Prehospital


PRESS RELEASE: Making Sure Emergency Medical Services Are Ready for Children: The Prehospital Pediatric Readiness Project Enables True Pediatric Readiness

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 16, 2024Contact: Emily Lemiska860-748-1349communications@emscimprovement.centerThe majority of emergency medical services (EMS) and …


PECCs in EMS Agencies: Measuring the Influence, Magnifying the Impact

EMSC is currently investing in five projects, known as Targeted Issues (TI) grants, which will …


State Successes: Creating Connection through Resources

This month, we sat down with Colorado EMSC Program Manager Nicolena Mitchell, EMTP, and talked …


Raising the Bar: Accelerating State Pediatric Readiness Recognition Programs, Nationwide

State programs that recognize emergency departments (EDs) and EMS agencies for achieving certain standards of …


Study Finds First Responders Account for 1% of All Suicides

A recent study supported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Emergency Medical …


Uniting to Thank and Support EMS Clinicians

On EMS for Children (EMSC) Day, May 24, as part of National EMS Week, EMSC …


Striving for the Best Possible Systems: A Conversation with E. Brooke Lerner, PhD

E. Brooke Lerner, PhD, FAEMS, co-principal investigator for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network’s …


Three Ways to Improve your EMS Agency’s Pediatric Readiness

“Because prehospital emergency care of children plays a critical role in the continuum of health …


Thank you, EMS clinicians

Last year, EMS clinicians answered the call for more than 2.7 million pediatric patients nationwide. …


EMSC Day Celebrations ramp up: PECC webinar & thank-you video

As part of EMSC Day, which occurs annually on the Wednesday of National EMS Week, …