2019
Statewide Pediatric Facility Recognition Programs and Their Association with Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Departments in the United States
Whitfill TM, Remick KE, Olson LM, Richards R, Brown KM, Auerbach MA, Gausche-Hill M. Statewide Pediatric Facility Recognition Programs and Their Association with Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Departments in the United States. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2019, 218: 210-216.e2. PMID: 31757472, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.10.017.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 children
2017
A Collaborative In Situ Simulation‐based Pediatric Readiness Improvement Program for Community Emergency Departments
Abulebda K, Lutfi R, Whitfill T, Abu‐Sultaneh S, Leeper KJ, Weinstein E, Auerbach MA. A Collaborative In Situ Simulation‐based Pediatric Readiness Improvement Program for Community Emergency Departments. Academic Emergency Medicine 2017, 25: 177-185. PMID: 28977717, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13329.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChecklistChildEmergency Service, HospitalHospitals, CommunityHumansInfantPediatricsQuality ImprovementSimulation TrainingSurveys and QuestionnairesConceptsPediatric readiness scoreSafety Threats During the Care of Infants with Hypoglycemic Seizures in the Emergency Department: A Multicenter, Simulation-Based Prospective Cohort Study
Walsh BM, Gangadharan S, Whitfill T, Gawel M, Kessler D, Dudas RA, Katznelson J, Lavoie M, Tay KY, Hamilton M, Brown LL, Nadkarni V, Auerbach M, investigators I. Safety Threats During the Care of Infants with Hypoglycemic Seizures in the Emergency Department: A Multicenter, Simulation-Based Prospective Cohort Study. Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2017, 53: 467-474.e7. PMID: 28843460, DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2017.04.028.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Reporting Guidelines for Health Care Simulation Research
Cheng A, Kessler D, Mackinnon R, Chang TP, Nadkarni VM, Hunt EA, Duval-Arnould J, Lin Y, Cook DA, Pusic M, Hui J, Moher D, Egger M, Auerbach M. Reporting Guidelines for Health Care Simulation Research. Simulation In Healthcare The Journal Of The Society For Simulation In Healthcare 2016, 11: 238-248. PMID: 27465839, DOI: 10.1097/sih.0000000000000150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConsensusDelivery of Health CareGuidelines as TopicPublishingResearchSimulation TrainingSurveys and QuestionnairesWhat Parents Want: Does Provider Knowledge of Written Parental Expectations Improve Satisfaction in the Emergency Department?
Zoltowski KS, Mistry RD, Brousseau DC, Whitfill T, Aronson PL. What Parents Want: Does Provider Knowledge of Written Parental Expectations Improve Satisfaction in the Emergency Department? Academic Pediatrics 2016, 16: 343-349. PMID: 26854207, PMCID: PMC6915063, DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2016.01.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEmergency Service, HospitalHumansParentsPersonal SatisfactionSurveys and QuestionnairesConceptsPediatric emergency departmentEmergency departmentProportion of parentsED visitsOverall careIntervention groupClinicians' knowledgeStaff sensitivityTertiary care pediatric emergency departmentParental satisfactionPediatric ED visitsNonurgent ED visitsExpectations SurveyChi-square testED dispositionNonurgent visitsSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeNonurgent conditionsParents of childrenProvider knowledgeControl groupCare qualityBaseline groupVisits