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| About the Color Coding System | How it works | Developer Biographies | Articles | Presentation |
Developer Biographies James Broselow, MDClinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine University of Florida College of Medicine Shands Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida After graduating from Dartmouth College with honors in economics, Dr. Broselow obtained his medical degree from NJ College of Medicine and Dentistry and entered the field of family practice, in which he became board certified and practiced in Frankenmuth Michigan. He continued on to become board certified in Emergency Medicine. It was while working in the emergency department of a community hospital in Hickory, North Carolina, that he recognized how difficult and stressful it was for him and his team to care for acutely ill or injured children. He has conducted original research concerning the correlation between length and weight in children, from which the “Broselow Tape” was born. He has worked with Dr. Allen Hinkle on the Broselow-Hinkle organizer and co-developed the Broselow tape and subsequent Broselow-Luten System with Robert Luten, MD. Dr. Broselow is currently the president of Color Coding Kids, LLC to which he devotes his full time activities. He has recently taken a position on the faculty of the University of Florida so that he can work more closely with Dr. Luten as they continue to develop their pediatric patient safety system. Through his numerous and significant innovations in pediatric care, the Broselow name has become one of the most widely recognized in the field of emergency medicine. Bob Luten, MD Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine University of Florida Jacksonville, FL  Dr. Luten’s work is in the area of childhood emergencies. He is professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine University of Florida, Shands Jacksonville, and former president of the Society for Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
He has edited several textbooks, and is published in the area of childhood emergencies. He is the author and principal instructor of the pediatric section of the National Emergency Airway Management course. He has taken a leadership role in childhood emergency initiatives in the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, the American College of Emergency Physicians and other national organizations. He was a charter member of the Pediatric Subcommittee on Childhood Resuscitation of the American Heart Association, co-author and co-founder of the PALS and leading author and editor of the APLS jointly sponsored by the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He was the chairman of the “Year of the Child” campaign in 1990, a national promotional effort concerning childhood emergencies directed at the medical community and the lay public. Creator and author of the studies which formed the basis of the Broselow Tape and the Broselow-Luten Color coded System, designed to reduce medical errors and facilitate pediatric medical care. He is considered a pioneer in newly created specialty of pediatric emergency medicine and was a founding board member of that specialty. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. |