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The NPRP Toolkit content is organized by the seven domains of pediatric readiness: Administration and Coordination; Healthcare Provider Competencies; Quality Improvement; Policies and Procedures; Patient Safety; Support Services; and Equipment, Supplies, and Medications. The tools …

Children have unique physiological, emotional, and developmental characteristics that require specialized emergency care. Pediatric Readiness is ensuring that every EMS agency and emergency department has the pediatric-specific champions, competencies, policies, equipment, and other resources needed …

The purpose of this community of practice (COP) is to support State Partnership teams increase and support their state/territory PECC networks. Goals: Due to the August 9, 2022 release of the EMSC State Partnership Notice …

Didn't have a chance to take the 2021 national assessment?OR do you want to reassess your emergency department?Take the 2021 NPRP Assessment here. The National Pediatric Readiness Project is a multi-phase quality improvement initiative to …

Purpose: to form a cohort of EMSC State Partnership Grant recipients to participate in a learning collaborative to demonstrate effective, replicable strategies which will increase the number of local EMS agencies with a pediatric emergency …

The next Telehealth Collaborative Community of Practice is on January 25th at 3:00 CT and is open to everyone! Save the date on your calendar and click here to join us! The EMS for Children …

The National Pediatric Readiness Project (NPRP) is a national quality improvement initiative co-led by the Health Resources Services Administration’s (HRSA) Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Program, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College …

The NPRP assessment includes questions for hospital EDs around: This assessment can only be completed once per ED; we strongly encourage ED nurse managers to review it with their ED leadership before submitting their responses …

This checklist is based on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) 2018 joint policy statement “Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department”. Use this tool …

Carolina Roberts-Santana provides an overview of Rhode Island’s experience with the 2018-2019 PECC Learning Collaborative and progress made since the end of the Collaborative, to include evaluation of Collaborative work, PECC certification & inclusion in …

An individual(s) who is responsible for coordinating pediatric specific activities. A designated individual(s) who coordinates pediatric emergency care need not be dedicated solely to this role; it can be an individual(s) already in place who …

This section includes various resources for both EMSC State Partnership Program Managers (to help with recruitment of PECCs) and Prehospital PECCs (to assist in support of your EMS agency(ies). Click here if you are an …

A coalition is an alliance of diverse groups joined together for the purpose of affecting a specific change or achieving a goal that they would be otherwise unable to realize as independent individuals or separate …