Standardizing Child Passenger Safety Screening in the Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Study.
J Trauma Nurs
; 30(3): 177-185, 2023.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37144809
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Motor vehicle collisions remain a leading cause of death and injury in children in the United States. Our Level I trauma center found that 53% of children ages 1-19 years are improperly restrained or unrestrained. Our center employs a Pediatric Injury Prevention Coalition with nationally certified child passenger safety technicians who are active in the community yet remain underutilized in the clinical setting.OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of the quality improvement project was to standardize child passenger safety screening in the emergency department to increase referrals to a Pediatric Injury Prevention Coalition.METHODS:
This quality improvement project utilized a pre-/postdesign of data collected before and after implementing the child passenger safety bundle. Using the Plan-Do-Study-Act model, organizational change processes were identified, and quality improvement interventions implemented from March to May 2022.RESULTS:
The total number of families referred was 199, representing 230 children, which was 3.8% of the eligible population. A significant relationship was found between child passenger safety screening and referral to the Pediatric Injury Prevention Coalition in 2019 and 2021, χ2 (1, n = 230) = 239.98, p < .001, and χ2 (1, n = 230) = 240.78, p < .001, respectively. Forty-one percent of the referred families established contact with the Pediatric Injury Prevention Coalition.CONCLUSION:
Standardizing child passenger safety screening in the emergency department increased referrals to a Pediatric Injury Prevention Coalition and resulted in improved child safety seat distribution and child passenger safety education.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Sistemas de Proteção para Crianças
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Melhoria de Qualidade
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article