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Advocacy

The goal of EIIC Advocacy Domain is to support and enable all people who care about children in emergencies to communicate views and concerns with decision makers, and access and disseminate high-quality information about evidence-based …

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The goal of EIIC Advocacy Domain is to support and enable all people who care …

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Pediatric Disaster Preparedness Toolkit

FEATURED RESOURCEChecklist of Essential Pediatric Domains and Considerations for Every Hospital’s Disaster Preparedness PoliciesThis checklist is an update to the original 2014 checklist and seeks to expand its utility. It is intended as a tool …

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Advocacy Disaster Hospital Prehospital Trauma

FEATURED RESOURCEChecklist of Essential Pediatric Domains and Considerations for Every Hospital’s Disaster Preparedness PoliciesThis checklist …

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Guidelines and General Resources

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Bereavement Support Resources for Families and Professionals

Presented February 20, 2019 Fatality Review personnel, caregivers, and workers dealing with bereaved families often express their need to know more about how to communicate with and provide services for families following an infant or …

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Presented February 20, 2019 Fatality Review personnel, caregivers, and workers dealing with bereaved families often …

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Patient- and Family-Centered Care Toolkit

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 …

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Advocacy Hospital Prehospital Trauma

Patient- and family-centered care is an innovative approach to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of …

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Cultural Competency Toolkit

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 …

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Cultural and linguistic competence is the ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures. …

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Coalition Building Toolkit

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 …

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Advocacy Hospital Prehospital State Partnerships

A coalition is an alliance of diverse groups joined together for the purpose of affecting …

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New Checklist Aims to Help Families Communicate with the Provider About School Options

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Family Advisory Network

In 1999, the EMSC Program created the Family Advisory Network (FAN) to facilitate the inclusion of family representatives in state EMSC programs. Today, the FAN membership includes family representatives from most states and U.S. territories. …

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In 1999, the EMSC Program created the Family Advisory Network (FAN) to facilitate the inclusion …

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Families and Caregivers

Getting Started, Staying Involved: An EMSC Toolkit for Family Representatives Developed specifically for EMSC family representatives, this document contains advice for families on how to work with state EMSC advisory committees and program managers to …

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Getting Started, Staying Involved: An EMSC Toolkit for Family Representatives Developed specifically for EMSC family …

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All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Toolkit

Unintentional injuries -- the number one killer of children -- occur in many ways, including all-terrain vehicle (ATV) crashes. The American Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend use of an ATV by a child younger …

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Unintentional injuries -- the number one killer of children -- occur in many ways, including …

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