North Carolina — Targeted Issue

EMS and Pediatric Trauma: A North Carolina Population-based Performance Improvement Intervention and Evaluation Using Multiple-linked Healthcare Databases

Sept. 1, 2010 - Aug. 31, 2013

Grant Number
H34MC19348
Project Overview
Pediatric trauma care requires a coordinated system of care. Pediatric specialty care is not available to adequately care for all trauma locally so there is frequent interfacility EMS transport to a higher level of care. Serious injury is rare so EMS has difficulty maintaining skills and knowledge. The goals of this project are to (1) identify and characterize health disparities provided by North Carolina EMS for injured pediatric patients; (2) develop, deploy, and evaluate an educational initiative to reduce identified disparities in the performance of NC EMS systems; (3) evaluate the effectiveness of interventions by measuring changes in the magnitude and direction of disparities in emergency care for NC pediatric patients in a one-year time frame, post intervention; and (4) package and disseminate the standards-based educational and performance improvement tool for national use with revisions based on the results of the study.
Institution
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Main Contact
Award Amount
$900,000

Contacts

Name Role(s) Phone Email
Jane Brice, MD, MPH
  • Principal Investigator
(919) 843-3045 jane_brice@med.unc.edu

Products

Title Format Description Published/Revised Availability
Using Quality Improvement to Maximize Pediatric Emergency Care in Your State Webinar 2014 Not Available
Enhancing Pediatric Emergency Care through Trauma Performance Improvement Webinar 2013 Not Available
Pediatric Trauma Course for 911 Telecommunicator Education Module(s)/Curriculum This course is designed to illustrate how 911 telecommunicators play a critical role in the prehospital management of injured children. … 2013 Not Available
Pediatric Trauma Course for EMS Providers Education Module(s)/Curriculum This course is designed to offer Emergency Medical Services providers an overview of pediatric trauma, the leading cause of injury … 2013 Not Available
Injured Children: Right Decision, Right Decision Webinar 2012 Not Available

Disseminations

Title Type Publication/Event Published/Presented Identifier Details
EMS Care of Pediatric Trauma Patients: Disparities in the Field Poster National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) 2015
Improving Pediatric Trauma Decision-Making through Web-based Education Poster National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) 2015