ED Toolkit

• Importance of the Pediatric Care Coordinator
• Role Responsibilities of a MD ED Coordinator
  • EM/PEM
• Role Responsibilities of a Nursing ED Coordinator
  • Example Job Descriptions/Policies
    • Pediatric Coordinator (University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Job Description)
    • Pediatric Nurse Liaison (LA County Policy)
  • CEN/CPEN/CPN/CCRN
• Is Your ED Ready for Children? Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinators Lead the Way to Readiness! This webinar shares data supporting the need for pediatric emergency care coordinators (PECC), as well as strategies employed to identify and assure availability of PECCs in the EDs of a large hospital system.
• Sample Elevator Pitch for Pediatric Champions

Revised in 2020 by:

• Mohsen Saidinejad, MD, MBA, FAAP, FACEP
• Sam Shahid, MBBS, MPH

• Equipment Competency Validation Record
• Physical Assessment Skills Checklist (Pediatric)
• Orientation Knowledge and Skills Checklist for the Registered Nurse
• Clinical Practice Pathways
• AHA: PALS and PEARS
• Lurie Children's Hospital Disaster Exercises
• SBAR Tool
• TeamSTEPPS

Revised in 2020 by:

• Marc Auerbach, MD, FAAP, MSc
• Catherine Olson, MSN, RN
• Mohsen Saidinejad, MD, MBA, FAAP, FACEP
• Theresa A. Walls, MD, MPH

Site Assessment and Checklist:

• Check Your Pediatric Preparedness *

Disease Specific QI tools:

• Example QI Plan: Illinois EMSC Pediatric Mild Traumatic Head Injury

QI Data Analysis and QI Education:

• HCA Pediatric Readiness Gap Analysis (Example)
• Rapid-Cycle Improvement: Controlling Change
• Quality Improvement Concepts
• Pediatric Readiness Data: An Opportunity to Improve Quality of Care in Your Emergency Department. This webinar, occurring on December 17, 2014, defined quality improvement, highlighted key components of the quality improvement process, and discussed how to apply essential quality improvement methodologies to improve pediatric emergency care using the National Pediatric Readiness data.

Revised in 2020 by:

• Sujit Iyer, MD
• Elizabeth Stone, PhD, RN, FAEN, CPEN, CHSE

Illness and Injury Triage

Pediatric Assessment and Reassessment

Documentation of Vital Signs

Immunization Assessment

Sedation and Analgesia

Consent

Social and Mental Health Issues

Physical or Chemical Restraint of Patients

Child Maltreatment

Death of the Child in the ED

Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders

Family-Centered Care

Communication with Primary Care Providers

Medical Imaging

Children with Special Healthcare Needs

Telehealth and Telecommunications

• Checklist of Essential Pediatric Domains and Considerations for Every Hospital’s Disaster Preparedness Policies (2022)

ENA Related Statements:

• Disaster Planning: Preparing for Pediatric Surges

Currently under revision by:

• Steve Krug, MD

• PECARN Publications
• TREKK (Translating Emergency Knowledge for Kids)
• AHA Pediatric Resuscitation
• AHA Neonatal Resuscitation

The Interfacility Transfer Toolkit is currently under revisions - check back soon!

• eBroselow System
  (Disclaimer: This is a commercial product, but the resource development working group found it to have a substantial potential to reduce medication errors.)
• Pediatric Resuscitation and Emergency Medications - Excel Calculator
• Quick Reference Code Cards
  (Developed by UCLA Harbor Medical Center, these code cards include reference information about pediatric sedation, intubation, vitals, medications, equipment, EKGs, and status epileptics.)
• Key Points on Medication Errors
• Wong Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale
• Pediatric early warning scores (PEWS)
• Emergency Severity Index (ESI): A Triage Tool for Emergency Departments - Chapter 5. The Role of Vital Signs in ESI Triage
• The FLACC: A Behavioral Scale for Scoring Postoperative Pain in Young Children

Revised in 2020 by:

• Toni Gross, MD, MPH, FAAP
• Madeline Joseph, MD, FAAP, FACEP

• 2020 ED Checklist