Featured resource:

In honor of National Preparedness Month, be sure to check out the recently updated “Checklist of Essential Pediatric Domains and Considerations for Every Hospital’s Disaster Preparedness Policies.” The checklist is available for use. It is also currently being pilot-tested and feedback from that process will be released  this winter.

New resources round-up:

Policy statements

• AAP Policy Statement - Individual Medical Emergencies Occurring at School
• AAP Policy Statement - Helmet Use in Preventing Head Injuries in Bicycling, Snow Sports, and Other Recreational Activities and Sport
• ACEP: Policy Statement - Corporal Punishment of Children
• ACEP: Policy Statement - Caring for Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients in the Emergency Department

Condition-specific resources

• CDC: Clinical Considerations for Monkeypox in Children and Adolescents
• CDC: Infection Control Pediatric-Focused Interactive Resource (“Fidgeting Felix”)
• CDC: CDC Recommends Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine for Adolescents
• ENA: Caring for Children with Sickle Cell Disease Infographic
• TREKK: Parent information videos on febrile seizure, hand foot mouth and procedural sedation

Disaster resources

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Action Collaborative on Disaster Research pediatric disaster symposium
• New website from the CDC and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as an interagency integrated information system to develop and provide actionable, science-based information to help protect people from heat: Heat.gov
• ASPR-TRACIE: Disaster Available Supplies in Hospitals (DASH) Tool

EMSC grantee resources

• Town Hall recording
• Grant-writing resources

Other resources

• AHRQ: Advances in Children's Healthcare Quality: The Pediatric Quality Measures Program 2.0

Upcoming events:

The SAEM23 (Society for Academic Emergency Medicine) Program Committee is particularly seeking pediatric emergency medicine didactic submissions. The submission deadline is Oct 1. Learn more.

• Society for Pediatric Sedation Conference - Sept. 29 - Oct. 1
• Emergency Nurses Association Annual Meeting - Sept. 30 - Oct. 3
• ACEP22 - Oct. 1-4
• AAP Annual Meeting - Oct. 7-11
• EMS World Expo - Oct. 10-14
• American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress - Oct. 16-20
• National Pediatric Disaster Conference - Oct. 27 - 28 
• FemInPEM - Nov. 11
• National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference - Nov. 29 - Dec. 1
• ACS Trauma Quality Improvement Program Annual Conference - Dec. 11-13

EMSC in the headlines:

Lincoln County Dispatcher Receives Stork Award - The Lincoln County News, Aug. 18 (Maine EMSC State Partnership)

Five headlines worth reading this month:

1. Americans deserve better than ‘destination hallway’ in emergency departments and hospital wards - Stat News, Aug. 1
2. Pain in Children is Often Ignored. For Children of Color, It’s Even Worse. - New York Times, Aug. 16
3. For Kids With Kidney Disease, Pediatric Expertise Is Key — But Not Always Close By - Kaiser Health News, Aug. 19
4. Children’s Risk of Suicide Increases on School Days - Scientific American, Aug. 22
5. Tackling the mental-health crisis in young people - Nature, Aug. 24

Funding opportunities:

State Partnerships Notice of Funding Opportunity - Nov. 7 deadline