Citation

Adelgais KM, Hansen M, Lerner B, Donofrio JJ, Yadav K, Brown K, Liu YT, Denslow P, Denninghoff K, Ishimine P, Olson LM. Acad. Emerg. Med. 2018; 25(12): 1345-1354.

Affiliation

Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/acem.13637

PMID

30312993

Abstract

The evidence supporting best practices when treating children in the prehospital setting or even the effect Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has on patient outcomes is limited. Standardizing the critical outcomes for EMS research will allow for focused and comparable effort among the small but growing group of pediatric EMS investigators on specific topics. Standardized outcomes will also provide the opportunity to collectively advance the science of EMS for children and demonstrate the effect of EMS on patient outcomes. This article describes a consensus process among stakeholders in the Pediatric Emergency Medicine and EMS community that identified the critical outcomes for EMS care in 5 clinical areas (Traumatic Brain Injury, General Injury, Respiratory Disease/Failure, Sepsis, and Seizures). These areas were selected based on both their known public health importance and commonality in EMS encounters. Key research outcomes identified by participating stakeholders using a modified nominal group technique for consensus building, which included small group brainstorming and independent voting for ranking outcomes that were feasible and/or important for the field. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Language: en

Keywords

Emergency Medical Services; Health Outcomes; Nominal Group Technique; Pediatrics; Trauma