Featured resource: March 25-29 was National Poison Prevention Week. Established in 1961 by Congress, National Poison Prevention Week was originated to raise awareness of poison prevention and safety. Learn more about poison control via the Health Resources and Service Administration’s website, https://poisonhelp.hrsa.gov.

Resources round-up

Policy statements:

• AAP/ACEP: Access to Critical Health Information for Children During Emergencies: Emergency Information Forms and Beyond - correction from Feb. Pulse, ACEP was accidentally omitted
• AAP/Bright Futures: 2023 Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care
• AAP: AAP Perspective: Supporting Our Pediatric Advocates

Disaster resources:

• HHS: Child and Adolescent Health Emergency Planning Toolkit
• HHS: Maternal-Child Health Emergency Planning Toolkit

Clinical resources:

• PPN: Measles Fact Sheet
• EIIC: PEAK: Agitation new learning module: Emergency Department Management of the Agitated Pediatric Patient
• EIIC: PEAK: Pain new video podcast: Pediatric Pain Management in the Emergency Department
• AAP: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Landscape Course Series (note: requires registration fee)

Additional resources:

• ACEP: Podcast - The Critical Kid In the Community ED
• EIIC: Pediatric surge fact sheet: How did we get here?
• HHS: Health Worker Burnout Advisory
• Got Transition and its National Family Advisory Group: Family toolkit in spanish: transitioning from pediatric to adult health care

Resources for grantees:

• State Partnership Programs & Quality Improvement Collaboratives infographic

Upcoming events, conferences, deadlines:

• Family Reunification Following Disaster: Planning for Considerations and Tools for Healthcare Facilities webinar – April 14
• National Rural EMS & Care Conference - April 18 - 20
• Preparedness Summit - April 24 -27
• 6th Annual Children's National - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Hybrid Symposium (cohosted by the Pediatric Pandemic Network) - April 27 - 28
• AHI Virtual 2023 Conference on Adolescent Health - May 11 - 12
• FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Symposium - June 5 - 7
• NAEMSE Symposium - Aug. 14-19
• Save the Date: EMSC 2023 All-Grantee Meeting - Sept. 11-14
• EMS World Expo - Sept. 18–22

Funding opportunities:

• Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) Notice of Funding Opportunity - deadline is April 11
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 2023 Rural EMS Training Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity - deadline is May 1
• SAMHSA 2023 Mental Health Awareness Training Grants Notice of Funding Opportunity - deadline is May 1

Other opportunities:

• The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is seeking applications for appointment to the National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council (NEMSAC). - deadline is April 13
• Nominations for NAEMT-AAP Pediatric EMS Award - deadline: is May 22

Six headlines worth reading this month:

1. Will there be any emergency doctors to see you in the future? - Stat News (Opinion), March 20
2. Pediatric hospital beds are in high demand for ailing children. Here’s why - CNN, March 17
3. Pediatricians: We Can't Bear the Burden of Teen Angst - Medscape, March 15
4. 7 things I never let my kids do as a emergency medicine pediatrician - TODAY, March 8 features EMSC/PPN grantees
5. A surge in sick children exposed a need for major changes to U.S. hospitals - NPR, March 3 features EMSC grantees and pediatric readiness
6. The New Crisis of Increasing All-Cause Mortality in US Children and Adolescents - JAMA Network, March 13