Pediatric emergency backpacks—effects of using xABCDE- and Broselow-systems on pediatric emergency care

As the Broselow-system coded according to size and weight was ranked better in practical application and evaluation, the size and weight-based sorting should be preferred to pure xABCDE systems. The comparison of the different backpack systems should further be tested in more complex simulations and real operations. What is known? •In emergency medicine, patient care follows the structured xABCDE approach to prioritize life-saving interventions. This algorithm is established in both prehospital and in-hospital settings. What is new? • We present the first comparison of two pediatric emergency backpacks structured by the xABCDE algorithm. Both systems were tested in 2 exercises (material search & resuscitation simulation) in randomized order. Participants completed questionaries on the backpacks and their own performance.