Louisiana ESF-8 Health & Medical Preparedness and Response Network: Pediatric Disaster Surge Annex
The purpose of this Pediatric Surge Annex is to guide the state level planning and response as well as provide local medical services guidance on safe, coordinated care and transfer of children 17 years of age and younger in the case of a (pediatric) emergency that overwhelms the local health care system(s). This annex is designed to support, not replace, any agency or facility’s existing policies/plans to increase pediatric capacity and capabilities in an emergency response.
