Maya Dewan, Blaise Soberano, Tina Sosa, Matthew Zackoff, Philip Hagedorn, Patrick W Brady, Ranjit S Chima, Erika L Stalets, Lindsey Moore, Maria Britto, Robert M Sutton, Vinay Nadkarni, Ken Tegtmeyer, Heather Wolfe
OBJECTIVES: To use improved situation awareness to decrease cardiopulmonary resuscitation events by 25% over 18 months and demonstrate process and outcome sustainability. DESIGN: Structured quality improvement initiative. SETTING: Single-center, 35-bed quaternary-care PICU. PATIENTS: All patients admitted to the PICU from February 1, 2017, to December 31, 2020. INTERVENTIONS: Interventions targeted situation awareness and included bid safety huddles, bedside mitigation signs and huddles, smaller pod-based huddles, and an automated clinical decision support tool to identify high-risk patients...
January 1, 2022: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine