Barriers to Pediatric Disaster Triage: A Qualitative Investigation

• 2015

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• Jeannette Koziel; Garth Meckler; Linda Brown; David Acker; Michael Torino; Barbara Walsh
PMID: 25349899DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2014.967428

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This article explores challenges paramedics face when triaging children in disasters. It discusses how paramedics struggle due to unfamiliarity with children's physiology, emotional reactions, and difficulties with children who have special health needs. The study involved 34 paramedics using a simulation-based curriculum. Results showed that emotional stress, lack of training, and poor simulation quality are major barriers. Paramedics find it hard to efficiently manage multiple child victims during disasters because of these issues. The study aims to improve disaster response for pediatric patients through better training methods.

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Focus Areas: Everyday Emergency; Trauma

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians; Physicians

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Allied Health Personnel; Curriculum; Emergency Medical Services; Emergency Medical Technicians; Pediatrics; Triage; Qualitative Research; Mass Casualty Incidents; Disaster Medicine

Institutions: Yale New Haven Health System; University of British Columbia; Brown University; Brigham and Women's Hospital; University of Massachusetts

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