Resources round-up

• EMSC: "COPE-ing with the Challenges of Pediatric Behavioral and Mental Health Emergencies" recording and resources
• EIIC: Checklist of Essential Pediatric Domains and Considerations for Every Hospital’s Disaster Policies
• EIIC: Mass Violence Events: Resources for Healthcare Personnel
• HHS: Best Practice Guide: Telehealth in EDs
• HHS: Blueprint for Change: A National Framework for a System of Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
• HHS: HHS Leaders Urge States to Maximize Efforts to Support Children’s Mental Health joint letter
• County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health: Psychological First Aid for The Community Helping Each Other
• NAMI: Ask the Expert: The AAP and AFSP Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention webinar recording
• ASPR TRACIE: Healthcare Pediatric Surge Annex: Leveraging Templates For Operational Impact webinar slides & link to recording 
• ASPR-TRACIE - Healthcare Coalition Pediatric Surge Annex template 
• ACS Committee on Trauma: The Revised National Guidelines for the Field Triage of Injured Patients

Upcoming events

• National Association of EMS Educators Annual Meeting - Aug. 2-7
• American Ambulance Association Annual Meeting - Sept. 18 - 20
• Society for Pediatric Sedation - Sept. 29 - Oct. 1
• Emergency Nurses Association Annual Meeting - Sept. 30 - Oct. 3
• ACEP22 - Oct. 1-4
• AAP Annual Meeting - Oct. 7-11
• FemInPEM - Nov. 11
• National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference - Nov. 29 - Dec. 1

Note: the ED STOP Suicide Collaborative will now launch in January 2023. Stay tuned for details about registration when it opens this fall!

Honors and awards

An abstract, “Pediatric Emergency Care Coordination in EMS Agencies: Findings of a Multistate Learning Collaborative,” representing collaboration across the EMSC space with authors Hoi See Tsao, MD, MPH; Rachael Alter, BA; Erica Kane, MPH; Toni Gross, MD, MPH; Lorin Browne, MD; Marc Auerbach, MD, Msci; Julie Leonard, MD, MPH; Lorah Ludwig, MA; and Kathleen M. Adelgais, MD, MPH, has received Honorable Mention in the National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO) 2022 Abstract Competition. The award was presented at the NASEMSO Annual Meeting on June 23.

EMSC in the news

• Pediatric Emergency Encounters for Physical Abuse Down During Pandemic - HealthDay, June 20 (PECARN)
• Quick Take: Behavioral health for the pediatric patient and care provider - EMS1.com, June 13 (EMSC Day webinar)
• Allegheny Health Network Receives High Ratings for Pediatric Emergency Care Capabilities in National Survey - Benzinga, June 7 (Pediatric readiness)
• IDPH Recognizes Nurse at Ascension Saint Joseph – Joliet for Excellence in Pediatric Care - STL News, June 1 (EMSC Illinois)