Pediatric Readiness
Disaster ED clinicians EMSC Grantees Hospital Patients & Families Policymakers Prehospital Researchers State Partnerships TraumaWhat is Pediatric Readiness?
Children have unique physiological, emotional, and developmental characteristics that require specialized emergency care. Pediatric Readiness is ensuring that every EMS and fire-rescue agency and emergency department has the pediatric-specific champions, competencies, policies, equipment, and other resources needed to provide high-quality emergency care for children.
