Patients & Families

The EMSC Pulse Newsletter is a digest of program news and activities. Each issue includes a wealth of information about the pediatric emergency medical care community. EMSC Pulse is published about every 4 weeks by …

The National Pediatric Readiness Project is a multi-phase quality improvement initiative to ensure that all U.S. emergency departments have the essential guidelines and resources in place to provide effective emergency care to children. The NPRP …

National EMS Week is generally celebrated during the third week of May, and Wednesday of that week is set aside for National EMS for Children Day. National EMS Week, authorized by President Gerald Ford in …

The EIIC Disaster Domain seeks to support EMSC grantees and stakeholders to better prepare for disasters in a way that takes the specific needs of children into consideration. It offers a variety of resources and …

We want to meet your pediatric disaster planning needs. If you can't find what you're looking for, click the button below to get technical assistance from national pediatric disaster experts. Access our COVID-19 resources This …

The EIIC is focused on improving outcomes for children in emergency situations by using improvement science as the basis for our efforts to address known gaps in the US healthcare system. Our aim is to …

Pain is an extremely complex and individualized phenomenon for each of us. But for children, both the assessment and management of pediatric pain can be a real challenge for health care providers. Recognizing characteristic indicators …

Without the necessary pediatric medical equipment and supplies, healthcare professionals are limited in the quality of care they can provide to our nation’s children. It is thus imperative that prehospital emergency care providers, emergency department …

Patient- and family-centered care is an innovative approach to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of health care that is grounded in mutually beneficial partnerships among health care patients, families, and providers. Patient- and family-centered care …

Cultural and linguistic competence is the ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures. Culture refers to the integrated patterns of human behavior that include the language, thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and …