Additional Resources

EMSC Survey Data Collection

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Performance Measures 02 & 03

The National EMSC Data Analysis Resource Center (NEDARC) staff prepared a national report for the EMS for Children Program showing the results of pediatric emergency care coordination (EMSC 02) and skills-checking on pediatric equipment (EMSC 03). The report is based on responses provided by EMS agency administrators during the 2021 data collection process.

Pediatric Recognition Programs

During the 2021 Annual Grantee Meeting, three separate breakout sessions focused on various aspects of creating a pediatric facility recognition program. Click on the icons below to view the sessions.

  • Session 1: Starting a Program in Your State (slides only)
  • Session 2: Sustainability
  • Session 3: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Session 1 

Session 2 (46 minutes) 

Session 3 (48 minutes) 

Recognition Programs Increase Readiness

EDs that participate in a pediatric recognition program score significantly higher on the NPRP Assessment. This fact sheet will help you communicate the value of hospital recognition programs to your stakeholders.

View the Fact Sheet

Performance Measure Videos

The four videos linked below include three videos created by NEDARC when the performance measures were released in 2017 and the fourth is a session presented at the 2021 Annual Grantee Meeting.

Listen to an overview of EMSC 01 as well as an interview with Dr. N. Clay Mann, NEMSIS Principal Investigator.

6 minutes

Listen to an overview of EMSC 02 as well as interviews with Morgan Scaggs, Kentucky EMS Project Director and Dr. Manish Shah, Prehospital/State Partnership Lead at the National EMS for Children Innovation and Improvement Center as well as Associate Professor at Baylor College of Medicine.

10 minutes

Listen to an overview of EMSC 03 as well as interviews with Tom Winkler (Former Pennsylvania EMS for Children Project Manager), Morgan Scaggs (Kentucky EMS Project Director), and Eric Hicken (New Jersey EMS for Children Program Manager).

10 minutes

Presented during the 2021 EMSC All Grantee Meeting and geared towards the FAN audience, this presentation does provide a brief overview of all nine EMSC State Partnership Performances measures.

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