Patients & Families

Thank you for participating in the 2021 national assessment. 3,647 emergency departments across the county responded to the assessment. View national and state response rates here. The National Pediatric Readiness Project is a multi-phase quality …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Pediatric Readiness is ensuring that every EMS agency and emergency department has the right equipment, supplies, medications and training to provide high-quality emergency care for children. Every Child. Every Day. It is addressing system-level issues—policies, …