2018
Adherence to Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Guidelines Across a Spectrum of Fifty Emergency Departments: A Prospective, In Situ, Simulation‐based Study
Auerbach M, Brown L, Whitfill T, Baird J, Abulebda K, Bhatnagar A, Lutfi R, Gawel M, Walsh B, Tay KY, Lavoie M, Nadkarni V, Dudas R, Kessler D, Katznelson J, Ganghadaran S, Hamilton MF. Adherence to Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Guidelines Across a Spectrum of Fifty Emergency Departments: A Prospective, In Situ, Simulation‐based Study. Academic Emergency Medicine 2018, 25: 1396-1408. PMID: 30194902, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13564.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulseless electrical activityCardiac arrest guidelinesBasic life supportLower-volume EDsPediatric patient volumePatient volumeCardiac arrestPediatric volumeAdherence scoreVentricular fibrillationVolume groupHospital cardiac arrest survival outcomesProvider experiencePediatric Advanced Life Support trainingAdvanced life support trainingBetter guideline adherenceLow pediatric volumeTotal adherence scoreHigh-volume hospitalsHospital-level characteristicsTrauma center designationMore providersLower mortality rateHospital-level dataCare of childrenResuscitation Education Science
Cheng A, Nadkarni VM, Mancini MB, Hunt EA, Sinz EH, Merchant RM, Donoghue A, Duff JP, Eppich W, Auerbach M, Bigham BL, Blewer AL, Chan PS, Bhanji F. Resuscitation Education Science. Circulation 2018, 138: e82-e122. PMID: 29930020, DOI: 10.1161/cir.0000000000000583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEducational efficiencyInnovative educational strategiesDecay of skillsMastery learningFace coursesEducation SciencesFaculty developmentEducational offeringsEducational strategiesContextual learningDeliberate practiceLocal implementationSpaced practiceCardiac arrestClinical environmentSuboptimal clinical careLearningAmerican Heart Association scientific statementPoor survival outcomesCourseKnowledge translation strategiesPracticeKnowledge translationKey elementsSurvival outcomes
2016
Differences in the Quality of Pediatric Resuscitative Care Across a Spectrum of Emergency Departments
Auerbach M, Whitfill T, Gawel M, Kessler D, Walsh B, Gangadharan S, Hamilton MF, Schultz B, Nishisaki A, Tay KY, Lavoie M, Katznelson J, Dudas R, Baird J, Nadkarni V, Brown L. Differences in the Quality of Pediatric Resuscitative Care Across a Spectrum of Emergency Departments. JAMA Pediatrics 2016, 170: 987-994. PMID: 27570926, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.1550.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigher composite quality scorePediatric patient volumeEmergency departmentComposite quality scoreResuscitative carePatient volumePED statusProspective multicenter cohort studyCardiac arrest guidelinesMulticenter cohort studyPRS scoresIndividual domain scoresSepsis guidelinesCohort studyPediatric patientsIll patientsMulticenter studyCardiac arrestReal patient careMultivariable modelResuscitation bayMAIN OUTCOMEDomain scoresPatient careSurvey scores