For Agency PECCs • EIIC

General Resources

EMSC Prehospital PECC Resource Binder (online version) Rhode Island

PEDReady PEARL (newsletter) Florida

Press Release Wisconsin
This is a Word template that can be tailored to fit your agency's needs and announce the PECC activities at an EMS agency.

Disaster Preparedness

Caring for Children During Disasters: Decontamination (Illinois EMSC)

Caring for Children During Disasters: Identifying, Tracking, and Reunifying Unaccompanied Minors (Illinois EMSC)

Disaster Mental Health Response for Children (Illinois EMSC)

Education, Simulation, & Skills

General Education

Compassionate Options for Pediatric EMS (Kentucky)

EMS Education Toolkit for Pediatrics (NASEMSO)

Identifying Child Abuse Online Module (University of Colorado & Colorado EMSC)

Online Training (various topics from Colorado EMSC & University of Colorado)

Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma Training (Kentucky)

Pediatric Education Toolkit (EIIC)

Education Standards

Pediatric Considerations for Implementing the National EMS Education Standards (NASEMSO)

National EMS Education Standards Instructional Guidelines-Pediatrics

National EMS Education Standards Related to Pediatrics

Scenarios

Paramedic Portfolio and Scenario Based Exam (NREMT)

Pediatric Scenarios Guidebook (Montana)

Skills Workshop Sample (Gaston County EMS Example)

Simulation

ACEP SimBox

APLS Simulation Scenarios

Debrief2Learn

Simulation for PECCs (Presentation from Austin In-Person meeting)

To understand the role of simulation in prehospital training and assessment
To report the components of effective simulation based training
To discuss existing simulation based training interventions for PECCs

Simulation-Based Pediatric Resuscitation Curriculum for Prehospital Providers (MedEd Portal)

Pediatric Simulation Literature

Impact on High-Fidelity Pediatric Simulation on Paramedic Seizure Management (Prehospital Emergency Care)

Comparison of Direct Laryngoscopy to Pediatric King LT-D in Simulated Airways (Pediatric Emergency Care)

Simulation-Based Assessment of Paramedic Pediatric Resuscitation Skills (Prehospital Emergency Care)

Medication Errors in Prehospital Management of Simulated Pediatric Anaphylaxis (Prehospital Emergency Care)

Skills Checklist

Skills Competencies (Gaston County EMS, NC)

Equipment & Supplies

Pediatric Transport Products for Ground Ambulances, V2.2 (NASEMSO, Oct 2020)
This document is a resource for EMS providers to determine existing options for securing infants and children who are transported by ambulance; Inclusion of a product does not imply that it has been deemed “safe” or is endorsed by NASEMSO.

Family-Centered Care

Family-Centered Prehospital Care: Partnering with Families to Improve Care (NAEMT)

Patient- and Family-Centered Care Toolbox (EIIC)

Pediatric Care Coordination Curriculum: An Interprofessional Resource to Effectively Engage Patients and Families in Achieving Optimal Child Health Outcomes, 2nd Edition (National Resource Center for Patient/Family-Centered Medical Home and the National Center for Care Coordination Technical Assistance)
Designed to build capacity among diverse stakeholders, the curriculum also provides tools to measure care coordination activities and support continuous quality improvement efforts, and can be used for all populations of children, including those with special health care needs.

Literature on Family-Centered Care

The Ask Me to Explain Campaign: A 90-Day Intervention to Promote Patient and Family Involvement in Care in a Pediatric Emergency Department (The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety)

Family-Centered Pediatric Emergency Care: A Framework for Measuring What Parents Want and Value (Academic Pediatrics)

Family Member Presence in the Pediatric Emergency Department (Current Opinion in Pediatrics)

Interactions Between Children and Pediatric Nurses at the Emergency Department: A Swedish Interview Study (Journal of Pediatric Nursing)

One Pediatric Emergency Department's Successful Approach to Family-Centered Care (Journal of Emergency Nursing)

Patient- and Family-Centered Care Coordination: A Framework for Integrating Care for Children and Youth Across Multiple Systems (AAP Policy Statement)

Pediatric Emergency Mass Critical Care: Focus on Family Centered Care (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

Prehospital Providers' Perception on Providing Patient and Family Centered Care (Prehospital Emergency Care)

Guidelines & Evidence-Based Medicine

Guidelines & Protocols

National Model EMS Clinical Guidelines, V3.0 (NASEMSO)

Alabama EMS Patient Care Protocols (pediatric protocols have a specific font, size, and color)

Maine EMS Pediatric Transports

Michigan Protocols: Obstetrics and Pediatrics

Wisconsin Pediatric Guidelines

Evidence-Based Guidelines Literature

The Implementation and Evaluation of an Evidence-Based Statewide Prehospital Pain Management Protocol (Prehospital Emergency Care)

Multi-Center Evaluation of Prehospital Opioid Pain Management in Injured Children (Prehospital Emergency Care)

Injury Prevention

Child Ready Home Safety Tool (New Mexico EMSC)
Available on the web or as an app. This visual and interactive tool will educate parent and caregivers to identify common hazards at home and provide safety tips and information to prevent childhood injuries at home.

Evidence-based and Evidence-informed Strategies for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (CSN)