An assessment of information needs and workflows for emergency service providers and caregivers of children with medical complexity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The goal of Project Austin, an initiative to improve emergency care for rural children who are medically complex (CMC), is to provide an Emergency Information Form (EIF) to their parents/caregivers, to local Emergency Medical Services, and Emergency Departments. EIFs are standard forms recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics that provide pre-planned rapid response instructions, including medical conditions, medications, and care recommendations, for emergency providers. Our objective is to describe the workflows and perceived utility of the provided emergency information forms (EIFs) in the acute medical management of CMC.

Methods

We sampled from two key stakeholder groups in the acute management of CMC: four focus groups with emergency medical providers

SUBMITTER: Honcoop A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10166030 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature