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Article Abstract
Objectives: To assess pediatric critical care transport (CCT) teams' performance in a simulated environment and to explore the impact of team and center characteristics on performance.
Study Design: This observational, multicenter, simulation-based study enlisted a national cohort of pediatric transport centers. Teams participated in 3 scenarios: nonaccidental abusive head injury, sepsis, and cardiac arrest. The primary outcome was teams' simulation performance score. Secondary outcomes were associations between performance, center and team characteristics.
Results: We recruited 78 transport teams with 196 members from 12 CCT centers. Scores on performance measures that were developed were 89% (IQR 78-100) for nonaccidental abusive head injury, 63.3% (IQR 45.5-81.8) for sepsis, and 86.6% (IQR 66.6-93.3) for cardiac arrest. In multivariable analysis, overall performance was higher for teams including a respiratory therapist (0.5 points [95% CI: 0.13, 0.86]) or paramedic (0.49 points [95% CI: 0.1, 0.88]) and dedicated pediatric teams (0.37 points [95% 0.06, 0.68]). Each year increase in program age was associated with an increase of 0.04 points (95% CI: 0.02, 0.06).
Conclusions: Dedicated pediatric teams, inclusion of respiratory therapists and paramedics, and center age were associated with higher simulation scores for pediatric CCT teams. These insights can guide efforts to enhance the quality of care for children during interfacility transports.
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