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  • Healthcare Decision Support Systems
  • Health Services Research

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  • Current emergency medical services (EMS) guidelines for adult patient transport to specialty hospitals lack pediatric equivalents.
  • Transporting children to facilities unable to provide definitive care leads to delayed treatment and potential adverse events.
  • A standardized decision tool is needed to optimize pediatric patient destination choices by EMS.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel, evidence-based decision tool to aid emergency medical services (EMS) in selecting appropriate specialty hospitals for pediatric patient transport.
  • To improve the accuracy and efficiency of pediatric patient destination decisions, thereby reducing secondary transports and care delays.

Main Methods:

  • A multidisciplinary expert panel (EP) reviewed pediatric care literature and defined four facility capability levels.
  • A modified Delphi method was employed for the EP to match specific pediatric medical conditions with appropriate facility levels.
  • Iterative voting rounds and consensus-building were used to refine condition-to-facility level assignments and select a visual display format.

Main Results:

  • Seventeen pediatric medical conditions requiring potential secondary transport were identified.
  • Through consensus, the EP assigned specific facility capability levels to nine conditions in the first round, with six additional conditions reaching consensus after a second round.
  • The Pediatric Destination Tree (PDTree) was unanimously approved by the panel in a visual display format.

Conclusions:

  • The developed PDTree is a novel, evidence-based decision support tool designed for EMS use in pediatric patient transport.
  • The tool incorporates multidisciplinary expertise and literature evidence to guide destination choices, aiming to enhance pediatric patient outcomes.
  • Implementation of the PDTree has the potential to standardize and improve the quality of care for critically ill or injured children during emergency transport.