2016
Pediatric Disaster Triage: Multiple Simulation Curriculum Improves Prehospital Care Providers' Assessment Skills
Cicero MX, Whitfill T, Overly F, Baird J, Walsh B, Yarzebski J, Riera A, Adelgais K, Meckler GD, Baum C, Cone DC, Auerbach M. Pediatric Disaster Triage: Multiple Simulation Curriculum Improves Prehospital Care Providers' Assessment Skills. Prehospital Emergency Care 2016, 21: 201-208. PMID: 27749145, DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2016.1235239.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Creation and Delphi-method Refinement of Pediatric Disaster Triage Simulations
Cicero MX, Brown L, Overly F, Yarzebski J, Meckler G, Fuchs S, Tomassoni A, Aghababian R, Chung S, Garrett A, Fagbuyi D, Adelgais K, Goldman R, Parker J, Auerbach M, Riera A, Cone D, Baum CR. Creation and Delphi-method Refinement of Pediatric Disaster Triage Simulations. Prehospital Emergency Care 2014, 18: 282-289. PMID: 24401167, DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2013.856505.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTriage levelSpecial health care needsHealth care needsPDT strategySchool bus crashModified Delphi processPediatric victimsPatient incidentsDelphi consensusTriage categoryGunshot woundsSimilar acuityGlobal assessmentAppropriate interventionsLow fidelity manikinsDelphi processHigh-fidelity manikinEvaluation toolOnline survey toolPatientsStandardized patients
2012
Design, Validity, and Reliability of a Pediatric Resident JumpSTART Disaster Triage Scoring Instrument
Cicero MX, Riera A, Northrup V, Auerbach M, Pearson K, Baum CR. Design, Validity, and Reliability of a Pediatric Resident JumpSTART Disaster Triage Scoring Instrument. Academic Pediatrics 2012, 13: 48-54. PMID: 23153602, DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2012.09.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsClinical CompetenceDisaster MedicineEducation, Medical, GraduateHumansInternship and ResidencyPediatricsReproducibility of ResultsTriageConceptsIntraclass correlation coefficientGlobal assessmentPediatric disaster triagePostgraduate yearScoring instrumentOverall intraclass correlation coefficientAmbulatory patientsAirway managementColor-coding algorithmHead injuryPatientsTotal scoreTriage decisionsTriage performanceInstrument itemsModerate reliabilityOverall scoreScoresTriageInternal validityExcellent reliabilityResident performanceDisaster triageAnalysis of varianceAssessmentSimulation Training with Structured Debriefing Improves Residents’ Pediatric Disaster Triage Performance
Cicero MX, Auerbach MA, Zigmont J, Riera A, Ching K, Baum CR. Simulation Training with Structured Debriefing Improves Residents’ Pediatric Disaster Triage Performance. Prehospital And Disaster Medicine 2012, 27: 239-244. PMID: 22691308, DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x12000775.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStructured debriefingEducational interventionSimulation trainingPost-test scoresMultiple-patient simulationLearners' acquisitionVital skillUninjured childrenTriage performanceLearnersDebriefingLearner-centered approachTrainingSkillsVictimsMultiple victimsUnresponsive patientsSpecial health care needsAcquisitionInterventionCommon errorsHead-injured patientsPediatric residentsScoresWilcoxon signed-rank test