Maryland — Targeted Issue

PDTree: An EMS Triage Tool for Pediatric Destination Decision Making

Sept. 1, 2016 - Aug. 31, 2020

Grant Number
H34MC30232
Project Overview
Pediatric specific prehospital triage tools are long overdue. Regionalized care demands that patient classification begins in the prehospital arena. This project aims to produce a viable tool that supplements prehospital provider judgment and improves accuracy of pediatric transport destination choices. Goals: (1) Develop the Pediatric Decision Tree (PDTree), a triage tool to guide EMS transport destination choice for ill and injured patients; (2) Measure impact of the PDTree in pilot test use by EMS agencies; (3) Disseminate the PDTree and enable adaptation and adoption by EMS agencies throughout the US.
Institution
Johns Hopkins University
Main Contact
Award Amount
$792,746

Contacts

Name Role(s) Phone Email
Ali Aledhaim, DrPH
  • Co-Principal Investigator
Jennifer Anders, MD, FAAP
  • Principal Investigator
(410) 706-1758 pedsready@miemss.org
Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, PhD
  • Co-Principal Investigator
Kevin Psoter, PhD
  • Co-Principal Investigator

Products

Title Format Description Published/Revised Availability
PDTree Decision Tool Reference Card/Guide Destination Decision Tool 2019 Available in Hard Copy Format Only
PDTree Mobile App App/Widget A tool for prehospital pediatric destination choice 2019 Available Online

Disseminations

Title Type Publication/Event Published/Presented Identifier Details
Improving EMS destination choice for pediatrics: Results of a novel pediatric destination decision tool pilot test Research Paper/Publication American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020
PDTree: Optimizing EMS Decision Making for Pediatric Transport Destination Choice Presentation Joint meeting of Inova Fairfax Hospital PEM CME Conference and Children’s National Hospital PEM Conference 2020
Optimizing EMS Destination Choice for Pediatric Patients Presentation NAEMSP Annual Meeting (2019) MIEMSS Winterfest EMS (2020) 2019 & 2020
Scenario-based Pilot Testing of EMS Provider Interpretation of a Novel Pediatric Triage Protocol Poster 2019 NAEMSP Annual Meeting 2019
Analysis of ED Disposition and Odds of Secondary Transport for Pediatric Patients Transported by EMS Poster 2019 AAP National Conference & Exhibition 2019
Creating an Evidence-Based Prehopsital Pediatric Destination Decision Tool via a Modified Delphi Method Presentation 2019 ACEOP Scientific Assembly 2019
Emergency Medical Services Bypass of the Closest Facility for Pediatric Patients Research Paper/Publication Prehospital Emergency Care 2019
Use of the Communities of Practice Model to Educate Providers on a New Pediatric Protocol Poster 2019 NAEMSP Annual Meeting 2019
The Importance of EMS Transport Decisions Presentation EIIC Webinar 2019
Introduction of a new EMS protocol using the communities of practice educational model Research Paper/Publication Prehospital Disaster Medicine 2019
PDTree: A Prehospital Triage Tool for Pediatric Destination Decision Choice Presentation 2019 EMSC All-Grantee Meeting 2019
Creating an evidence-based pediatric prehospital decision tool (PDTree): An expert panel process using a modified-Delphi method Presentation AAP Section on Emergency Medicine Program 2018
Pilot Testing of a Novel Pediatric EMS Destination Decision Tool Presentation 2018 ACOEP Scientific Assembly 2018
Implementing Prehospital Evidence-Based Guidelines: A Systematic Literature Review Research Paper/Publication Prehospital Emergency Care 2018
Pediatric Conditions Requiring Interfacility Transport from Emergency Departments: A Statewide Study of Regionalization. Research Paper/Publication Pediatric Emergency Care 2018
EMS, Pediatric Transport Safety and Secondary Transport Research Paper/Publication StatPearls 2018
Conditions Requiring Emergent Pediatric Interfacility Transport: Analysis of a Statewide EMS System Abstract American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Transport Medicine Scientific Program 2018
Evidentiary basis for new pediatric direct transport protocols: Findings from a systematic literature review Presentation AAP National Conference & Exhibition, Section on Emergency Medicine 2017
Can we predict pediatric secondary transport? Poster Pediatric Academic Societies 2017
Introducing the PDTree: Offline decision support tools to aid destination choice for pediatric transports Presentation Maryland State Firemans Association 2017
The PDTree Project: Building a Prehospital Decision Support Tool for Pediatric Destination Choice Presentation Maryland Medical Directors Symposium 2017