,
· University of Texas at Austin,
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· University of Utah,
· University of Toronto,
· Indiana University
This journal article describes how emergency rooms in US trauma centers are prepared to care for children. Using machine learning, the study looked at which …
Evaluation of Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness and Outcomes Among US Trauma Centers
2021
· 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 …
Pediatric Patients in a Disaster: Part of the All-Hazard, Comprehensive Approach to Disaster Management
2012
· Cleveland Clinic,
· University of Michigan,
· Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital,
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· University of California at Irvine,
· University of Alabama at Birmingham,
· Providence Health and Sciences
This article focuses on how disasters impact people of all ages, especially children. It describes the need for special planning and management for pediatric patients …
Comparison of Computerized Patients versus Live Moulaged Actors for a Mass-Casualty Drill
2015
· University of Southern California,
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· Children's Hospital Los Angeles,
· Yale School of Medicine,
· Yale University
This study compares using computerized patients and live actors with makeup for mass-casualty drills. It describes how medical students performed triage on both types of …
Development of a Pediatric Mass Casualty Triage Algorithm Validation Tool
2016
· University of California –San Diego School of Medicine,
· Rady Children's Hospital San Diego,
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· University of Southern California,
· Yale School of Medicine,
· Children's Hospital Los Angeles,
· Yale University
This article discusses the development of a criteria outcomes tool (COT) for validating the effectiveness of a mass casualty incident (MCI) algorithm in correctly triaging …
Pediatric Disaster Preparedness: Are We Really Prepared?
2009
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
This article examines how ready we are to help children in disasters, explaining that kids are often victims in emergencies but planning for their care …