@article{ref1,
title="Standardizing child passenger safety screening in the emergency department: a quality improvement study",
journal="Journal of trauma nursing",
year="2023",
author="Almodovar, Heidi L. and Thorson, Chad M. and Cardy, Christina R.",
volume="30",
number="3",
pages="177-185",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Motor vehicle collisions remain a leading cause of death and injury in children in the United States. Our Level I trauma center found that 53% of children ages 1-19 years are improperly restrained or unrestrained. Our center employs a Pediatric Injury Prevention Coalition with nationally certified child passenger safety technicians who are active in the community yet remain underutilized in the clinical setting. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the quality improvement project was to standardize child passenger safety screening in the emergency department to increase referrals to a Pediatric Injury Prevention Coalition. <br><br>METHODS: This quality improvement project utilized a pre-/postdesign of data collected before and after implementing the child passenger safety bundle. Using the Plan-Do-Study-Act model, organizational change processes were identified, and quality improvement interventions implemented from March to May 2022. <br><br>RESULTS: The total number of families referred was 199, representing 230 children, which was 3.8% of the eligible population. A significant relationship was found between child passenger safety screening and referral to the Pediatric Injury Prevention Coalition in 2019 and 2021, χ2 (1, n = 230) = 239.98, p <.001, and χ2 (1, n = 230) = 240.78, p <.001, respectively. Forty-one percent of the referred families established contact with the Pediatric Injury Prevention Coalition. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Standardizing child passenger safety screening in the emergency department increased referrals to a Pediatric Injury Prevention Coalition and resulted in improved child safety seat distribution and child passenger safety education.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1078-7496",
doi="10.1097/JTN.0000000000000724",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JTN.0000000000000724"
}