Creation and Delphi-Method Refinement of Pediatric Disaster Triage Simulations

• 2014

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• Mark Cicero; Linda Brown; Frank Overly; Jorge Yarzebski; Garth Meckler; Susan Fuchs; Anthony Tomassoni; Richard Aghababian; Sarita Chung; Andrew Garrett; Daniel Fagbuyi; Kathleen Adelgais; Ran Goldman; James Parker; Marc Auerbach; Antonio Riera; David Cone; Carl Baum
PMID: 24401167DOI: https://doi.org/10.3109/10903127.2013.856505

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This research focused on creating realistic training simulations for emergency medical service (EMS) providers to handle pediatric disaster situations. The study involved designing scenarios like a school shooting, bus crash, and house fire with child victims. By involving experts in the field, they developed evaluation tools to assess how well paramedics triaged and treated the victims in the simulations. Through a feedback process, biases towards specific treatment strategies were identified and corrected. The study concluded that the simulations and evaluation tools are now ready to be tested for accuracy and reliability as part of training programs for EMS providers dealing with pediatric emergencies.

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Focus Areas: Everyday Emergency; Trauma; Violence

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians; Physicians

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Computer Simulation; Delphi Technique; Disaster Planning; Emergency Medical Services; Emergency Medical Technicians; Manikins; Pediatrics; Triage; Patient Simulation; Mass Casualty Incidents; Disaster Medicine; Simulation Training

Institutions: Yale University; Yale School of Medicine; Hasbro Children’s Hospital; Brown University; University of Massachusetts; University of British Columbia; Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago; Boston Children's Hospital; Harvard Medical School; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); Children's National Hospital; University of Colorado; Pediatric Emergency Research Canada; University of Connecticut School of Medicine

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