Pediatric Disaster Research Literature Review
A special collection constrained to resources added as part of a scoping review that aimed to catalogue and appraise the past 20+ years of pediatric disaster medicine research. The team defined the research question, developed eligibility criteria for articles, and identified a search strategy. A comprehensive Medline search was conducted using Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) search with key words and phrases, identifying relevant articles from 2001 – May 2024. The leadership core team for the literature review is: Cullen Clark, MD; Hazel Jeong, MD; Christopher Wright, MD; Brandon Kappy, MD; Dennis Ren, MD; Elizabeth Hewett Brumberg, MD; Caroline Stephens, MD; Sarita Chung, MD; Nathan Timm, MD; Rachel Stanley, MD; Susi Miller, MLIS; Sara Helwig, MS; April Parish, BS.
Waterworks, a Full-Scale Chemical Exposure Exercise: Interrogating Pediatric Critical Care Surge Capacity in an Inner-City Tertiary Care Medical Center
2014
· State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University,
· Northwestern University,
· University of New York at Stony Brook
This study conducted a full-scale exercise to test New York's Kings County Hospital Center's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) surge plan during a chlorine overexposure …
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Competency-Based Pediatric Disaster Training
This study was conducted at an urban hospital involving 326 healthcare employees to evaluate the impact of a pediatric disaster educational program on their knowledge. …
Pediatric Disaster Triage Education and Skills Assessment: A Coalition Approach
2014
· University of Washington,
· Public Health - Seattle & King County,
· Harborview Medical Center,
· Seattle Children's Hospital
This study, conducted in King County, Washington, aimed to improve pediatric disaster preparedness through workshops and surveys. The regional coalition organized a successful educational conference …
Disaster Preparedness for Children and Families: A Critical Review
This article reviews disaster preparedness for children and families, highlighting their vulnerability. It describes the growth in research over 15 years, showing mostly positive results …
Disaster Preparedness: A Comparative Study of North Carolina and Montana
This study compares how prepared people in North Carolina and Montana are for disasters. It describes using a score based on having water, food, a …
Factors Associated with Discussion of Disasters by Final Year High School Students: An International Cross-Sectional Survey
2015
· Government of Western Australia Department of Health,
· University of Western Australia,
· Royal Medical Services
This article explores what makes high school seniors talk about disasters with friends and family. It describes how disaster education, age, gender, and country traits …
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 …
Saving our Smallest Patients
2014
· Baystate Medical Center
This article discusses feedback from staff who participated in a full scale drill involving evacuation of a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The feedback was …
Checklist Use in Evaluating Pediatric Disaster Training
2015
· University of Southern California,
· Medical University of South Carolina,
· Yale School of Medicine,
· University of California, Los Angeles,
· University of California,
· Yale University
This article discusses how checklists can help evaluate pediatric disaster training. Doctors in training used checklists during practice scenarios to manage emergency situations with children. …
Pediatric Mass-Casualty Education: Experiential Learning Through University-Sponsored Disaster Simulation
2014
· Towson University
This article describes Operation STAT 2013, which involved a mass-casualty drill with middle and high school students and health professions (nursing) students in an academic …