Publications by authors named "Victoria Hartwell"
Objective: This study aimed to compare emergency medical services (EMS) and police utilization trends, epidemiology, and emergency department (ED) outcomes between pediatric patients with mental or behavioral health (MBH) emergencies and those with non-MBH concerns transported to a large children's hospital system.
Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of patients aged 5 to 18 years transported via EMS and police to two EDs affiliated with a children's hospital from January 2012 through December 2020. Data were abstracted from electronic hospital records.
Objective: We aimed to understand transport utilization trends, demographics, emergency department (ED) interventions, and outcomes of pediatric mental and behavioral health (MBH) patients transported by emergency medical services (EMS), police, or self-transported.
Methods: This retrospective cohort study utilized electronic health record data from patients aged 5 to 18 years presenting with acute MBH conditions at 2 affiliated pediatric EDs from January 2012 to December 2020. Data included demographics, ED interventions for aggression/agitation, Brief Rating of Aggression by Children and Adolescents (BRACHA) scores, and ED dispositions.
Background: Effective leadership of health care action teams has demonstrated positive influence on team performance and patient care, but there is no consensus on how to assess these skills. We developed a novel team leadership assessment tool for leaders of interprofessional pediatric resuscitation teams and collected validity evidence for this tool using video review.
Methods: This was a prospective cohort study from November 2021 to October 2022.