PCOME is a collaborative team of esteemed educators and specialists in pediatric critical care and emergency medicine. Comprising of physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and critical care transport members from Riley Hospital for Children, our multi-professional approach ensures comprehensive expertise in pediatric acute care.
Our Aim
Our aim to enhance the quality of care and outcomes for acutely ill and injured children treated in community hospitals. We achieve this through immersive in situ simulation and diverse learning formats, all provided at no cost to community hospitals. Our focus lies in training multidisciplinary teams within their own environments, such as community emergency departments and pediatric primary offices.
Bridging Gaps in Pediatric Acute Care
Through our signature in situ simulation-based education and training, the PCOME team seeks to bridge gaps in pediatric acute care. Our objective is to equip all community providers with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively care for acutely ill children. Our simulation sessions create a secure learning environment, encouraging active participation in highly immersive, realistic acute care scenarios.
Our Vision
To ensure that every ill and injured child receives superior emergency care whenever and wherever needed within the state of Indiana.
Our Mission
Our mission is to establish a collaborative network between Riley Hospital for Children and all community hospitals, fostering improved pediatric emergency readiness and enhancing the quality of care across the emergency continuum.
Current Projects
Current Projects
Community Emergency Departments
Our team provides onsite simulation-based education for the initial stabilization and management of critically ill pediatric patients with goals to enhance preparedness to improve emergency departments readiness to care for the children in the state of Indiana. Our team provides a collaboration between Riley Hospital for Children and the community emergency departments. The PCOME team has collaborated with 29 community emergency departments in the state of Indiana.
National Collaboration with ImPACTS
The PCOME team has been collaborating with Improving Pediatric Acute Care Through Simulation (ImPACTS) since 2017. This is a national collaborative which aims to ensure that ill and injured children receive the highest quality emergency care whenever and wherever it is needed. Riley Hospital is co-leading ImPACTS and many multicenter national projects. Riley is one of 37 hospitals collaborating with their community hospitals through the ImPACTS network.
Pediatric Primary Offices
This is a national, multicenter, prospective, mixed methods project with the goals of objectively measuring and improving the readiness of pediatric primary care offices for pediatric emergencies. Our national improvement collaborative incorporates assessment checklists and simulation to both measure and improve performance and readiness at pediatric primary care offices across the United States.
LifeLine Transport Team
This project aims to describe, measure, and compare pediatric specialty transport teams. PCOME is collaborating with IU Health LifeLine Critical Care Transport Team and other academic medical centers to complete in situ sims of decompensating pediatric patients in their own transport vehicles.
Our Program By The Numbers
Our Program By The Numbers
Below is a report displaying information about the simulation activities that our program has accomplished from 2016 to current throughout the state of Indiana. Data is collected and stored in REDCap and Qualtrics XM. Please contact our team for more information about our program.
Emergency Departments Visited
Our team has visited a total of 32 emergency departments in the state of Indiana with multiple visits at each site since 2016.
Pediatric Primary Care Offices Visited
Our team has visited a total of 18 pediatric primary care offices in the state of Indiana.
Total Learners
Our team has reached 1,937 total learners in emergency departments and pediatric primary care offices in the state of Indiana.
- MDs: 331
- RNs: 1,262
- Other: 344
Total Simulations
Our team has run a total of 725 simulation cases from 2016 to present in emergency departments and pediatric primary care offices throughout the state of Indiana.
Resources & Publications
Resources & Publications
Download these resources available from Pediatric Community Outreach Mobile Education (PCOME).
Meet Our Team
and Locations
Meet Our Team
Contact Us For More Information
To request more information about the program or to schedule a visit please contact our team at: PCOME@iuhealth.org
You can also contact one of our coordinators or medical director for more information regarding PCOME or questions about resources.
Kellie Pearson, RRT, NPS
Program Manager
kleeper@iuhealth.org
317.948.8655
Kamal Abulebda, MD
Program Director
kabulebd@iupui.edu