Featured resource:

This month we are featuring ACEP Frontline’s recent pediatric emergency-focused podcasts – many with EMSC experts!

• Pediatric Myocarditis - Dr. Gausche-Hill
• Pediatric Antibiotic Stewardship and Beyond - Dr. Chris Amato
• Pediatric Readiness and Research Updates - Auerbach And Saidinejad
• Pediatric Emergency Medicine QI Cases - Ogunniyi
• Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound in the ED? Yes! - Dr. Tobi Kummer - PEM23
• State of the Union of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Workforce
• The Critical Kid In the Community ED - Dr. Al Sacchetti

Resources round-up

Policy statements:

• AAP: Protecting Children and Adolescents From Tobacco and Nicotine

Disaster resources:

• NASEM: Addressing the Long-Term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and Families

Clinical resources:

• OpenPediatrics: Pediatric Pain Management in the Emergency Department

Resources for grantees:

• EIIC: State Partnership grantees:& upcoming collaboratives
• EIIC: EMSC Day resources
• PMHCA: ED STOP Suicide QI Collaborative Team Demographics

Upcoming events, conferences, deadlines:

• National Biodefense Science Board public meeting - May 4
• National Rural Health Association & EMSC webinar: "Saving Lives in Rural America through Pediatric Readiness" - May 9
• National EMS Advisory Council Meeting - May 10-11
• AHI Virtual 2023 Conference on Adolescent Health - May 11 - 12
• ACEP & EMSC webinar, "PRQC: A value proposition for optimizing pediatric emergency care" - May 23
• EMSC Day - May 24, with a webinar for EMS clinicians at 5 pm CT
• FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Symposium - June 5 - 7
• Pediatric Readiness QI Collaborative deadline to register - June 15
• 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 Mental Health Care Access - HRSA-23-081 Notice of Funding Opportunity - deadline is June 12
• DOT "Safe Streets and Roads for All" (SS4A) Notice of Funding Opportunity - deadline is July 10
• Pediatric Pandemic Network Pilot and Emerging Issues Project - deadline is Aug. 31

Other opportunities:

• Nominations for NAEMT-AAP Pediatric EMS Award - deadline is May 22

Five headlines worth reading this month:

1. Why millions of kids aren't getting their routine vaccinations - NPR, April 17
2. Carter Kits help first responders take better care of patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder - Second Wave Michigan, April 4
3. Emergency room visits from firearms dropped in 2022, but remained higher than pre-pandemic rate - CNN, March 31
4. Fewer Doctors Are Choosing to Go into Emergency Medicine - Scientific American, March 26
5. After the winter kids just had, pediatricians are not okay - Washington Post, March 23