Prehospital Practitioners

The purpose of this document is to provide healthcare professionals with key facts and recommendations for treating pain in children. This summary was co-produced by the pain content advisors for TREKK, Dr. Samina Ali of …

Health care providers play a vital role in preparing families of children and youth with disabilities in their community. These resources are designed to position your community to “Be Ready” for disaster. Using these materials …

The Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill has worked to create a semi-interactive document that allows for easier access to resources, information, and instructions on how to treat …

This webpage provides details on, and resources for, the EMSC Family Advisory Network (FAN), a network developed to facilitate the inclusion of family representatives in the EMSC program.

Focuses on providing leadership for implementing core components of a system of care for children with special healthcare needs – includes definitions and principles of family-centered care and also a family-centered care self-assessment tools for …

This is a five-part mini-series on pediatric seizures, made for YOU the paramedic. We want to ensure that all children in the United States and its Territories consistently receive appropriate, effective, and timely pediatric emergency …

Control of pain and stress for children is a vital component of emergency medical care. Timely administration of analgesia affects the entire emer- gency medical experience and can have a lasting effect on a child’s …

This clinical report is a revision of “Preparing for Pediatric Emergencies: Drugs to Consider.” It updates the list, indications, and dosages of medications used to treat pediatric emergencies in the prehospital, pediatric clinic, and emergency …

This clinical report is a revision of “Preparing for Pediatric Emergencies: Drugs to Consider.” It updates the list, indications, and dosages of medications used to treat pediatric emergencies in the prehospital, pediatric clinic, and emergency …

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

Behavioral skills are interpersonal behaviors that connect to successful performance. Examples include providing patient- and family-centered care, being culturally aware, and using principles of team-based care.

Tips for the safe transport of children.

Tips for the safe transport of children.

Seven-part webinar series presented by Dr. Marianne Gausche-Hill on the Safe Control of the Agitated Patient

Dr. Ilene Claudius discusses agitation in the neurodivergent patient with Dr. Alice Kuo, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and of …

Suicide and suicidal behavior among youth and young adults is a major public health crisis. Clinicians, adults working with youth in school and community settings, families and peers can play a critical role in identifying …

The PEAK: Pain podcast series focuses on different aspects of assessing, managing, and supporting the pediatric patient in pain. This series was coproduced by the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC) …

Dr. Mike Patrick, Dr DJ Scherzer, and child life specialist, Courtney Hall discuss pediatric pain from the family perspective. Acute pain not only impacts children; it also affects the entire family. Learn why and how …

Part four of a seven-part webinar series on the safe control of the agitated patient presented by Dr. Marianne Gausche-Hill. This video provides an overview of the assessment of the agitated pediatric patient.

This resource includes various strategies that can be utilized to de-escalate an agitated pediatric patient.