Prehospital Practitioners

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: Sections III.D.13. and, V.B.2.)

Example guidelines/protocols from state EMS offices. (section last updated July 11, 2022)

Example guidelines/protocols from state EMS offices. (section last updated July 11, 2022)

This section includes webinars and information related to the safe transportation of children in ground ambulances.

Example protocols and guidelines. Evidence-based included/noted when available.

In 2019, the EIIC convened a Prehospital Pediatric Readiness Project Steering Committee to guide and plan next steps for pediatric readiness in the prehospital setting. This included identifying gaps and priority areas of focus and …

The Pediatric Tabletop Exercise Resource Kit provides step by step guidance to prepare for and implement a pediatric tabletop exercise in a community. Templates are provided for agendas, email invitations, and follow-up work. Additional resources …

Children with chronic medical conditions rely on complex management plans for problems that cause them to be at increased risk for subop- timal outcomes in emergency situations. The emergency information form (EIF) is a medical …

AAP Policy Statement: Organizational Principles to Guide and Define the Child Health Care System and/or Improve the Health of all Children. Pediatrics (2021) 147 (5): e2021050787. Free access

This multiorganizational literature review was undertaken to provide an evidence base for determining whether recommendations for out-of-hospital termination of resuscitation could be made for children who are victims of traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest. Although there is …