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The Pediatric Pandemic Network has curated resources for coping with armed conflicts. The resources include those from National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), to provide support for health care providers, parents, caregivers, and children during challenging times.

Resources round-up:

Policy statement:

• AAP: Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program: Optimization to Promote Equity in Child and Young Adult Health

Condition-specific resources:

• Pediatric Education and Advocacy Kit (PEAK): Child Abuse
• ENA: COVID-19 Resources
• PPN: Updated CDC Information: Nirsevimab (Beyfortus): FAQs for Healthcare Professionals

Disaster resources:

• AAP: Pediatric Preparedness Resource Kit
• ASPR TRACIE: "Roundtable on Lessons Learned from the Pediatric Tripledemic: Systems, Staff, Space, and Supplies" webinar recording

EMSC grantee resources:

• EMSC: All-Grantee Meeting Resources
• EMSC: Raising the Bar: Pediatric Recognition Programs
• EMSC: National Pediatric Readiness Project FAQs

Other resources:

• AAP: Town Hall: Addressing Key Pediatric Issues

Upcoming events, conferences, deadlines:

• EMSC Midwest Virtual Pediatric Symposiums for PECCs/Pediatric Champions: for EMS - Nov. 2 and for EDs - Nov. 9
• National Conference in EMS - Nov. 2-4
• WRAP-EM webinar- Kids in Crisis – Mental Health & Emergency Departments - Nov. 8
• Wisconsin EMSC’s Preparing for Pediatric Complex Care Emergencies webinar - Nov. 14
• National EMS Advisory Council Meeting - Nov. 15-16
• Missouri Pediatric Injury Prevention Virtual Conference - Nov. 16 at 9am CT
• WRAP-EM quarterly webinar: PECCs in EMS agencies and EDs (featuring Hilary Hewes, MD, of the EMSC Data Center) - Nov. 20 at 2pm CT
• National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference - Nov. 28-30
• ACS Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) conference - Dec. 1-3
• NAEMSP Annual Meeting - Jan. 8-13
• ACEP/EMBC Independent EM Group Master Class - Feb. 6-8
• Pediatric Academic Societies 2024 - May 2-6
• NASEMSO Annual Meeting 2024 - May 12-16

Other opportunities:

• NAEMSP/Stryker 2024 EMS Medicine Early Career Medical Director Award applications are open through Nov. 30. Learn more.
• EMSC has launched its first pediatric emergency care coordinator (PECC) learning module: you are invited to view the module and provide feedback.

Honors and Awards:

• Congratulations to Jennifer Anders, MD, this year’s NAEMT-AAP/Handtevy Pediatric EMS awardee. Anders was the principal investigator for the EMSC Targeted Issues Project "Pediatric Decision Tree (PDTree)" for EMS transport destinations.
• Congratulations to the EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center Co-Director, Charles Macias, MD, MPH, who was recently named one of Cleveland’s Notable Latino Leaders!

Research Highlights:

• Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness Among US Trauma Centers: A Machine Learning Analysis of Components Associated With Survival, Annals of Surgery, September*
• Seasonal Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Mental and Behavioral Health Conditions Among Children and Adolescents Aged 5–17 Years — United States, January 2018–June 2023, CDC, Sept. 22
• Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Prehospital Encounters for Children with Asthma, Prehospital Emergency Care, Sept. 25*
• Implications of Food and Drug Administration Approval of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prophylactic Medications, Pediatrics in Review, Oct. 2
• Pediatric Mental Health Emergencies During 5 COVID-19 Waves in New York City, Pediatrics, Oct. 20

Headline Highlights:

• In Response to The Wall Street Journal: We Can Improve Pediatric Emergency Care - CHA, Oct. 10*
• Getting Emergency Departments Kid-Ready Podcast with Dr. Marc Auerbach, Veritas Health, Oct. 12*
• What makes a pediatric-ready emergency room - Fairbanks News 13, Oct. 14*
• Great Falls Emergency Services recognized for Pediatric Readiness, KRTV Great Falls, Oct. 17*
• CHaMPioning Pediatric EMS Research - Push Dose EMS Podcast, Oct. 18*
• Respiratory virus season threatens to be a challenge again. Getting vaccinated now can help - CNN, Oct. 23
• Emergency Rooms Are Failing Kids. This Hospital Stepped Up - Wall Street Journal, Oct. 25*

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