The electronic Pediatric Emergency Ruler - A digital alternative to the BroselowTape

Autor:	Markus Weiss, Stefan Mueller, J. Thomas, Christian P. Both, K.P. Buehler, Alexander R. Schmidt
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Pediatric emergency medicine.medical_specialty Medical staff Weight estimation business.industry Digital algorithm medicine Medical equipment Medical information Medical physics Pediatric emergencies Body weight business
Zdroj:	Medical Research Archives. 8
ISSN:	2375-1924 2375-1916
DOI:	10.18103/mra.v8i5.2089
Popis:	Study objective: The Broselow® tape (BT) is a pediatric emergency tape (PET) supporting medical teams during pediatric emergencies in estimating body weight, recommending drug dosage and medical equipment. Publications have reported the risk of incorrect use and low accuracy. A recently published digital algorithm for length-based body weight estimation showed higher accuracy for weight estimation. A prototype for an electronic Pediatric Emergency Ruler (ePER) utilizing this algorithm was developed for further testing. The aim of this study was to compare the BT with the ePER in terms of time and correctness of identifying medical information required during pediatric emergency treatment. Methods: Voluntary participants were randomly assigned to use the BT or the ePER in a simulated low-fidelity pediatric emergency manikin scenario and instructed to identify four parameters. Outcomes were time required for identification of all parameters, correct determination of length-based weight and erroneous reading of parameters for the selected weight category. Data are mean or percent. T-test for statistical significance (p 0.8) were calculated. Results: Identifying medical information was significantly faster with the ePER than with the BT (24.5 vs 36.7 sec, p
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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