EMS Agency Characteristics and Adverse Events in Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Among 49 U.S. EMS Agencies
In this large medical record review of EMS-treated pediatric OHCA cases, pediatric training, pediatric care coordination, and conducting pediatric quality reviews were not associated with reduced ASEs. Additional research is needed to understand how EMS agencies can improve the quality of care for pediatric OHCA, especially for infants.
Authors
- Jonathan Jui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9663-6542)
- Nathan Bahr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8726-5073)
- Tabria Harrod (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5005-3667)
- Mohamud Daya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6910-8293)
- Grace Walker-Stevenson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5603-4363)
- Garth Meckler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6057-0465)
- Jonathan H. Pelletier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1942-042X)
- Christian Martin‐Gill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3522-2100)
- Steven McGaughey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0217-6612)
- Matthew Hansen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2958-6423)
- Ericka L. Fink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3683-4571)
- Carl Eriksson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1885-4800)
- Danny G. Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7470-9835)
- Maureen Luetje
- Jeanne‐Marie Guise (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8961-488X)
- Ahamed H. Idris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7113-6499)
- Tom P. Aufderheide (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6086-0932)
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- Akron Children's Hospital (US)
- Multnomah County Health Department (US)
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Prehospital Emergency Care
- Published
- 2025-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2025.2461284
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.25