Jodi Thrasher

Background: Preparing families of children requiring long-term mechanical ventilation (LTMV) to manage medical emergencies at home is challenging. Opportunities for family caregivers to rehearse crisis management in a controlled setting...

Pediatric codes outside the ICU are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This qualitative research highlights results from confidential interviews with 10 pediatric nurses with experience of caring for children...

 The clinical needs of infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) that remain ventilator-dependent are complex, and management strategies that optimize survival and long-term outcomes controversial. We hypothesized that an interdisciplinary...

Introduction: Children with chronic respiratory failure and upper airway disorders may require tracheostomy placement and long-term mechanical ventilation, yet many improve to permit ventilator weaning and decannulation. Methods: As a...

Objective: Children who require chronic mechanical ventilation via tracheostomy are medically complex and require prolonged hospitalization, placing a heavy burden on caregivers and hospital systems. We developed an interdisciplinary Ventilator...

Objectives: The Child Health Corporation of America formed a multicenter collaborative to decrease the rate of pediatric codes outside the ICU by 50%, double the days between these events, and...

Medical and surgical care of children with severe obesity is complicated and requires recognition of the problem, appropriate equipment, and safe management. There is little literature describing patient, provider, and...

Purpose: The purpose was to develop and implement I'M SAFE, a comprehensive patient fall-risk assessment tool linked to a tiered-intervention falls prevention program. Design And Method: A fall-risk evaluation tool...