Featured Resource:

75th Anniversary of Pediatrics Articles - 12 Landmark Articles

Three of these (bolded below), one published in each quarter century of Pediatrics, were selected as having advanced paradigms of PEM and pediatric prehospital care.

• Newer concepts in emergency care of children with major injuries - Oct. 1, 1973
• Emergency medical services and the pediatric patient: are the needs being met? - June 1, 1984.
• Quality indicators for high acuity pediatric conditions. - Oct. 1, 2021
• Acetaminophen overdose: incidence, diagnosis, and management in 416 patients – Nov. 1, 1978
• Practice guideline for the management of infants and children 0 to 36 months of age with fever without source – July 1, 1993
• Pulse oximetry as a fifth pediatric vital sign – May 1, 1997
• Validity and reliability of clinical signs in the diagnosis of dehydration in children May 1, 1997
• Oral versus initial intravenous therapy for urinary tract infections in young febrile children July 1, 1999
• A prospective multicenter study of cervical spine injury in children – Aug. 1, 2001
• Ondansetron decreases vomiting associated with acute gastroenteritis: a randomized, controlled trial – Apr. 1, 2002
• Utility of lumbar puncture for first simple febrile seizure among children 6 to 18 months of age – Jan. 1, 2009
• State gun laws and pediatric firearm-related mortality – Aug. 1, 2019

Resources Round-up:

Policy statements:

• AAP: Pediatric Organ Donation and Transplantation: Across the Care Continuum - July 27
• AAP/ACEP/ENA: The Management of Children and Youth With Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Health Emergencies - Aug. 16
• AAP: Corporal Punishment in Schools - Aug. 21

Disaster resources:

• FEMA: “Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility in Exercises Considerations and Best Practices Guide”
• PPN: Pediatric Mental Health and Community Wellbeing in the Aftermath of Hawaii Wildfires

EMSC grantee resources:

• EIIC: All-Grantee Meeting website
• EIIC: Performance Measure resources
• EIIC: NPRP 2021 National Results Promotional Resources
• EMSC: August Town Hall Recording
• EMSC: Implementation Manual Webinar
• EMSC: EHB Help Desk

Other resources:

• HRSA: National Maternal Health Hotline
• HRSA: Telehealth Programs
• NASEMSO: Advanced EMT Student Minimum Competency Model Guideline
• SAEM: Annual Meeting Content
• SAMHSA: Connecting Communities to Substance Use Services: Practical Approaches for First Responders

Upcoming Events, Conferences, and Deadlines:

• AAP Webinar: Partnering for Protection: Federal Agencies in Pediatric Disaster Preparedness and Response - Sept. 8 at 2pm CT
• EMSC All-Grantee Meeting - Sept. 11-14
• Register for the Disaster Networking Collaborative - deadline: Sept. 15
• EMS World Expo - Sept. 18–22
• Emergency Nursing 2023 - Sept. 21-23
• Global Response Webinar: Pediatric Death Declaration and Bereavement - Oct. 5 at 1pm CT
• 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
• PAS 2024 - May 2-6

NASEMSO Annual Meeting 2024 - May 12-1

Other Opportunities:

• NCPSB: Injury Prevention/Health care representative - closing date: Sept. 30
• NACCHO: 2024 Preparedness Summit, Public Health, Healthcare, and Emergency Management: Aligning to Address Cascading Challenges abstract submissions is open. Submit by Sept. 15.
• PAS: PAS 2024 abstract submissions will be accepted Aug 31-Nov 1

Honors and awards:

• Sarita Chung, MD, of the EMSC Innovation & Improvement Center (EIIC) and Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN), was appointed by the AAP Board as the Chairperson for the AAP Council on Children and Disasters (COCD) beginning July 1. Brent Kaziny, MD, of the EIIC and PPN was appointed to the AAP Executive Committee of COCD.
• Corrie Chumpitazi, MD, MS, a site principal investigator for the EIIC and PPN, has taken on a new role leading the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. Chumpitazi will continue in her roles at EIIC and PPN.

Research Highlights:

• Predicting Delayed Shock in Multisystem Inflammatory Disease in Children: A Multicenter Analysis From the New York City Tri-State Region - Feb. 22
• Evaluation and Management of Blunt Head Trauma in the Pediatric Clinic - Aug. 1
• Emergency Department Arrival Modes: Time for Mandatory Pediatric Readiness - Aug. 8*
• Association of Transport Time, Proximity, and Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness With Pediatric Survival at US Trauma Centers - Aug. 9
• Improving Access to High Pediatric Readiness Emergency Departments at US Trauma Centers - A Viable Systems Approach to Improve Pediatric Survival After Injury - Aug. 9

Headline Highlights:

• Florence EMS receives citation from state EMS for Children for meeting standard for pediatric care - North Kentucky Tribune, July 23
• Pediatric care improvements at Ripon hospital improve outcome for local toddler - NBC 26, Northeast Wisconsin, Aug. 10
• Study: U.S. emergency departments more prepared to care for children - American Hospital Association, Aug. 10*
• Emergency room doctors beg for help treating children with mental health illnesses - NBC, Aug. 16* (related coverage in U.S. News, Axios, Consumer HealthDay and others)
• Improving pediatric emergency care: ‘We need to do better’ - Chief Healthcare Executive, Aug. 17*

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