Methods for Collecting Paired Observations From Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Department Providers for Pediatric Cervical Spine Injury Risk Factors
Initiatives
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The purpose of this article is to describe the methods used to develop and implement an electronic data collection system for prospective capture of EMS and ED provider observations for children evaluated in the ED after blunt trauma.
Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.
- Start Year
- 2014
- Funding
- JCL was supported by NICHDR21HD076108.
Design
- Study design
- Patients' cohort
Marker Paper
Ahmad FA, Schwartz H, Browne LR, et al. Methods for Collecting Paired Observations From Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Department Providers for Pediatric Cervical Spine Injury Risk Factors. Acad Emerg Med. 2017;24(4):432‐441. doi:10.1111/acem.13144
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 4,091
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
Patients children's hospitals
We enrolled children from March 2014 to November 2015: three sites enrolled for 18 consecutive months and one site enrolled for 12 months.
Selection Criteria
- Maximum age
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18
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- United States of America
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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- Other criteria
- Inclusion criteria were 1) age younger than 18 years at the time of study enrollment and 2) presenting to the ED after known or suspected blunt trauma. In addition, children required one of the following: initiation of spinal precautions for transport by EMS (if involved), trauma team evaluation in the ED, or cervical spine imaging while in the ED. Exclusion criteria included penetrating trauma (e.g., gunshot wounds or stabbing), a substantial language barrier, or state's custody prior to ED arrival.
Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 4,091
- Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Event
We created a branch‐logic questionnaire via Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap).27 REDCap is a secure, Web‐based application designed to support data capture for research studies, providing 1) an intuitive interface for validated data entry, 2) audit trails for tracking data manipulation and export procedures, 3) automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to common statistical packages, and 4) procedures for importing data from external sources.
- Start Date
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2014
- End Date
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2015-11
- Data sources
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Mobile data collection
- Tablet/laptop
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Mobile data collection