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. Additionally, the activity will address how this research was completed to give participants an idea of how to complete research of their own.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the significance of motor vehicle collisions, and the lack of appropriate child passenger safety usage, on pediatric morbidity and mortality.
- Outline the methods used in the study, including pre-post design and the use of the Plan-Do-Study-Act model.
- Discuss barriers to implementing new practices in an academic tertiary care setting.
- Explain the statistically significant relationship between child passenger safety screening and getting children into age and size appropriate child safety seats.
- Translate lessons learned from the quality improvement project to trauma related projects of your own.
Members who are logged will be provided with a CE Credit link (below) for the duration of 3 years from the original presentation date (noted above). After 3 years, CE will no longer be made available. Members however are still welcome to watch the presentation independently for non-CE credit.
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Speaker(s):Speakers:
Heidi Almodovar, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC, TCRN, CPHQ
Senior Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist With Boston Children's Hospital, Trauma Center
Heidi Almodovar is a Doctor of Nursing Practice prepared pediatric practitioner who is acute care and primary care certified. She fell in love with pediatric trauma while working in the Emergency Department at Denver Children’s Hospital 26 years ago! She is a seasoned pediatric trauma clinician who is also dedicated to pediatric injury prevention. Dr. Almodovar holds a professional practice model that espouses nursing excellence through clinical inquiry, respect for interdisciplinary collaboration, supportive mentorship, and commitment to life-long learning. In her unique roles as a pediatric trauma nurse scientist at Boston Children’s Hospital and Manning Family Children’s (formerly New Orleans Children’s Hospital), Dr. Almodovar is committed to delivering the highest quality of care with a foundation rooted in scientific evidence and she is passionate about translating research and best practices to the bedside.
