Participant testimonials

“EMS needs help on improving our pediatric readiness. We are so overwhelmed and understaffed that this often gets pushed to the back burner of priorities, unfortunately. I think there are some great learning points in the questions you asked.” - Paramedic/EMS Director

“This survey has given our agency a lot of information. We are currently updating all our policies to be more specific in many of the areas discussed in this survey.” - EMT, Volunteer Fire Department

“I definitely think it gives you a better perspective of how ready or not ready you are. We felt like we were probably pretty ready for pediatrics, we deal with them somewhat regularly, but definitely the assessment kind of opened our eyes to some weaknesses we never anticipated.” -EMS Chief

“It is a simple way to gauge your agency’s ability to adequately serve your pediatric populations.” -Logistics Officer

"I think it gives a neutral outside view of what your agency is actually capable of. Everybody thinks their agency is going to be the best and ready to handle anything. But using this assessment gives you that outside, 300-foot view of what you are actually capable of doing." - EMS Chief

“It is not overly time-consuming. I think people see surveys and get discouraged, because they think ‘oh my gosh, this is going to take me three weeks to put all this stuff together.’ But it’s not overly time-consuming.” -Training Captain and PECC

"It was a very big benefit to us. It did help identify those areas with improvements we could do and really gave us the chance to do some good self-reflection on our agency and our processes as a whole. So, I’m actually thankful for it.” - EMS Chief

“I think this information is invaluable. It's highly important for people to fill this out.” -EMS Executive Director

“This survey has identified a significant lack of pediatric attention, and we will certainly be addressing our shortcomings immediately.” - Chief, Volunteer Fire Department