1. ALERT Presentation: INSPIRE
PEDIATRIC TRAUMA
OUTREACH (update)
Chris Kennedy, Ralph Mackinnon, Marc Auerbach, Todd P Chang, Antonio Rodriguez-Nunez, Corsino
Rey, Jesus Lopez-Herce, Mike Shepherd, David Kessler, Vince Grant, Phil Hyde, Mary Patterson,
Lambert Schuwirth, Betsy Hunt & Vinay Nadkarni
Kansas City, Manchester, Yale, Los Angeles, Santiago de Compostela, Oveido, Madrid, Auckland, New
York, Calgary, Southampton, Akron, Flinders, Baltimore & Philadelphia
INSPIRE @ IMSH 2014: San Francisco, California,USA
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2. Background
• 2nd Year of collaboration
• Multi-layered international project
• Targeting pediatric trauma care in
bespoke hospitals to improve patient
outcome
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3. PICO Question
• P: Hospitals receiving traumatically injured children
• I: Targeted checklists (to improve team performance) & Field
Assessment Conditioning Tool (to evoke team – hospital
interaction changes)
• C: Comparable hospitals (Major Trauma Centers to district
hospitals)
• O: Primary: Patient outcome data (Mortality, Glasgow Outcome
Scores) & Secondary: Trauma Team-Hospital interaction
changes
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4. Approach / Design
• Real Patient Data Analysis
• Targeted Checklist Development
• Field Assessment Conditioning Tool development &
testing
• Checklist validation
• Outreach randomized trial
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5. Timeline
Key: O1-6 = Objectives, M1-4 = Manuscripts, G1 = Grant
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6. 3 Questions to improve study
1.
Can we develop an international pediatric trauma database?
2.
Are there tools (educational / industry) we can use to impart &
sustain improvements in trauma care in bespoke hospitals?
3.
Can we develop technology & media to promote individualized
self-reflection on simulated / real performances of pediatric
trauma care provision by large numbers of healthcare
practitioners?
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7. Contact Information
Name: Ralph MacKinnon & Chris Kennedy
Institution Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (UK) & Mercy
Children’s Hospital Kansas City (USA)
E-mail: ralph.mackinnon@cmft.nhs.uk +441617011263
Website: www.pedinspire.com
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