Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Medical Services Systems

Brian Moore; Manish I Shah; Sylvia Owusu-Ansah; Toni Gross; Kathleen Brown; Marianne Gausche-Hill; Katherine Remick; Kathleen Adelgais; John Lyng; Lara Rappaport; Sally Snow; Cynthia Wright-Johnson; Julie C Leonard; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS COMMITTEE ON PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND SECTION ON EMERGENCY MEDICINE EMS SUBCOMMITTEE; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COMMITTEE; EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION PEDIATRIC COMMITTEE; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PHYSICIANS STANDARDS AND CLINICAL PRACTICE COMMITTEE; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS EMERGENCY PEDIATRIC CARE COMMITTEE

doi:10.1542/peds.2019-3307

Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Medical Services Systems

Pediatrics. 2020 Jan;145(1):e20193307. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-3307.

Authors

Brian Moore¹, Manish I Shah², Sylvia Owusu-Ansah³, Toni Gross⁴, Kathleen Brown^{5

6}, Marianne Gausche-Hill⁷, Katherine Remick^{8

9

10}, Kathleen Adelgais¹¹, John Lyng¹², Lara Rappaport¹³, Sally Snow¹⁴, Cynthia Wright-Johnson¹⁵, Julie C Leonard¹⁶; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS COMMITTEE ON PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE AND SECTION ON EMERGENCY MEDICINE EMS SUBCOMMITTEE; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COMMITTEE; EMERGENCY NURSES ASSOCIATION PEDIATRIC COMMITTEE; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PHYSICIANS STANDARDS AND CLINICAL PRACTICE COMMITTEE; NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS EMERGENCY PEDIATRIC CARE COMMITTEE

Collaborators

Joseph Wright, Terry Adirim, Michael S D Agus, James Callahan, Toni Gross, Natalie Lane, Lois Lee, Suzan Mazor, Prashant Mahajan, Nathan Timm, Jeffrey Goodloe, Kathleen Brown, Becky Abell, Roy Alson, Kerry Bachista, Lynthia Bowman, Heather Boynton, Sara Ann Brown, Allen Chang, Darby Copeland, Robert De Lorenzo, Derek Douglas, Raymond Fowler, John Gallagher, Sheaffer Gilliam, Frank Guyette, Dustin Holland, Jeffrey Jarvis, Clinton Kalan, Jacob Keeperman, Douglas Kupas, Julio Lairet, Michael Levy, Kristopher Lyon, Craig Manifold, Kristin McCabe-Kline, Howard Mell, Brian Miller, Michael Millin, Brett Rosen, Jared Ross, Kevin Ryan, Stephen Sanko, Shira Schlesinger, Charles Sheppard, Harry Sibold, Sullivan Smith, Michael Spigner, Vincent Stracuzzi, Christopher Tanski, Joseph Tennyson, Chelsea White Iv, David Wilcocks, Allen Yee, Tiffany Young, Joyce Foresman-Capuzzi, Rose Johnson, Heather Martin, Justin Milici, Cam Brandt, Nicholas Nelson, John Lyng, Shannon Watson, Katherine Remick, Ann Dietrich, Kyle Bates, Frank Flake, Gustavo Flores

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
² Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas.
³ Division of Emergency Medical Services, Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Department, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Children's HospitalNew Orleans and Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana.
⁵ Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.
⁶ Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia.
⁷ Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles and Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
⁸ San Marcos Hays County Emergency Medical Services, San Marcos, Texas.
⁹ Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services System, Austin, Texas.
¹⁰ Department of Pediatrics, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
¹¹ Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.
¹² Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center, North Memorial Health Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
¹³ Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care Center, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado.
¹⁴ Pediatric Emergency and Trauma Nursing, Fort Worth, Texas.
¹⁵ Emergency Medical Services for Children, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, Baltimore, Maryland; and.
¹⁶ Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital and College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

PMID: 31857380
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-3307

Abstract

This is a joint policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, Emergency Nurses Association, National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians, and National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians on pediatric readiness in emergency medical services systems.

Publication types

Guideline

MeSH terms

Child
Emergency Medical Services / methods
Emergency Medical Services / organization & administration*
Emergency Medical Services / standards
Humans
Organizational Policy
Pediatrics / organization & administration*
Societies, Medical