An Analysis of Prehospital Pediatric Medication Dosing Errors after Implementation of a State-Wide EMS Pediatric Drug Dosing Reference.

Background: Medication dosing errors are common in prehospital pediatric patients. Prior work has shown the overall medication error rate by emergency medical services (EMS) in Michigan was 34.7%.

Quality Evaluation of a Checklist for Intubation Preparation in Graduate Medical Education.

Background Rapid sequence intubation (RSI) is a multistep process that emergency physicians commonly perform. Unfortunately, there is little published in the graduate medical education literature regarding the use of checklists for RSI education. Methods We developed a pre-intubation checklist for RSI preparation and evaluated emergency medicine residents' use of it.

Methods Used to Obtain Pediatric Patient Weights, Their Accuracy and Associated Drug Dosing Errors in 142 Simulated Prehospital Pediatric Patient Encounters.

Prehospital pediatric drug dosing errors occur at a high rate. Multiple factors contribute to these errors. The contribution of weight estimation errors to drug dosing errors is unknown.

Dosing Errors Made by Paramedics During Pediatric Patient Simulations After Implementation of a State-Wide Pediatric Drug Dosing Reference.

Drug dosing errors occur at a high rate for prehospital pediatric patients. To reduce errors, Michigan implemented a state-wide pediatric dosing reference (PDR), with doses listed in milliliters, the requirement that doses be drawn into a smaller syringe from a pre-loaded syringe using a stopcock, and dilution of certain drugs to different concentrations. To evaluate the rate of medication errors, including errors of omission and commission, after implementation of a state-wide PDR.

Air Medical Curricula in Emergency Medicine Residencies: A National Survey.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine if a common air medical curriculum exists among Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) emergency medicine (EM) residencies.

Methods: Institutional review board exemption was obtained. A cross-sectional survey study design was used.

Successful airtraq use in an air medical transport system.

Introduction: There is a large body of literature that shows that the AirTraq device achieves equal or superior rates of successful intubation in all classes of user. A recent prospective human trial of the device questioned the first pass success rate and whether effective training could occur outside the Operating Room (OR). The purpose of this study was to investigate the first pass success rate for intubation with the AirTraq (AT) device utilizing only mannequin training in an air ambulance setting from Aug.