Prehospital Practitioners

There is an ever-growing population of children with special health care needs ranging from children with pervasive developmental disorders to technology-dependent children. The prehospital provider, local emergency medical services agencies, and the state and federal …

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 …

Learning Objectives: 1) Accurately triage patients using the local triage strategy 2) Explain the rationale behind each of their triage decisions 3) When necessary, correctly manage the airway and assess the pulse of disaster victims. …

Learning Objectives: 1) Accurately triage patients using the local triage strategy 2) Explain the rationale behind each of their triage decisions 3) When necessary, correctly manage the airway and assess the pulse of disaster victims. …

Learning Objectives: 1) Accurately triage patients using the local triage strategy 2) Explain the rationale behind each of their triage decisions 3) When necessary, correctly manage the airway and assess the pulse of disaster victims …

Created by the AAP Disaster Preparedness Advisory Council Subcommittee on Reunification Planning in collaboration with the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Disaster Medicine. This planning tool focuses on providing guidance to hospitals that will help …

Created by the AAP Disaster Preparedness Advisory Council Subcommittee on Reunification Planning in collaboration with the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Disaster Medicine. This planning tool focuses on providing guidance to hospitals that will help …

SAEM Manuscript, published November 2012. Objectives: Reuniting children with their families after a disaster poses unique challenges. The objective was to pilot test the ability of a novel image-based tool to assist a parent in …

SAEM Manuscript, published November 2012. Objectives: Reuniting children with their families after a disaster poses unique challenges. The objective was to pilot test the ability of a novel image-based tool to assist a parent in …

From the Illinois EMSC Program. The purpose of the Pediatric Disaster Triage: Utilizing the JumpSTART© Method online educational module is to provide a review of mass casualty incident (MCI) triage concepts and tools such as …

From the Michigan Bureau of EMS & Trauma. During a disaster or pandemic illness, hospitals may receive critically ill or injured children and be charged to triage, treat and stabilize them while awaiting assistance 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 HHS Office on Child Abuse and Neglect: This manual builds the foundation for successful outcomes when first responders encounter incidents, including disaster situations, in which child maltreatment might be suspected.

This video game - focuses on prehospital triage of pediatric and adult disaster victims. You are a paramedic responding to a series of multiple casualty incidents that have occurred in your city. Fire personnel are …