Prehospital Practitioners

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 …

The Pediatric Emergency Care Council (PECC) of the National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO) discerned a need for a simple tool to help State EMS Offices identify where possible gaps might still exist in …

From the Missouri Bureau of EMS

This session will focus on the fundamental basics for Child Death Review (CDR), including common team members and composition; best practices for selecting cases to review; process for conducting the review; the role of data; …

Child Maltreatment, A Sample Policy for the Care of Children in the ED (includes information on how EMS providers can gather data to report to ED)

Reference card from New York EMSC (March 2003)

Abstract: There are 12 million children in the United States with special health care needs. Improvements in medical technology, managed care, and changing social views about the institutionalization of children have all contributed to an …

Cognitive skills are the core skills your brain uses to think and reason. Examples of these include use of the Pediatric Assessment Triangle (PAT) and interpretation of physical exam findings of acutely ill and injured …

Health care communication is a skill that is critical to safe and effective medical practice; it can and must be taught. Communication skill influences patient disclosure, treatment adherence and outcome, adaptation to illness, and bereavement. …

These communication cards, originally created by the Minnesota EMSC Program, have been adapted by a few states. Each version is available here.