Advanced search
Publication Cover
Prehospital Emergency Care Volume 16, 2012 - Issue 3
Submit an article Journal homepage
800
Views
22
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Accuracy of Paramedic Broselow Tape Use in the Prehospital Setting

Theodore HeymingFrom the Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (TH, NB, AHK, MG-H), Torrance, California; St. Joseph's Medical Center (TH), Orange, California; Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor–UCLA (TH, NB, AK, AHK), Torrance, California; Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (NB, AHK), Los Angeles, California; and University of California Irvine (AK), Irvine, California.
, MD,
Nichole BossonFrom the Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (TH, NB, AHK, MG-H), Torrance, California; St. Joseph's Medical Center (TH), Orange, California; Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor–UCLA (TH, NB, AK, AHK), Torrance, California; Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (NB, AHK), Los Angeles, California; and University of California Irvine (AK), Irvine, California.
, MD,
Aileen KurobeFrom the Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (TH, NB, AHK, MG-H), Torrance, California; St. Joseph's Medical Center (TH), Orange, California; Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor–UCLA (TH, NB, AK, AHK), Torrance, California; Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (NB, AHK), Los Angeles, California; and University of California Irvine (AK), Irvine, California.
, BS,
Amy H. KajiFrom the Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (TH, NB, AHK, MG-H), Torrance, California; St. Joseph's Medical Center (TH), Orange, California; Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor–UCLA (TH, NB, AK, AHK), Torrance, California; Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (NB, AHK), Los Angeles, California; and University of California Irvine (AK), Irvine, California.
, MD, PhD &
Marianne Gausche-HillFrom the Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (TH, NB, AHK, MG-H), Torrance, California; St. Joseph's Medical Center (TH), Orange, California; Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor–UCLA (TH, NB, AK, AHK), Torrance, California; Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (NB, AHK), Los Angeles, California; and University of California Irvine (AK), Irvine, California.Correspondence[email protected]
, MD
Pages 374-380 | Received 21 Dec 2011, Accepted 16 Jan 2012, Published online: 23 Mar 2012

References

  • Bates DW, Boyle DL, Vander Vliet MB, Schneider J, Leape L. Relationship between medication errors and adverse drug events. J Gen Intern Med. 1995;10:199–205.
  • Jonville AP, Autret E, Bavoux F, Bertrand PP, Barbier P, Gauchez AS. Characteristics of medication errors in pediatrics. DICP. 1991;25:1113–8.
  • Harris M, Patterson J, Morse J. Doctors, nurses, and parents are equally poor at estimating pediatric weights. Pediatr Emerg Care. 1999;15:17–8.
  • Anglemyer BL, Hernandez C, Brice JH, Zou B. The accuracy of visual estimation of body weight in the ED. Am J Emerg Med. 2004;22:526–9.
  • Shah AN, Frush K, Luo X, Wears RL. Effect of an intervention standardization system on pediatric dosing and equipment size determination: a crossover trial involving simulated resuscitation events. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003;157:229–36.
  • Lubitz DS, Seidel JS, Chameides L, Luten RC, Zaritsky AL, Campbell FW. A rapid method for estimating weight and resuscitation drug dosages from length in the pediatric age group. Ann Emerg Med. 1988;17:576–81.
  • Nieman CT, Manacci CF, Super DM, Mancuso C, Fallon WF Jr. Use of the Broselow tape may result in the underresuscitation of children. Acad Emerg Med. 2006;13:1011–9.
  • Hofer CK, Ganter M, Tucci M, Klaghofer R, Zollinger A. How reliable is length-based determination of body weight and tracheal tube size in the paediatric age group? The Broselow tape reconsidered. Br J Anaesth. 2002;88:283–5.
  • Hohenhaus SM. Is this a drill? Improving pediatric emergency preparedness in North Carolina's emergency departments. J Emerg Nurs. 2001;27:568–70.
  • Los Angeles EMS Agency. EMS Agency Color Coded Drug Doses L.A. County Kids. Available at: http://ems.dhs.lacounty. gov/ManualsProtocols/3colordrug.pdf. Accessed September 5, 2011.
  • Kaji AH, Gausche-Hill M, Conrad H, Emergency medical services system changes reduce pediatric epinephrine dosing errors in the prehospital setting. Pediatrics. 2006;118:1493–500.
  • Institute for Statistics and Mathematics of the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien. The R Project for Statistical Computing. Available at: http://www.r-project.org. Accessed September 5, 2011.
  • Richard J, Osmond MH, Nesbitt L, Stiell IG. Management and outcomes of pediatric patients transported by emergency medical services in a Canadian prehospital system. Can J Emerg Med. 2006;8:6–12.
  • Krouwer JS. Why Bland-Altman plots should use X, not (Y+X)/2 when X is a reference method. Stat Med. 2008;27:778–80.
  • Cattermole GN, Leung PY, Mak PS, Graham CA, Rainer TH. Mid-arm circumference can be used to estimate children's weights. Resuscitation. 2010;81:1105–10.
  • Leffler S, Hayes M. Analysis of parental estimates of children's weights in the ED. Ann Emerg Med. 1997;30:167–70.
  • Theron L, Adams A, Jansen K, Robinson E. Emergency weight estimation in Pacific Island and Maori children who are large-for-age. Emerg Med Australas. 2005;17:238–43.
  • So TY, Farrington E, Absher RK. Evaluation of the accuracy of different methods used to estimate weights in the pediatric population. Pediatrics. 2009;123:e1045–51.
  • Greig A, Ryan J, Glucksman E. How good are doctors at estimating children's weight? J Accid Emerg Med. 1997;14:101–3.
  • Kleinman ME, Chameides L, Schexnayder SM, Part 14: Pediatric Advanced Life Support: 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Circulation. 2010;122 (suppl):S876-S908.
  • Agarwal S, Swanson S, Murphy A, Yaeger K, Sharek P, Halamek LP. Comparing the utility of a standard pediatric resuscitation cart with a pediatric resuscitation cart based on the Broselow tape: a randomized, controlled, crossover trial involving simulated resuscitation scenarios. Pediatrics. 2005;116:e326–33.
  • Hashikawa A, Juhn Y, Homme J, Gardner B, Moore B. Does length-based resuscitation tape accurately place pediatric patients into appropriate color-coded zones? Pediatr Emerg Care. 2007;23:856–61.
  • DuBois D, Baldwin S, King WD. Accuracy of weight estimation methods for children. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2007;23:227–30.
  • Black K, Barnett P, Wolfe R, Young S. Are methods used to estimate weight in children accurate?Emerg Med. 2002;14:160–5.
  • Varghese A, Vasudevan VK, Lewin S, Indumathi CK, Dinakar C, Rao SD. Do the length-based (Broselow) tape, APLS, Argall and Nelson's formulae accurately estimate weight of Indian children? Indian Pediatr. 2006;43:889–94.
  • Vilke GM, Marino A, Fisher R, Chan TC. Estimation of pediatric patient weight by EMT-Ps. J Emerg Med. 2001;21:125–8.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.