(Last updated: January 5, 2025)
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The purpose of the Pediatric Disaster Triage: Utilizing the JumpSTART Method online educational module is to provide a review of mass casualty incident (MCI) triage concepts and tools such as Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) for adults and JumpSTART for children. This training allows participants to learn about these MCI concepts and tools and apply them through interactive scenarios.
It is our hope that pre-hospital, hospital professionals, primary healthcare providers, school nurses, and public health department personnel will utilize these materials to further enhance the care of children during disasters.
This course has been approved for 1.0 continuing education hours (approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health Division of Emergency Medical Services and Highway Safety).
The purpose of this module is to provide education and resources that can assist providers in identifying the needs of unaccompanied pediatric patients during a disaster. This course is designed to build on existing knowledge regarding and outline specific pediatric components that should be incorporated into an organization’s disaster plans in order to address the needs of children. A number of topics will be discussed including:
- Challenges when caring for children in disasters
- Identifying unaccompanied minors
- Child safe areas/pediatric safe areas
- Family information and support centers
- Tracking unaccompanied minors
- Verification of relationship
- Reunification of unaccompanied minors
