2024
The Effect of a Collaborative Pediatric Emergency Readiness Improvement Intervention on Patients’ Hospital Outcomes
Abu-Sultanah M, Lutfi R, Abu-Sultaneh S, Pearson K, Montgomery E, Whitfill T, Auerbach M, Abulebda K. The Effect of a Collaborative Pediatric Emergency Readiness Improvement Intervention on Patients’ Hospital Outcomes. Academic Pediatrics 2024, 24: 1203-1209. PMID: 38657901, DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2024.04.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGeneral emergency departmentsPediatric readiness scoreHospital length of stayLength of stayReadiness scoresEmergency departmentPICU length of stayPatient outcomesHospital lengthPost-intervention periodPre-intervention periodPediatric emergency departmentPediatric readinessAssociated with significant improvementsOutcomes of critically ill childrenPatients' hospital outcomesImprovement interventionsPediatric intensive careCollaborative interventionDescriptive statisticsClinical resourcesFuture initiativesHospital outcomesBivariate analysisCritically ill children
2021
Efficacy of Computer-Based Simulation as a Modality for Learning Pediatric Disaster Triage for Pediatric Emergency Nurses
Levy A, Khalil E, Chandramohan M, Whitfill T, Cicero M. Efficacy of Computer-Based Simulation as a Modality for Learning Pediatric Disaster Triage for Pediatric Emergency Nurses. Simulation In Healthcare The Journal Of The Society For Simulation In Healthcare 2021, 17: 329-335. PMID: 34652326, DOI: 10.1097/sih.0000000000000616.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric emergency nursesPediatric disaster triageEmergency nursesTriage accuracyTertiary care emergency departmentProspective observational studyEmergency departmentPatient outcomesObservational studyEffective modalityNurse participantsNursing personnelDisaster triageHealthcare personnelScreen-based simulationMistriageEfficacy of computerNursesTriageEfficacyModalitiesSignificant improvementPoor resource utilization
2020
Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department and Its Association With Patient Outcomes in Critical Care: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Balmaks R, Whitfill TM, Ziemele B, Blumberga M, Upenieks R, Vegeris I, Grope I, Pavare J, Auerbach MA, Gross IT. Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department and Its Association With Patient Outcomes in Critical Care: A Prospective Cohort Study. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2020, 21: e213-e220. PMID: 32132503, DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000002255.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric readiness scoreProspective cohort studyEmergency departmentPediatric readinessPatient outcomesComposite quality scoreCohort studyReadiness scoresPediatric acute careProcess of carePediatric emergency careHospital lengthPediatric patientsQuality scoresAcute carePediatric mortalityPatient RegistryCritical careMixed-effects regressionPICUEmergency carePatientsMortalityCareOutcomesImproving Pediatric Administrative Disaster Preparedness Through Simulated Disaster Huddles
Gross IT, Goldberg SA, Whitfill T, Liebling S, Garcia A, Alfano A, Hasdianda A, Cicero MX. Improving Pediatric Administrative Disaster Preparedness Through Simulated Disaster Huddles. Disaster Medicine And Public Health Preparedness 2020, 15: 352-357. PMID: 32172716, DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2020.10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric EDMass casualty incidentsEmergency department staffFunctional exercisePatient outcomesDisaster preparedness effortsDisaster preparednessDepartment staffFurther studiesDidactic sessionsCasualty incidentsOverall scoreAppropriate trainingPreparedness effortsHuddlesTraining paradigmPreparedness