Meeting Children's Needs: A Mixed-Methods Approach to a Regionalized Pediatric Surge Plan - The Los Angeles County Experience

• 2014

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• Bridget Berg; Valerie Muller; Millicent Wilson; Roel Amara; Kay Fruhwirth; Kathleen Stevenson
PMID: 25348383DOI: https://doi.org/10.5055/ajdm.2014.0168

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This study presents Los Angeles project aimed to improve pediatric surge capacity by identifying gaps, doubling inpatient capacity, and creating a plan. Researchers used surveys and focus groups to gather information from hospitals about their capacity, staff, and supplies. They found that many hospitals lacked enough pediatric beds and trained staff. As a result, they created a plan that increases bed capacity by using different hospitals based on their abilities. This plan helps distribute child patients more effectively during emergency situations affecting children disproportionately.

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Focus Areas: Everyday Emergency; Trauma; Violence

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians; Physicians; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Critical Care; Disaster Planning; Emergency Medical Services; Focus Groups; Health Services Needs and Demand; Hospital Bed Capacity; Hospitals, Pediatric; Los Angeles; Pediatrics; Regional Health Planning; Urban Health Services; Mass Casualty Incidents; Surge Capacity

Institutions: Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Emergency Medical Services Agency Los Angeles County

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