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.
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 …
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Assessing Disaster Preparedness Among Select Children's Summer Camps in the United States and Canada
2017
· University of Michigan
This study investigated how prepared children's summer camps in the United States and Canada are for disasters. It describes a survey sent to 315 camps, …
Evaluation of the Association Between Disaster Training and Confidence in Disaster Response Among Graduate Medical Trainees: A Cross-Sectional Study
2017
· University of California, Los Angeles,
· Brown University,
· State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University
This study compared disaster training and confidence levels among resident trainees from different specialties at a medical center in March 2013. Emergency medicine (EM) residents …
60 Seconds to Survival: A Pilot Study of a Disaster Triage Video Game for Prehospital Providers
2017
· Yale University,
· Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,
· Children's Minnesota,
· Nemours Children's Health,
· Nationwide Children's Hospital
This study compared the effectiveness of a video game called "60 Seconds to Survival" in improving disaster triage accuracy among emergency medical service (EMS) providers …
Total Care Requirements of Burn Patients: Implications for a Disaster Management Plan
2010
· Middlemore Hospital
The article describes the care needs of burn patients to help create a disaster management plan. It reviews 1,043 patients at Middlemore Hospital in New …
The Management of the Khan Al-Assal Chemical Attack in Aleppo University Hospital (AUH)
This brief report provides a first hand account of the management of events in Aleppo University Hospital (AUH) on March 19, 2013 when Khan al-Assal …
The Use of Field Triage in Disaster and Mass Casualty Incidents: A Survey of Current Practices by EMS Personnel
2018
· Boston Medical Center,
· Boston University
This study investigated the use of triage tags by emergency medical service (EMS) personnel during disasters and mass casualty incidents (MCIs). A survey compared triage …
Introduction of Pediatric Physiological and Anatomical Triage Score in Mass-Casualty Incident
2018
· Yokohama City University
This study developed a new triage method called Pediatric Physiological and Anatomical Triage Score (PPATS) and compared it to existing methods for pediatric patients in …
Comparing the Accuracy of Three Pediatric Disaster Triage Strategies: A Simulation-Based Investigation
2016
· Brown University,
· Yale School of Medicine,
· University of Massachusetts,
· Yale University,
· Children's Hospital Colorado,
· University of British Columbia
This article discusses a study comparing pediatric disaster triage (PDT) strategies (Smart and JumpSTART) and clinical decision-making (CDM) with no algorithm. A total of 273 …
Reconsidering the Resources Needed for Multiple Casualty Events: Lessons Learned From the Crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214
This article discusses the resources needed for handling multiple casualty events, using the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 as a case study. It highlights …