EMSC
Pulse
A digest of EMSC Program News and Activities
Issue #73 | July 29, 2022
Reminder: NPRP assessment still available
Pediatric Pandemic Network expands
Mass violence resources: Preparing for the unthinkable
Prehospital simulation project highlights power of state-level collaboration
Family Advisory Network feature: Greta James-Maxfield (Texas)
Featured resource
The United States has transitioned to using 988 as the easy-to-remember phone number for the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Learn more on the SAMHSA site or help spread the word using the 988 partner toolkit and social media shareables.
Resources round-up
- EIIC: Pediatric Education and Advocacy Kit: Pain
- EIIC: Checklist of Essential Pediatric Domains and Considerations for Every Hospital’s Disaster Preparedness Policies (pilot)
- EIIC: COVID-19 vaccinations for children resources
- PECARN: PECARN Pie podcast: Status Epilepticus
- PPN: Monkeypox: FAQs for Health Care Professionals
- ACEP: Monkeypox Field Guide
- AAP: Pediatric Tabletop Exercise Resource Kit
- AAP: DisasterCast series
- ACS Committee on Trauma: Revised National Guidelines for the Field Triage of Injured Patients
- HRSA: Telehealth for CYSHCN Infographic
- HHS: Best Practice Guide: Telehealth in Emergency Departments
- HHS: Blueprint for Change: A National Framework for a System of Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
- ASPR TRACIE: Healthcare Pediatric Surge Annex: Leveraging Templates For Operational Impact webinar slides & link to recording
- ASPR-TRACIE: Healthcare Coalition Pediatric Surge Annex template
Upcoming events
- Pediatric Disaster Science Symposium - Aug. 1-2
- National Association of EMS Educators Annual Meeting - Aug. 2-7
- 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
- National Pediatric Disaster Conference - Oct. 26 - 28
- FemInPEM - Nov. 11
- National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference - Nov. 29 - Dec. 1
- ACS Trauma Quality Improvement Program Annual Conference - Dec. 11-13
Career Opportunities
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