Current Research in the Division of Critical Care Medicine focuses on improving care and outcomes of critically ill infants and children. Faculty members publish in prominent medical journals and textbooks in the field. Several physicians in the division lead or participate in important clinical studies. These include:
- NEAR4KIDS Study to improve the safety of endotracheal intubation
- Numerous Quality Improvement programs to enhance safety of medication delivery and administration
- Long-term neurobehavioral, quality of life, and functioning in PICU survivors
- Family functioning after PICU care
- Transitions from ICU to home-based care
- Use of digital technologies to advance patient care
- Diversity and inclusion in medicine
- Enhancing clinician well-being and flourishing
- Enhancing learning through simulation
- Mobilization of patients to enhance hospital care and early discharge
Current Education efforts focus on residents and medical students who learn to care for the sickest patients in the hospital during 4-week clinical experiences. Typically, four residents work in the unit per month, a combination of second- or third-year pediatric residents and second-year emergency medicine residents. Third- and fourth-year medical students also experience learning opportunities in the PICU. Learning focuses on understanding the complex pathophysiology of critical illness while also caring for patients and their families in compassionate and comprehensive fashion.
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine faculty members also teach their colleagues and other professionals Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) courses.