TY - JOUR
T1 - Pediatric readiness in emergency medical services systems
AU - Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine
AU - Owusu-Ansah, Sylvia
AU - Moore, Brian
AU - Shah, Manish I.
AU - Gross, Toni
AU - Brown, Kathleen
AU - Gausche-Hill, Marianne
AU - Remick, Katherine
AU - Adelgais, Kathleen
AU - Rappaport, Lara
AU - Snow, Sally
AU - Wright-Johnson, Cynthia
AU - Leonard, Julie C.
AU - Lyng, John
AU - Fallat, Mary
AU - Wright, Joseph
AU - Callahan, James
AU - del Rey, Javier Gonzalez
AU - Joseph, Madeline
AU - Lane, Natalie
AU - Lee, Lois
AU - Mack, Elizabeth
AU - Marin, Jennifer
AU - Mazor, Suzan
AU - Timm, Nathan
AU - Eisenberg, Andrew
AU - Macias, Charles
AU - Saidinejad, Mohsen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by the American Academy of Pediatrics
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - Ill and injured children have unique needs that can be magnified when the child's ailment is serious or life-threatening. This is especially true in the out-of-hospital environment. Providing high-quality out-of-hospital care to children requires an emergency medical services (EMS) system infrastructure designed to support the care of pediatric patients. As in the emergency department setting, it is important that all EMS agencies have the appropriate resources, including physician oversight, trained and competent staff, education, policies, medications, equipment, and supplies, to provide effective emergency care for children. Resource availability across EMS agencies is variable, making it essential that EMS medical directors, administrators, and personnel collaborate with outpatient and hospital-based pediatric experts, especially those in emergency departments, to optimize prehospital emergency care for children. The principles in the policy statement “Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Medical Services Systems” and this accompanying technical report establish a foundation on which to build optimal pediatric care within EMS systems and serve as a resource for clinical and administrative EMS leaders.
AB - Ill and injured children have unique needs that can be magnified when the child's ailment is serious or life-threatening. This is especially true in the out-of-hospital environment. Providing high-quality out-of-hospital care to children requires an emergency medical services (EMS) system infrastructure designed to support the care of pediatric patients. As in the emergency department setting, it is important that all EMS agencies have the appropriate resources, including physician oversight, trained and competent staff, education, policies, medications, equipment, and supplies, to provide effective emergency care for children. Resource availability across EMS agencies is variable, making it essential that EMS medical directors, administrators, and personnel collaborate with outpatient and hospital-based pediatric experts, especially those in emergency departments, to optimize prehospital emergency care for children. The principles in the policy statement “Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Medical Services Systems” and this accompanying technical report establish a foundation on which to build optimal pediatric care within EMS systems and serve as a resource for clinical and administrative EMS leaders.
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U2 - 10.1542/PEDS.2019-3308
DO - 10.1542/PEDS.2019-3308
M3 - Article
C2 - 31857378
AN - SCOPUS:85077404459
SN - 0031-4005
VL - 145
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
IS - 1
M1 - e20193308
ER -