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Pediatric Healthcare Heroes
Do you know someone that goes above and beyond for children or has done something extraordinary for a child? If so, please nominate that pediatric healthcare hero! iEMSC will be taking nominations all year long for the amazing work that happens on behalf of children all over the State of Indiana.
Please make your nomination today! All nominations will be considered for the 2016 Healthcare Heroes Awards breakfast. You can nominate your healthcare hero by completing this
nomination form and then emailing it to Courtney VanJelgerhuis at
courtney.vanjelgerhuis@indianapolisems.org
Pediatric Care Coordinator
Indiana EMSC is committed to providing support and technical consultation to organizations interested in developing a Pediatric Care Coordinator role. We are in the process of developing a quarterly newsletter designed specifically to support the role of Pediatric Care Coordination. Each edition will focus on specific, achievable and impactful areas for improvement. To sign up for this newsletter, please contact Courtney VanJelgerhuis, Indiana EMSC Program Manager.
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PEDIATRIC ADVOCATE CORNER
This section or our newsletter is focused on highlighting information from the Pediatric Readiness Survey that our emergency departments participated in during 2014. Results for Indiana, as well as nationally, demonstrate that there is a real need for us to improve our readiness to care for children. The EMSC National Resource Center has created a Pediatric Readiness Toolkit to assist emergency departments with this process (download this toolkit by clicking on the checklist above).
Training and competency to provide quality care for a child is important for every staff member that could care for a child in the ED. Below is a list of things to consider when determining if your staff are properly trained and ready to care for any child that may enter the emergency department:
- Age-appropriate interactions and interventions with all ages of children
- What assures that a physician is 'competent' to care for children in the ED?
- What assures that a nurse is 'competent' to care for children in the ED?
- Does your ED conduct baseline and periodic evaluations for all ED clinical staff, including physicians, nurses and mid-level practitioners to include pediatric competency?
- Are physicians required to perform a minimum number of pediatric sedations to maintain competency?
- Are staff required to take part in periodic chart reviews of pediatric patients to assure consistency with evidence-based practice?
- Do ancillary staff (RT, lab, x-ray, etc) have the necessary skills and comfort level to care for children?
- Are all staff trained to provide services to children consistent with the services offered by the hospital overall?
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Burn Awareness Week - Scald Injury Prevention
February 1-7, 2016 is Burn Awareness Week and the focus of this week is Scald Injury Prevention. The American Burn Association National Scald Prevention Campaign has put together the
www.flashsplash.org to help bring awareness to this important injury prevention. According to American Burn Association "
In 2013, an estimated 68,536 scald burn injuries associated with consumer household appliances and products (e.g. stoves, coffee makers, tableware, cookware, bathtubs, etc.) were seen in hospital emergency rooms in the U.S.; 15,588 (23%) of these occurred to children 4 years old and younger."
Important facts from the ABA:
- Over 300 children are seen in the emergency rooms and 2 children die each day from burn injuries
- 85 - 90% of scald burns are related to cooking/drinking/serving hot liquids.
- An estimated 9 - 20% of cooking-related burn injuries occur to young children while pulling hot food/liquids from microwave ovens.
- An overwhelming 84% majority of scald burns occur in the home, compared to 73% for other types of burns.
- Scald burns (from hot water, other liquids, and steam) comprise 34% of overall burn injuries admitted to U.S. burn centers. However, 62% of these occur to children less than 5 years old.
- Between 2007 - 2013, the proportion of burn center admissions due to scald burns has continued to increase each year (from 29.8% to 33.7%).
- Set your water heater at 120 degrees F/48 degrees C or just below the medium setting.
- Use a thermometer to test the water coming out of your bath water tap.
- Run your hand through bath water to test for hot spots.
- Use back burners and turn pot handles toward the back of the stove so children cannot pull them down.
- Use oven mitts when cooking or handling hot food and drinks.
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Stir and test food cooked in the microwave before serving. Open heated containers away from you from back to front.
- Keep children away from the stove when cooking by using a safety gate for younger children and marking with tape a 3-foot "no-kid zone" for older children.
- Keep hot drinks away from the edge of tables and counters and avoid using tablecloths and placemats.
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Use a "travel mug" with a tight-fitting lid for all hot drinks.
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Never hold or carry a child while you have a hot drink in your hand.
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