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Is your health system or ED experiencing the pediatric respiratory surge? Find resources from Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR)’s Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE): Engaging Healthcare System Partners in Medical Surge | Patient Surge in Disasters: A Hospital Toolkit for Expanding Resources in Emergencies

Amidst Capacity Crisis, Pediatric Readiness Reaches New Ground

Pediatric readiness is making headlines and reaching an international audience — against the backdrop of a national pediatric surge crisis. Read more.

Register for the ED STOP Suicide QI Collaborative

The free quality improvement (QI) collaborative aims to empower ED-based teams to optimize care processes for children and adolescents presenting with acute suicidality. Learn more.

Introducing the 2022 EMSC Fellows

The 2022 cohort includes 15 fellows who span across disciplines and were selected from across the country. Learn more.

Meet Our New State Partnership Program Managers

The EMSC Program is excited to welcome new State Partnership program managers in Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and South Carolina. Learn more.

Patient and Family Perspectives

Featuring members of EMSC’s Family Advisory Network (FAN).

Name: Nickol O'Toole

State: New York

Why did you become a FAN? “I wanted to become a FAN to help educate parents in becoming advocates for their children.”

What is the most important thing for emergency practitioners to know about caring for children in emergencies? “The most important thing for emergency practitioners to know about caring for children in emergencies is not to go into a scene with blinders on. They need to take in everything about the child, ask the parents the appropriate questions and look at the atmosphere that the child is in. Always be respectful to the families and or guardians of the child, as this is a stressful time not only for the patient but for the family as well.“

Resources Round-Up:

Featured resource: The EIIC Trauma Domain paper, “Establishing national stakeholder priorities for quality improvement in pediatric trauma care: Consensus results using a modified Delphi process,” underscored the importance of implementing minimum pediatric standards for injury care, frontline provider training, stabilization protocols, imaging guidelines, and local pediatric champions. Read more.

Policy statements

AAP, ACEP, ENA: Optimizing Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency Care Setting

Condition-specific resources

Pediatric Education and Advocacy Kits: Agitation, Suicide, Pain

Disaster resources

ReadyKids/American Red Cross: “Prepare with Pedro” youth preparedness program
Ready.gov: Coping with Disaster

EMSC grantee resources

State Partnership Program Manager Welcome Kit
Southeast Texas Regional Advisory Council: Online Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator Workshops (Must create account)

Other resources

HRSA: Maternal and Infant Health Mapping Tool
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report: Supporting Children with Disabilities: Lessons from the Pandemic
The Violence Project: K-12 School Shooting Database

Upcoming Events, Conferences, Deadlines:

Second annual Midwest EMSC Pediatric Champion/PECC Symposium - Nov. 2 (Prehospital providers) and Nov. 3 (Hospital and ED providers)
National EMS Advisory Council meeting - Nov. 2-3
National Conference on EMS - Nov. 3-5
State Partnerships Notice of Funding Opportunity - Nov. 7 deadline
American Heart Association, AAP, and the Citizen CPR Foundation webinar: “AHA Virtual Town Hall: A Conversation about Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Pediatric Cardiac Arrest,” Nov. 10
NAEMSE: “A Toolkit’s Educational Resources to Increase Prehospital Pediatric Readiness for EMS Educators” webinar - Nov. 10
FemInPEM - Nov. 11
National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference - Nov. 29 - Dec. 1
ACS Trauma Quality Improvement Program Annual Conference - Dec. 11-13
ED STOP Suicide QI Collaborative registration deadline - Jan. 13
Save the date! ACS Trauma Quality Improvement Program pediatric readiness webinar - Jan. 25

Honors & Awards

Brooke Lerner PhD, FAEMS, founding leader of the PECARN prehospital node, is being honored with the establishment of the E. Brooke Lerner Research Fund at the NAEMSP.
Mary Fallat, MD, FACAS, FAAP, an EIIC Advisory Board member, past EMSC Targeted Issues Grant principal investigator (PI), and a Pediatric Pandemic Network site PI, received the AAP Bartholome Award for Ethical Excellence.
Mark X. Cicero, MD, FAAP, Targeted Issues Grant PI and domain co-lead within the Pediatric Pandemic Network, received the 2022 NAEMT-AAP/Handtevy Pediatric EMS Award.

Action Opportunities:

AAP is recruiting primary care clinicians and other health professionals in rural, frontier, and underserved areas who serve pediatric populations in those areas to join an eight-month ECHO on Rural Pediatrics: Anxiety and Depression. The deadline to register is Nov. 10. Learn more.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is soliciting applications for appointment to the National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council. Applications are due Nov. 10. Learn more.
ACEP’s Scientific Assembly Course Proposal Form is open. The deadline to submit content is Nov. 11. Learn more.
The New York State Alliance for the Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse are calling for papers for their 2023 Annual Joint Conference, Working Together For A Safer Tomorrow. The deadline is Dec. 1. Learn more .

Five Stories Worth Reading

As Hospitals Close Children’s Units, Where Does That Leave Lachlan? - New York Times, Oct. 11 (featuring pediatric readiness and Kate Remick, MD)
What’s behind an increase in closures of pediatric units - PBS NewsHour, Oct. 15 (highlights 2018 pediatric readiness paper)
An autistic teen needed mental health help. He spent weeks in an ER instead. - Washington Post, Oct. 20
We May Have Only a Few Months to Prevent the Next Pandemic - New York Times, Oct. 24
Is the US facing a potential 'tripledemic' of flu, RSV and COVID-19? - ABC News, Oct. 26

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