Publications by authors named "Andrew Gothard"
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- The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of using a Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI) checklist by air medical teams, examining potential benefits in patient safety and outcomes before and after its implementation.
- Conducted over three years, the research compared intubation success rates and outcomes involving over 10,000 intubation attempts, focusing on first-pass success and hypoxia rates.
- Results indicated a slight improvement in first-pass success rates from 90.9% to 93% after the checklist was implemented, suggesting a potential benefit from utilizing the checklist in prehospital settings.
In orthopedics, the evaluation of footbed pressure distribution maps is a valuable gait analysis technique that aids physicians in diagnosing musculoskeletal and gait disorders. Recently, the use of pressure-sensing insoles to collect pressure distributions has become more popular due to the passive collection of natural gait data during daily activities and the reduction in physical strain experienced by patients. However, current pressure-sensing insoles face the limitations of low customizability and high cost.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Patients with physical injuries or chronic conditions may be impacted by mental health conditions, which significantly affect their participation and progress in treatment. The Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) depression screening can identify patients who are at greatest risk for depression to provide better whole-person care.
Objective: The quality improvement project objective was to identify and design a process that would result in the PHQ-2 depression screening for admitted trauma patients with a minimum 75% completion rate.