Publications by authors named "B J Gilchrist"
Besieged in the Bronx: Lessons from an in-hospital mass casualty.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg
November 2023
Background: An active shooter in a hospital is an emergency extraordinaire. We report a single institution's response to the largest active shooter mass casualty event in American History.
Methods: Review of notification, flow of prioritized patients, and key elements of the day's dynamic after a hospital attack by a lone gunman were commenced.
Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion (DiGeorge Syndrome): Immunologic Features, Diagnosis, and Management.
Curr Allergy Asthma Rep
April 2023
Purpose Of Review: This review focuses on immunologic findings, relationships among immunologic findings and associated conditions of autoimmunity and atopy, and management of immunologic disease in chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS, historically known as DiGeorge syndrome).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Seizures and epilepsy are very common neurologic disorders, yet knowledge of how to help a person having a seizure is sorely lacking, increasing the potential for injury and early death for people with seizures. We developed a standardized seizure first aid (SFA) training certification for the general public and evaluated its impact on knowledge and self-efficacy about SFA and program satisfaction.
Methods: The Epilepsy Foundation's SFA certification was developed by a multidisciplinary group of experts, with extensive review, feasibility testing, and analysis of pilot tests from 10 sessions with 177 participants.
Article Synopsis
- The Epilepsy Foundation developed expert guidelines for rescue therapies for seizure clusters, and 79% of healthcare professionals agreed on these practices, addressing gaps in understanding and education about seizure clusters for patients and families.
- An online survey of 176 people, including those with epilepsy and their caregivers, assessed their agreement with the preferred practices, revealing a similarity in consensus levels with healthcare professionals.
- While there was strong agreement on individualized seizure action plans and the need for enhanced education on rescue therapies, participants had differing views on various practices and did not reach consensus on a definition for seizure clusters.