Aims

What our Project will do for Children and EMS

In this work, we will study pediatric champions, or pediatric emergency care coordinators (PECCs) in EMS agencies.The aims for the project are:

  1. ​Determining whether having a PECC improves the quality of clinical care and the outcomes for children cared for by an EMS agency. 
  2. Establishing the best ways to launch a pediatric champion program in an EMS agency. 
  3. Understanding how PECCs can best do their work, and ways to evaluate and support PECCs. 

Presentations and Updates

Click here to view a brief update on this project, presented at the 2021 EMSC All Grantee Meeting. (presentation starts at 23:15)

Aim 1   Aim 2   Aim 3  

Measure the impact having a highly functional PECC on Quality of EMS Clinical Care and Patient Outcomes

With our partner EMS agencies in CO, CT and RI, we will accomplish this aim. Patient, family, and provider outcomes will be assessed.

Objective 1: Improved Quality of Clinical Care and Patient Outcomes for Pediatric EMS Patients

Objective 2: Measure Psychomotor and Cognitive Skills among EMS Providers before and after PECC designation

Objective 3 : Assess Family Satisfaction with EMS Care for Children

Determine effective means for designating and implementing PECCs in EMS agencies

In order to achieve this implementation-based aim, we will use the Reach-Effectiveness-Adoption-Implementation-Maintenance (RE-AIM) Framework (www.RE-AIM.org), as described in the table. RE-AIM is a well-established framework that specifies 5 steps to plan, implement, and sustain a program. It reinforces essential program elements for successful implementation that will be generalizable.

Define the characteristics of an effective PECC

Objective 1: Derivation of a PECC Effectiveness Evaluation tool (PEET)

Objective 2: Validation of the PEET Among Partner EMS Agencies

Objective 3: Implementation and Outcome Assessment of PEET among EMS Agencies with PECCs