Connecticut — State Partnership

Description

This forum aims to provide practical skills and easy to use tools to enhance pediatric preparedness in both the prehospital and emergency department settings. Main highlights of the forum workshops include: learning about low cost, do-it-yourself simulation models and how to use these models to teach pediatric skills and procedures, leading and teaching debriefing in the clinical environment, and standardizing patient handoff between prehospital and emergency department providers to enhance care.

Author(s)/Presenter(s)

Anna K. Sessa, Marc Auerbach, Victoria Barnes, Eric Hicken, Marc Minkler, Megan Petrucelli, Merrill Pine, Carolina Roberts-Santana

Abstract/Description

Objectives: Minimize morbidity and mortality of acutely ill and injured children in the Northeast region across the care continuum: recognize ED pediatric care using NPRA score and PECC; promote future pediatric improvement efforts; positively reinforce improvement efforts; drive QI with regional approach, friendly competition; bolster PECC network to support QI efforts; improve states’ Performance Measure EMSC04.
Collaborate in order to: distribute work and cost to create programmatic materials; glean additional stakeholder involvement; unify to improve continuum of care across state borders; strengthen regional collaborations.

Keywords

facility recognition; regional

Author(s)/Presenter(s)

Megan L. Petrucelli, MSN, RN, EMS-I, Mariann Nocera-Kelley, MD, William L. Lynders, MD, Candida Taylor, MFA, Victoria Barnes, BSN, RN, EMT, Michael P. Goldman, MD

Abstract/Description

CT-EMSC aimed to develop tools to facilitate safe and effective pediatric transfers and standardized practice across the state

Keywords

transfer guidelines