Scholars@Duke
Emily Greenwald

Emily Greenwald

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine

Selected Publications

Site-Level Variation in Tracheal Intubation in the Pediatric Emergency Department: A Report From the National Emergency Airway Registry for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (NEAR4PEM).

Journal Article Pediatr Emerg Care · November 1, 2025 OBJECTIVES: To describe site-level variation in the performance and outcomes of tracheal intubation (TI) in pediatric emergency departments (PEDs) using the National Emergency Airway Registry for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (NEAR4PEM). METHODS: A multicen ... Full text Link to item Cite

Using Order Sets to Increase Pediatric Pulmonary Follow-up After Asthma Exacerbation Emergency Department Visit

Conference American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · May 2025 Full text Cite

Pediatric Resuscitative Thoracotomy in Infants, Children, and Early Adolescents: A Scoping Review.

Journal Article J Surg Res · April 2025 INTRODUCTION: Recent publications sought to define the role of resuscitative thoracotomy (RT) in the pediatric population; however, few studies guide its use in young children and infants. This review characterizes the presentation and outcomes of patients ... Full text Link to item Cite

Low-Fidelity, In Situ, Accessible Pediatric Mass Casualty Incident Simulation to Evaluate and Improve Pediatric Readiness.

Journal Article MedEdPORTAL · 2025 INTRODUCTION: Existing mass casualty incident (MCI) simulations rely on high-fidelity patient simulators, which are cost-prohibitive and often exclude pediatric patients. To address the need for deployable, low-fidelity pediatric MCI simulations, we develo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Usability Testing Via Simulation: Optimizing the NEAR4PEM Preintubation Checklist With a Human Factors Approach.

Journal Article Pediatr Emerg Care · August 1, 2024 OBJECTIVES: To inform development of a preintubation checklist for pediatric emergency departments via multicenter usability testing of a prototype checklist. METHODS: This was a prospective, mixed methods study across 7 sites in the National Emergency Air ... Full text Link to item Cite

Educational Strategies in Pediatric Trauma Resuscitation Across Disciplines: A Scoping Review.

Journal Article J Surg Res · June 2024 INTRODUCTION: Trauma is the leading cause of death and disability in children. Differences in mechanism, injury pattern, severity, and physiology in this population distinguish pediatric trauma patients from adults. Educational techniques including simulat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Multidisciplinary pediatric trauma simulation curriculum in conjunction with a trauma resuscitation cognitive aid improves resident performance

Journal Article Global Surgical Education - Journal of the Association for Surgical Education · January 3, 2024 Full text Cite

Use of pediatric trauma simulations to facilitate exposure to pediatric trauma resuscitations during training.

Journal Article Surgery · December 2023 BACKGROUND: Pediatric traumas are often high-acuity but are low-frequency compared to adult trauma activations. This is reflected in the relatively limited experience with these events during training. Although some principles of trauma resuscitation are s ... Full text Link to item Cite

A National Comparison of Volume and Acuity for Adult and Pediatric Trauma: A Trauma Quality Improvement Program Cohort Study.

Journal Article J Surg Res · November 2023 INTRODUCTION: Most injured children receive trauma care outside of a pediatric trauma center. Differences in physiology, dosing, and injury pattern limit extrapolation of adult trauma principles to pediatrics. We compare US trauma center experience with pe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Use of a Structured Observation Tool to Promote Medical Student Engagement in Trauma Resuscitations.

Journal Article J Surg Educ · 2022 OBJECTIVE: We describe a novel approach to promoting medical student learning and engagement during trauma resuscitation with implementation of a structured observation and debriefing tool. DESIGN: In the context of a multifaceted quality improvement effor ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pediatric Sepsis in Community Emergency Care Settings: Guideline Concordance and Outcomes.

Journal Article Pediatr Emerg Care · December 1, 2021 OBJECTIVES: Bundled pediatric sepsis care has been associated with improved outcomes in tertiary pediatric emergency departments. Sepsis care at nontertiary sites where most children seek emergency care is not well described. We sought to describe the rate ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluating a longitudinal point-of-care-ultrasound (POCUS) curriculum for pediatric residents.

Journal Article BMC Med Educ · January 19, 2021 BACKGROUND: POCUS is a growing field in medical education, and an imaging modality ideal for children given the lack of ionizing radiation, ease of use, and good tolerability. A 2019 literature review revealed that no US pediatric residency programs integr ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Sensitivity of Clinician Diagnosis of Sepsis in Tertiary and Community-Based Emergency Settings.

Journal Article J Pediatr · April 2018 OBJECTIVES: To assess whether the risk of missed clinician diagnosis of pediatric sepsis requiring care in the intensive care unit (ICU) was greater in community vs tertiary pediatric emergency care settings with sepsis pathways. STUDY DESIGN: An observati ... Full text Link to item Cite

Medical students' reactions to anatomic dissection and the phenomenon of cadaver naming.

Journal Article Anat Sci Educ · 2014 The teaching of gross anatomy has, for centuries, relied on the dissection of human cadavers, and this formative experience is known to evoke strong emotional responses. The authors hypothesized that the phenomenon of cadaver naming is a coping mechanism u ... Full text Link to item Cite

Broken heart syndrome: what a rare cardiomyopathy can teach us

Journal Article Journal of Emergency Medical Services · March 1, 2009 Full text Link to item Cite