2020
Sexual Assault in an Adolescent Female: A Pediatric Simulation Case for Emergency Medicine Providers
Bechtel K, Bhatnagar A, Joseph M, Auerbach M. Sexual Assault in an Adolescent Female: A Pediatric Simulation Case for Emergency Medicine Providers. MedEdPORTAL 2020, 16: 10942. PMID: 32875091, PMCID: PMC7449576, DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10942.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSexual assaultStructured debriefingCognitive skillsCognitive aidsLearners’ attitudesAdolescent femalesSexual assault patientsCommunication skillsKnowledge skillsPsychomotor skillsSkillsForensic evaluationPediatric Simulation CaseEvidence collection processAssaultDebriefingTraineesAssault patientsAttitudesTrainingEM traineesInterventionAdolescentsContent expertsConfidence
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 childrenA Randomized Single-Blinded Simulation-Based Trial of a Novel Method for Fluid Administration to a Septic Infant
Kline M, Crispino L, Bhatnagar A, Panchal RA, Auerbach M. A Randomized Single-Blinded Simulation-Based Trial of a Novel Method for Fluid Administration to a Septic Infant. Pediatric Emergency Care 2018, 37: e313-e318. PMID: 30106868, DOI: 10.1097/pec.0000000000001583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-blinded randomized trialCritical Care Medicine guidelinesTrauma center emergency departmentCenter emergency departmentFluid administration rateRapid fluid resuscitationPressure bagSignificant differencesRapid fluid deliveryInitial resuscitationSeptic infantsFluid resuscitationPediatric patientsPrimary outcomeFluid administrationMedicine guidelinesRandomized trialsIntravenous fluidsEmergency departmentProvider variablesAdministration rateDecompensated shockSpace Administration Task Load Index scoresAmerican CollegeSpace Administration Task Load IndexProviders' Perceptions of Caring for Pediatric Patients in Community Hospital Emergency Departments: A Mixed‐methods Analysis
Goldman MP, Wong AH, Bhatnagar A, Emerson BL, Brown LL, Auerbach MA. Providers' Perceptions of Caring for Pediatric Patients in Community Hospital Emergency Departments: A Mixed‐methods Analysis. Academic Emergency Medicine 2018, 25: 1385-1395. PMID: 29947453, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13509.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity emergency departmentsPediatric readinessProviders' perceptionsProviders' perceptions of careEmergency departmentEmotional tollSick childrenCommunity hospital emergency departmentChildren's hospitalPerceptions of carePediatric emergency careQuality improvement workCommunity hospital providersSafety deficitsHospital emergency departmentSelf-reported comfortActual clinical eventsLocal children's hospitalInterprofessional teamPediatric QualityEmergency carePediatric resuscitationPediatric simulationHospital providersPediatric careSimulation-based research to improve infant health outcomes: Using the infant simulator to prevent infant shaking
Bechtel K, Bhatnagar A, Auerbach M. Simulation-based research to improve infant health outcomes: Using the infant simulator to prevent infant shaking. Infant Behavior And Development 2018, 56: 101263. PMID: 29903429, DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2018.05.006.Peer-Reviewed Original Research