A5011073825- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Disaster Response and Management
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Infant Nutrition and Health
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Hematological disorders and diagnostics
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
2019-2024
Baylor College of Medicine
2017-2024
Texas Children's Hospital
2017-2023
Memorial Hermann
2023
Peterson (Norway)
2019
Duke Medical Center
2010
In Brief Effective training and education programs help reinforce techniques behaviors healthcare providers should use when faced with a threatening situation. The goal of this pilot project was to decrease incidents harm due workplace violence through improvements in de-escalation techniques, reporting incidents, incident response times.
Trauma education is crucial for optimizing the outcomes of trauma patients. Available nursing courses are not inclusive all areas that a patient may interact with but targeted toward subsets nurses who care In addition, these can be costly organizations and often divert resources away from departments several days. We identified need convenient, cost-effective delivered such units patients would benefit. Based on data collected needs assessments literature reviews, content experts many...
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Marroquín, Andrea; Abela, Karla; Schmucker, Kyle; Desai, Yash; Fontenot, Tonita; Marshall, Pamela; Shekerdemian, Lara; Bu, Jorge Coss Author Information
Aims & Objectives: Rapid response events (RRE) frequently result in unplanned admissions to ICU and may subsequently need various interventions. We hypothesized that distinct preceding physiologic patterns are associated with escalation individual types of cardio-respiratory supports post RRE. Such association can guide prediction tools, potential utility prognostication resource allocation. Methods After institutional review board approval, we screened all RREs a tertiary pediatric academic...
Meulmester, Kristen; Gupte, Trisha; Abela, Karla; Thomas, Jenilea; Bavare, Aarti Author Information
Background: The Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is a 35-bed unit that provides care to around 2,400 critically ill children per year. Approximately 40% are mechanically ventilated. In December 2016, the FDA released an advisory communication emphasizing minimizing exposure certain classes of commonly used sedation medications. Recent adult guidelines from Society for Critical Medicine have emphasized use validated scales, nurse-driven protocols, and...
Background: Delirium is defined as an acute, global brain dysfunction that common, yet underappreciated in critically-ill pediatric patients. Delirious patients have longer hospital stays, increased risk of mortality, and higher rates post-traumatic stress syndrome. To address this problem, several screening tools been developed to facilitate diagnosis ICU delirium. Implementation delirium has associated with decreased prevalence improved outcomes. In the initial phase a broader QI project,...