Prehospital Practitioners

This section includes example policies and templates.

Various national organizations policy statements highlighting the scope of issues being addressed in both emergency medicine and pediatrics.

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

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)

(Pediatric Assessment) Pediatric Life Support (PLS) courses and instructional programs are educational tools developed to teach resuscitation and stabilization of children who are critically ill or injured. A number of PLS courses have been developed …

(Pediatric Assessment) Abstract: The Pediatric Assessment Triangle (PAT) has become the cornerstone for the Pediatric Education for Prehospital Professionals course, sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics. This concept for emergency assessment of children has …

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 …

Pediatric Assessment 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 …

Published online October 6, 2016. Taylor & Francis login needed to access full resource.

Approved January 2016