Ambika Bhatnagar, MBBS
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Biography
Ambika Bhatnagar is a Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellow at Yale School of Medicine. She completed her medical school at B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad in India, and completed her training in Pediatrics at Riley Hospital for Children, IU School of Medicine, Indianapolis. Her interests are in simulation-based teaching and training, and neonatal outcomes research.
Education & Training
- Resident
- IU School of Medicine (2022)
- MBBS
- BJ Medical College (2017)
Board Certifications
General Pediatrics
- Certification Organization
- American Board of Pediatrics
- Original Certification Date
- 2022
Research
Overview
Medical Research Interests
Critical Care Outcomes; High Fidelity Simulation Training; Neonatology; Pediatrics; Simulation Training; Telemedicine
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Frequent collaborators of Ambika Bhatnagar's published research.
Marc Auerbach, MD, FAAP, MSc
Kirsten Bechtel, MD
Beth L. Emerson, MD, MBA
Michael P. Goldman, MD, MHS-Med Ed
Travis Whitfill, MPH, MACE, MPhil
Publications
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 ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSexual assaultStructured debriefingCognitive skillsCognitive aidsLearners’ attitudesAdolescent femalesSexual assault patientsCommunication skillsKnowledge skillsPsychomotor skillsSkillsForensic evaluationPediatric Simulation CaseEvidence collection processAssaultDebriefingTraineesAssault patientsAttitudesTrainingEM traineesInterventionAdolescentsContent expertsConfidence
2019
Predicting Hemodynamic Shock from Thermal Images using Machine Learning.
Nagori A, Dhingra LS, Bhatnagar A, Lodha R, Sethi T. Predicting Hemodynamic Shock from Thermal Images using Machine Learning. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 91. PMID: 30643187, PMCID: PMC6331545, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36586-8.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 ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPulseless 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 ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSingle-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 ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCommunity 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 ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsImpact of telemedicine on neonatal resuscitation in the emergency department: a simulation-based randomised trial
Couturier K, Whitfill T, Bhatnagar A, et al Impact of telemedicine on neonatal resuscitation in the emergency department: a simulation-based randomised trial BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning Published Online First: 26 November 2018. doi: 10.1136/bmjstel-2018-000398Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Validating the Tele-diagnostic Potential of Affordable Thermography in a Big-data Data-enabled ICU
Sethi T, Nagori A, Bhatnagar A, Gupta P, Fletcher R, Lodha R. Validating the Tele-diagnostic Potential of Affordable Thermography in a Big-data Data-enabled ICU. InProceedings of the Special Collection on eGovernment Innovations in India 2017 Mar 7 (pp. 64-69). ACM. doi>10.1145/3055219.3055234Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLeveraging Thermal Patterns in Children for Telemedicine: Role of Affordable Imagers, Smartphones and Data-analytics
Bhatnagar A, Nagori A, Fletcher R, Lodha R, Sethi T. Leveraging Thermal Patterns in Children for Telemedicine: Role of Affordable Imagers, Smartphones and Data-analytics. InProceedings of the 10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance 2017 Mar 7 (pp. 588-589). ACM. doi>10.1145/3047273.3047376Peer-Reviewed Original Research