2019
A tabletop school bus rollover: Connecticut-wide drills to build pediatric disaster preparedness and promote a novel hospital disaster readiness checklist.
Cicero MX, Golloshi K, Gawel M, Parker J, Auerbach M, Violano P. A tabletop school bus rollover: Connecticut-wide drills to build pediatric disaster preparedness and promote a novel hospital disaster readiness checklist. American Journal Of Disaster Medicine 2019, 14: 75-87. PMID: 31637688, DOI: 10.5055/ajdm.2019.0318.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric disaster preparednessEmergency medical servicesSurge capacityPediatric disaster responseAlternate care siteTabletop exerciseHospital disaster plansPublic health officialsPrehospital organizationsPediatric bedsPediatric guidelinesPediatric readinessHealthcare workersCare sitesNational guidelinesPrehospital responseHospital checklistsEMS personnelInpatient capacityConnecticut CoalitionHospitalHealth officialsDisaster preparednessMedical servicesComplete survey responses
2018
National Study of Self‐reported Pediatric Areas in United States General Emergency Departments
Camargo A, Boggs KM, Auerbach M, Freid RD, Sullivan AF, Espinola JA, Camargo CA. National Study of Self‐reported Pediatric Areas in United States General Emergency Departments. Academic Emergency Medicine 2018, 25: 1458-1462. PMID: 30311327, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13633.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric emergency care coordinatorGeneral emergency departmentsU.S. emergency departmentsPediatric emergency departmentEmergency departmentPediatric areaType of EDPediatric emergency medicine physiciansEmergency medicine physiciansQuality improvement effortsPediatric bedsCare coordinatorsPatient outcomesPediatric careMedicine physiciansEmergency careVisit volumePEM physiciansStandardized definitionsCareFurther studiesNational surveyPrevalenceNational studyPhysicians