Emergency Medicine
Research
The Division of Emergency Medicine is actively involved with multiple federally funded research studies, focusing on childhood head trauma, childhood seizures, bronchiolitis, hypothermia, pediatric resuscitations, infant urinary tract infections, cervical spine injuries, epidemiology, as well as patterns of Emergency Department use for psychiatric emergencies in children.
Our Division is also participating in the Emergency Services for Children Network Development Demonstration Project, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration and Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital. This project brings together a consortium of 25 emergency departments across the United States to perform definitive studies relevant to pre-hospital and emergency department care of children.
An IRB-approved study is also currently being conducted to review the impact of our Children's Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Program on the following patient outcome measures:
- rates of in-patient psychiatric admissions
- rates of utilizing chemical restraints for agitation
- rates of physical restraint use for agitation
- length of stay in the Pediatric Emergency Department for pediatric psychiatric patients
- rates of compliance with outpatient psychiatric appointments
Preliminary data suggest that there has been a marked and significant reduction in the rates in inpatient psychiatric hospital admissions and a similarly impressive reduction in the use of both physical and chemical restraints for agitation.
We are also continuing to emphasize quality improvement efforts focused on patient safety and medical error reduction.
Contact
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
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Directions
(212) 305-6628
