Spread the Word
Promotional Material
Incuded below is material to help us spread the word about the Prehospital Pediatric Readiness Project.
If you have ideas for additional resources that could be useful, please email pprp@emscimprovement.center.
Email Example
View an example email announcement for the launch of the EMS Agency Checklist & Toolkit.
Dear prehospital practitioners,
Children are our most precious patients and require specialized care -- but we also get the least amount of experience with them: nearly 50% of EMS agencies see one or fewer pediatric patients a month (National EMSC Data Analysis Center, “EMS for Children Survey,” July 2021). As a result, pediatric patients often provoke discomfort and anxiety among EMS personnel.
In order to help EMS agencies improve their readiness to care for children, the EMSC Innovation & Improvement Center is leading the National Prehospital Pediatric Readiness Project (PPRP). The project is a multi-phase quality improvement collaborative supported by national and federal partners (click here to see all supporting organizations) to ensure that all U.S. EMS agencies have the essential guidelines and resources in place to provide effective emergency care to children.
We are pleased to share that the PPRP has finalized and launched two foundational resources:
- An EMS Agency Checklist. The checklist is based on a joint policy statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American College of Emergency Physicians, Emergency Nurses Association, National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians, and National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians—and a corresponding AAP Technical Report.
- An EMS Agency Toolkit. The more than 80 resources in this toolkit have been curated by a comprehensive team of stakeholders. The resources align with the checklist and the joint policy statement and will help prehospital emergency care providers better understand and achieve the components of pediatric readiness in the prehospital environment.
We encourage you to review these resources and keep an eye out for additional updates. We also welcome you to get involved by partnering with your EMSC State Partnership program manager (contact information can be found here).
Access the checklist & toolkit
To learn more about the PPRP, visit our website.
Newsletter Sample Blurb
View a sample blurb for a newsletter to promote the EMS Agency Checklist & Toolkit.
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