Featured Resource:

Understanding how pediatric readiness impacts outcomes

Check out a new infographic created by the EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center and EMSC Data Center about the impact of pediatric readiness on outcomes.

Resources Round-up:

Condition-specific/clinical resources:

• AAP: Immunizations
• AAP: Developmental Surveillance and Screening Resources for Pediatricians
• CHA: Behavioral Health Virtual Learning Series
• NAM: Vital Signs for Pediatric Health
• Paper 1: Infant Mortality
• Paper 2: School Readiness
• Paper 3: Chronic Absenteeism
• Paper 4: High School Graduation

Disaster resources:

• AAP: Extreme Heat: Tips to Keep Kids Safe When Temperatures Soar
• PPN: Protecting Kids from Extreme Heat

Upcoming Events, Conferences, and Deadlines:

• ACEP: Vaccinating in the ED webinar - Aug. 8
• National EMS Advisory Council Meeting - Aug. 9-10
• NAEMSE Symposium - Aug. 14-19
• National Academies: Unequal Treatment Revisited Workshop - Aug. 16-17
• Disaster Networking Collaborative webinar - Aug. 22
• EMSC All-Grantee Meeting - Sept. 11-14
• EMS World Expo - Sept. 18–22
• Emergency Nursing 2023 - Sept. 21-23
• ACEP Scientific Assembly - Oct. 9-12
• AAP National Conference - Oct. 20-24
• ACS Clinical Congress 2023 - Oct. 22-25
• ACS TQIP conference - Dec. 1-3

Funding Opportunities:

• PPN: Deadline extended for Pediatric Disaster Science Research Program - deadline is Aug. 15
• PPN: Pilot and Emerging Issues Project - deadline is Aug. 31

Other Opportunities:

• AAP: POCUS in Pediatrics (PiP) is a new special interest group in the AAP (within SOEM) that is focused on supporting and expanding the use of POCUS in all pediatric specialties. Sign up here.

Research Highlights:

• Improving Disaster Preparedness for Children: A 75-Year Review in Pediatrics - AAP Publications, June 27*
• Emergency Department Volume and Delayed Diagnosis of Pediatric Appendicitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study - Annals of Surgery, June 30*
• Factors Associated With Improved Pediatric Resuscitative Care in General Emergency Departments - AAP Publications, July 7*
• Characterizing Racial Disparities in Emergency Department Pediatric Physical Restraint by Sex and Age - JAMA Pediatrics, July 17
• Pediatric emergency care coordinator workforce: A survey study - JACEP Open, July 18*

Headline Highlights:

• Grand River Health becomes first hospital in state to achieve prestigious pediatric readiness recognition - Post Independent, June 28*
• Many ERs still aren't well prepared to treat kids, study finds - Michigan Radio, July 7*
• EMS Crews May Not Always Follow Guidelines When Dosing Kids: Study - US News, July 10*
• 4,000 people in the U.S. die by drowning every year - The Washington Post, July 17
• F.D.A. Approves R.S.V. Shot for Infants - The New York Times, July 17
• Improvement Seen in Most Domains of Pediatric Readiness in U.S. EDs- Consumer HealthDay, July 17*
• National Assessment Highlights COVID-19 Impact on ED Pediatric Capabilities - Daily Nurse, July 25*

Articles with an asterisk (*) reference work related to EMSC and its grantees