Pediatric Education and Advocacy Kit (PEAK): Multisystem Trauma

This document consolidates national guidelines and expert panel recommendations to offer healthcare professionals concise, evidence-based practices for optimizing pediatric trauma imaging and guiding treatment decisions for head, cervical spine, thoracic, and abdominal injuries.

Provides healthcare professionals with a summary of essential guidelines and recommendations for imaging pediatric trauma patients.

This clinical resource offers evidence-based strategies for managing pediatric hemorrhagic shock and implementing massive transfusion protocols, focusing on rapid assessment, fluid resuscitation, and blood product administration to enhance patient outcomes and standardize care.

Key management and care strategies to ensure optimal resuscitation of pediatric traumatic brain injury patients.

The ACS 2021 National Guidelines for the Field Triage of Injured Patients are a set of evidence-based protocols designed to assist EMS clinicians in making informed decisions about the most appropriate transport destinations for injured patients.

English and Spanish Infographics on things parents can say and do to help their child cope with an injury.

Website with interactive and printable tools with quick tips and guidance to help parents and children make a full emotional and physical recovery after an injury.

Provides information to youth about how to talk about medical trauma with others. This tip sheet includes a scenario to read that describes how therapy helped the youth in the story. It includes a fill in the blank section, a drawing exercise, and brainstorming activity to assist children with deciding how to talk about their injury or circumstance with others.