Trauma
Jenny Kang, DDS
Pediatric Dental Resident
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Mary Chapman, DDS
Attending, Research Mentor
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Johanna Rosen, MD
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Mary Chapman, DDS
Attending, Research Mentor
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Heather Baumhardt, DDS
Program Director
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Purpose: This research project aims to implement a Primary Teeth Trauma Protocol at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Emergency Department. The goals are to provide a streamlined approach for primary dental trauma management and to reduce the length of stay for patients in the Emergency Department.
Methods: Principal Investigator will do a pre-protocol chart review of children presenting to the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Emergency Department between the ages of 0 - 8 with a chief complaint of primary dental trauma for one month. A primary dental trauma protocol will be designed based on current guidelines from the International Association of Dental Traumatology and the American Association of Pediatric Dentistry. Prior to presenting the protocol, a pre-test will be given to Emergency Medicine providers to assess their initial trauma management methodology. The Primary Teeth Trauma Protocol will then be presented, followed by the same pre-test from prior as a post-test and a post-protocol survey. The trauma protocol will be implemented in the Emergency Department for three months. A post-protocol chart review will be performed. The following outcome variables will be assessed: Appropriate triaging of primary versus permanent dental trauma; Rapid surgical treatment of primary teeth trauma; Average length of stay in the Emergency Department; Consistency of trauma management amongst the Emergency Medicine providers. A descriptive analysis will be performed on the pre/post-protocol chart reviews as well as the pre/post-protocol test results to assess the effectiveness of the trauma protocol in a pediatric emergency department setting.
Results: TBD
Conclusions: TBD