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Library
Book Chapters
- Bigham MT. Database Development and Application. In Insoft R and Schwartz HP (eds): The American Academy of Pediatrics: Guidelines for Air and Ground Transport of Neonatal and Pediatric Patients.
- Bigham MT and Orr RA. The Air Medical Transfer Process of the Critically Ill or Injured Pediatric Patient. In Blumen IJ et al (eds): Principles and Direction of Air Medical Transport.
- Bigham MT and Paxton K. Transport of the Neonate and Child. In Barnhart S and Volsko T (eds): Foundations in Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care. (in press)
- Bigham MT. Current Trends in Pediatric Critical Care Transport. In Mastropietro C. (ed): Current Concepts in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. (in press)
Publications
- Bigham MT and Schwartz HP for the Ohio Neonatal/Pediatric Transport Quality Collaborative. "Quality Metrics in Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care Transport: A Consensus Statement." Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013 Jun;14(5):518-24. PubMed (nih.gov)
- Stroud MH, Trautman MS, Meyer K, Moss MM, Schwartz HP, Bigham MT, Tsarouhas N, Douglas WP, Romito J, Hauft S, Meyer MT, Insoft R. "Pediatric and neonatal interfacility transport: results from a national consensus conference." Pediatrics. 2013 Aug;132(2):359-66. PubMed (nih.gov)
- Schwartz HP, Bigham MT, et al. "Quality Metrics in Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care Transport: A National Delphi Project." Ped Crit Care Med. 2015 Oct; 16(8):711-7. PubMed (nih.gov)
- Bigham MT. "More than a Bus Ride: Quality and Outcomes of Pediatric Specialty Transport." Acta Paediatr. 2016 Nov;105(11):1335. PubMed (nih.gov)
- Reichert R, Gothard MD, Schwartz HP, and Bigham MT. "Benchmarking Pain Assessment Rate in Critical Care Transport." Air Med J. 2016 Nov - Dec;35(6):344-347. PubMed (nih.gov)
- Bigham MT, Reichert RJ, Gothard ME, Gothard MD, Parish, PR, Schwartz, HP. "Intubation Success in Critical Care Transport: A Multicenter Study." Prehosp Emerg Care. 2018 Sep-Oct;22(5):571-577. PubMed (nih.gov)
- Aspiotes CR, Gothard MQ, Gothard MD, Parrish R, Schwartz HP, and Bigham MT. "Setting the Benchmark for the Ground and Air Medical Quality in Transport International Quality Improvement Collaborative." Air Med J. 2018 July-Aug;37(4):244-248. PubMed (nih.gov)
- Bigham MT, McKee BP. "Taking the Show on the Road: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation During Interhospital Transport". Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2019 Jan;20(1):91-92. PubMed (nih.gov)
- Bhalala US, Srivastava N, Gothard MD, Bigham MT. "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Interfacility Transport: An International Report Using the Ground Air Medical Quality in Transport (GAMUT) Database". Crit Care Res Pract. 2020;2020:4647958. PubMed (nih.gov)
Abstracts
- Kelly R…Bigham MT. "The Use of Waveform Capnography During Neonatal and Pediatric Transport." American Academy of Pediatrics, National Conference and Exhibition; Section on Transport Medicine. October 2016.
- Kapas M…Bigham MT. "What is Taking So Long? An Improvement in Rotorwing Mobilization Time." American Academy of Pediatrics, National Conference and Exhibition; Section on Transport Medicine. October 2016.
- Bigham MT, Parrish PR, Gothard MD, and Schwartz HP. "The Tortoise or the Hare: Mobilization Time Amongst Neonatal/Pediatric Transport Teams." American Academy of Pediatrics, National Conference and Exhibition; Section on Transport Medicine. October 2016.
- Gisondo C, Gothard MD, Schwartz HP, and Bigham MT. "Brrr…Unintended Neonatal Hypothermia, A National Perspective." American Academy of Pediatrics, National Conference and Exhibition; Section on Transport Medicine. October 2016.
- Bigham MT, Schwartz HP, Gothard MD, Gothard M, and Parrish PR. "Tracheal Intubation in Critical Care Transport: Global Consensus Quality Metric Performance. Crit Care Med. 44(12):310, December 2016.
- Bigham MT and Schwartz HP. Unplanned Device Dislodgement: A Quality Metric in Critical Care Transport. Crit Care Med. 44(12):371, December 2016.
- Mclean J, Gothard MD, Schwartz HP, Parrish PR, Bigham MT. "Mobilization Time Amongst Neonatal/Pediatric Transport Teams: The Ground and Air Medical Quality in Transport (GAMUT) Collaborative" Critical Care Transport Medical Conference, April 2017.
- Mclean J, Gothard MD, Schwartz HP, Parrish PR, Bigham MT. "Mobilization Time Amongst Neonatal/Pediatric Transport Teams: The Ground and Air Medical Quality in Transport (GAMUT) Collaborative" Retrieval 2017. April 2017.
- Bhalala US, Srivastava N, Gothard MD, and Bigham MT. "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation During Ground and Air Medical Transport: The First, Multi-center, International Report Using a Large Database on Ground and Air Medical qUality Transport (GAMUT)" American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Transport Medicine. October 2017.
- Bhalala U, Srivastava N, Gothard MD, Bigham MT. Study of CPR and Transport Quality Metrics Using Ground Air Medical Quality Transport (GAMUT) Data. Crit Care Med. Dec 2017.
- Bhalala U, Sumbel L, Bigham MT. Outcomes of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation during Ground and Air Medical Transports. 50th Critical Care Congress. Critical Care Medicine Journal. February 2021.
- Bhalala U, Sumbel L, Bigham MT. Quality of Documentation of CPR during Ground and Air Medical Transport. 50th Critical Care Congress. Critical Care Medicine Journal. February 2021.
Presentations
- April 2013. "Forming Consensus Guidelines for Quality Metrics in Neonatal and Pediatric Transport." Critical Care Transport Medical Conference. Austin, Texas.
- May 2013. "Forming Consensus Guidelines for Quality Metrics in Neonatal and Pediatric Transport." Pediatric Grand Rounds. MetroHealth Medical Center. Cleveland, Ohio.
- May 2013. "Forming Consensus Guidelines for Quality Metrics in Neonatal and Pediatric Transport." Translational Science Seminar Series. Akron Children's Hospital. Akron, Ohio.
- July 2013. "Air Medical Physician Association Quality Metrics: Where it all began." Air Medical Physician Association – Quality Metrics Summit. Denver, Colorado. Co-director.
- October 2013. "Measure, Report, Improve: The search for best practices and high-quality care in transport." Pediatrics Grand Rounds. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. New York, NY.
- October 2013. "QA Consensus Conference: Metrics Update." Air Medical Physician Association, Medical Director Core Curriculum. Virginia Beach, VA.
- October 2013. "Measure, Report, Improve: The search for best practices and high quality care in transport." Air Medical Physician Association, Medical Director Forum. Virginia Beach, VA.
- October 2014. Plenary Presentation "Update on National Quality Metrics." American Academy of Pediatrics, National Conference and Exhibition, Section on Transport Medicine Academic and Scientific Program.
- April 2015. "Quality Metrics in Critical Care Transport: Building the Benchmark." Critical Care Transport Medical Conference, Charlotte, NC.
- April 2016. "Quality Metrics in Critical Care Transport: Enough Measuring…Let's Improve." Critical Care Transport Medical Conference, Charlotte, NC.
- September 2016. "Benchmarking and Building a Database: The GAMUT project." 2nd Edition Transport of High-Risk Neonates. Copenhagen, Denmark.
- September 2016. "Run the GAMUT: How does your program stack up?" Air Medical Transport Conference. Charlotte, NC.
- October 2016. "Finding Hidden Treasures: Quality Metrics and Quest for Best Practices." Co-presented with HP Schwartz. American Academy of Pediatrics, National Conference and Exhibition; Section on Transport Medicine. San Francisco, CA.
- January 2017. "Unplanned Device Dislodgement: A Quality Metric in Critical Care Transport." Society of Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care Congress. Honolulu, Hawaii.
- April 2017. "GAMUT Data Managers Meeting." Critical Care Transport Medical Conference. San Antonio, TX.
- July 2017. "A Tad, Dash, Pinch, and Smidgen: Why Not Measure Like Bobby Flay?" PHI Air Medical, National Medical Director Meeting. Middleburg, VA.
- July 2017. "Sir Isaac Newton and Quality Improvement: What Actions Requires a Reaction?" PHI Air Medical, National Medical Director Meeting. Middleburg, VA.
- August 2017. "Key Quality Indicators in Neonatal and Pediatric Transport." 3rd Edition Transport of High-Risk Infants. Oxford, UK.
- October 2017. "The GAMUT Project: Introduction and review of current GAMUT data." Understanding GAMUT – Council on Accreditation of Medical Transport Services (CAMTS) Preconference. Fort Worth, TX.
- October 2018. "The GAMUT Project: Introduction and review of current GAMUT data." Understanding GAMUT – Council on Accreditation of Medical Transport Services (CAMTS) Preconference. Phoenix, AZ.
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