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Simulation of in-hospital pediatric medical emergencies and cardiopulmonary arrests: highlighting the importance of the first 5 minutesElizabeth A Hunt
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Pediatrics 121:e34-43. 2008....- Delays and errors in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation by pediatric residents during simulated cardiopulmonary arrestsElizabeth A Hunt
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
Resuscitation 80:819-25. 2009..However, little data exist regarding the quality of resuscitation delivered to children and factors associated with adherence to American Heart Association (AHA) resuscitation guidelines... 
Simulated pediatric trauma team management: assessment of an educational interventionElizabeth A Hunt
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 23:796-804. 2007..Our objective was to assess effectiveness of an educational intervention on performance of emergency department (ED) teams during simulated pediatric trauma resuscitations...- Simulation: translation to improved team performanceElizabeth A Hunt
Johns Hopkins Simulation Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Blalock 904, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Anesthesiol Clin 25:301-19. 2007..This article reviews important concepts related to teamwork and discusses examples where simulation either could be or has been used to improve teamwork in medical disciplines to enhance patient safety... - Using the American Heart Association's National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for performance improvementElizabeth A Hunt
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 35:13-20. 2009..A rapid response system provides a new link at the beginning, and postresuscitation care provides a new link at the end of the Chain of Survival... - Resuscitation education: narrowing the gap between evidence-based resuscitation guidelines and performance using best educational practicesElizabeth A Hunt
Department of Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pediatr Clin North Am 55:1025-50, xii. 2008.... - Survey of pediatric resident experiences with resuscitation training and attendance at actual cardiopulmonary arrestsElizabeth A Hunt
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Medical, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 10:96-105. 2009..Our objective was to characterize the resuscitation training and CPA resuscitation experience of residents, including hands on experience with discharging a defibrillator... - Simulation in medicine: addressing patient safety and improving the interface between healthcare providers and medical technologyElizabeth A Hunt
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Biomed Instrum Technol 40:399-404. 2006..Medical simulation and human factors engineering can be used to examine and enhance the interface between healthcare practitioners and medical technology, with the potential to make a significant contribution to patient safety... - Simulation of pediatric trauma stabilization in 35 North Carolina emergency departments: identification of targets for performance improvementElizabeth A Hunt
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Pediatrics 117:641-8. 2006..Thus, all EDs must be prepared to care for injured children. The objectives of this study were to (1) characterize the quality of trauma stabilization efforts in EDs and (2) identify targets for educational interventions... - Transition from a traditional code team to a medical emergency team and categorization of cardiopulmonary arrests in a children's centerElizabeth A Hunt
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Blalock 904, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:117-22. 2008..To study the effect of an intervention on prevention of respiratory arrest and cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) and to characterize ward CPAs by preceding signs and symptoms and initial cardiac rhythm... - Recognition and treatment of unstable supraventricular tachycardia by pediatric residents in a simulation scenarioNicole A Shilkofski
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Simul Healthc 3:4-9. 2008..Study objectives were to: (1) establish time to recognition and cardioversion of simulated unstable SVT; and (2) document delays and mistakes made during cardioversion... - The use of cognitive AIDS during simulated pediatric cardiopulmonary arrestsKristen L Nelson
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Simul Healthc 3:138-45. 2008..Use of cognitive aids may assist in making rapid decisions in these crises; however, there are no known published reports on whether these aids are actually used during arrest management and whether they impact quality of care... - The daily goals communication sheet: a simple and novel tool for improved communication and careJamie M Schwartz
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 34:608-13, 561. 2008..This tool directs the health care team to discuss specific goals of care and best-practice safety measures daily for each patient and to ensure goal understanding and implementation... - Delayed time to defibrillation after intraoperative and periprocedural cardiac arrestJill M Mhyre
Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Anesthesiology 113:782-93. 2010..Delay in defibrillation (more than 2 min) is associated with worse survival in patients with a cardiac arrest because of ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia in intensive care units and inpatient wards... - A survey of anesthesiologists' knowledge of American Heart Association Pediatric Advanced Life Support Resuscitation GuidelinesEugenie S Heitmiller
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States
Resuscitation 79:499-505. 2008..Determine anesthesiologists' knowledge of the 2005 American Heart Association (AHA) Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) recommendations... - Temperature patterns in the early postresuscitation period after pediatric inhospital cardiac arrestMelania M Bembea
Department of Anesthesiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 11:723-30. 2010.... - Lightning, sudden cardiac death, simulation and an automated external defibrillator: the perfect stormKristen L Nelson
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, United States
Resuscitation 74:567-71. 2007..This child is alive and well today because of these well-trained camp counselors. Their system of using simulation to maintain emergency readiness serves as an example for lay and professional medical providers alike... - Effect of defibrillation energy dose during in-hospital pediatric cardiac arrestPeter A Meaney
Department of Anesthesiology, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Pediatrics 127:e16-23. 2011..We hypothesized that (1) an initial shock dose of 2 ± 10 J/kg would be less effective for terminating fibrillation than suggested in published historical data and (2) a 4 J/kg shock dose would be more effective... 
Characteristics of medication use during pediatric medical emergency team events and the role of a pharmacist-provided medication supplyMelania M Bembea
Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther 17:236-45. 2012....- Simulated pediatric resuscitation use for personal protective equipment adherence measurement and training during the 2009 influenza (H1N1) pandemicChristopher M Watson
Department of Pediatrics, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 37:515-23. 2011..Simulation was used as an educational tool to measure adherence with PPE use and pediatric resuscitation guidelines during simulated cardiopulmonary arrests of 2009 influenza A patients... - Rapid response systems: a systematic reviewBradford D Winters
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD, USA
Crit Care Med 35:1238-43. 2007..Rapid response systems have been advocated as a potential model to identify and intervene in patients who are experiencing deterioration on general hospital wards... - A pediatric medical emergency team manages a complex child with hypoxia and worried parentNicole A Shilkofski
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 33:236-41, 185. 2007..As demonstrated in this case report, parental concern can serve as an important and effective call trigger... - "ABC-SBAR" training improves simulated critical patient hand-off by pediatric internsMichael Conor McCrory
Departments of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 28:538-43. 2012.... - Pediatric residents do not feel prepared for the most unsettling situations they face in the pediatric intensive care unitChris P Yang
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Palliat Med 14:25-30. 2011..New approaches are needed to optimize the preparation and professionalism of postgraduate medical trainees when managing crisis management scenarios... - Pediatric residents' clinical and educational experiences with end-of-life careMegan E McCabe
Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, PO Box 208064, New Haven, CT 06520 8064, USA
Pediatrics 121:e731-7. 2008.... - Team training: implications for emergency and critical care pediatricsWalter J Eppich
Division of Emergency Medicine, Children s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Curr Opin Pediatr 20:255-60. 2008..This paper provides a review of the literature on team training with specific emphasis on the perspectives of emergency and critical care pediatricians... - Knowledge of procedural sedation and analgesia of emergency medicine physiciansEmily N Maher
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 23:869-76. 2007.... - Phenytoin in traumatic brain injuryElizabeth A Hunt
PICU, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, USA
Arch Dis Child 86:62-3. 2002