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Learn about the Pain Assessment and Management Initiative (PAMI®) Virtual Reality Viewer tool that is recommended for non-pharmacologic and distraction toolkits to assist pediatric patients in pain. Virtual reality has proven to be an effective …

A rapid, psychometrically sound 4-item screening tool for all pediatric and adult patients presenting to the emergency department, inpatient units, & primary care facilities.

SAFE-T is a five-step process that can be used by mental health professionals during their first contact with an individual at risk of suicidal behavior to identify risk and management plan.

The Columbia Protocol is a series of simple, plain-language questions that support suicide risk assessments by prehospital practitioners, clinicians, nurses, patients and families and researchers.

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and local Cincinnati EMS agencies from the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) midwestern research node, HOMERUN, are a major site in a national study of the efficacy of …

The purpose of this document is to provide healthcare professionals with key facts and recommendations for procedural pain management in children. This summary was co-produced by the pain content advisors for TREKK, Dr. Samina Ali …

Children with chronic medical conditions rely on complex management plans for problems that cause them to be at increased risk for subop- timal outcomes in emergency situations. The emergency information form (EIF) is a medical …

AAP Policy Statement. November 2016. Please refer to pages 4-5 for prehospital-related information.

Recommended Essential Equipment for Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support Ground Ambulances 2020: A Joint Position Statement Abstract: In continued support of establishing and maintaining a foundation for standards of care, our organizations remain …

Recommended Essential Equipment for Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support Ground Ambulances 2020: A Joint Position Statement Abstract: In continued support of establishing and maintaining a foundation for standards of care, our organizations remain …

The EIIC is focused on improving outcomes for children in emergency situations by using improvement science as the basis for our efforts to address known gaps in the US healthcare system. Our aim is to …

On June 1, 2012, the Health Resources and Services Administration released $1.2 million in grant awards to support the regionalization of pediatric care under the EMSC State Partnership Regionalization of Care (SPROC) Grant Program. The …

Performance measures for evaluating adherence to the evidence-based guideline for prehospital pain management.

This guide was created through collaboration of EMS agency leadership, medical directors, pediatric emergency physicians, established EMS PECCs, and members of the Louisiana EMS for Children Advisory Board.

Critical Crossroads was conceived as a partnership to support the mission of improving emergency care for children in mental health crises, with acknowledgment of the disproportionate burden in rural areas, where services are often limited. …

Handoffs: Transitions of Care for Children in the Emergency Department (AAP Policy Statement) (please refer to pages 4-5: Managing Specific ToC Situations, Prehospital to ED)

Reference card from New York EMSC (March 2003).

This important document will assure prompt and appropriate care for Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN). Now, when these patients present to emergency departments or health care professionals with an acute illness or injury, …

A Position Paper from the National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE) Abstract: EMS personnel in the U.S. continue to be overwhelmingly Caucasian and male, with 75% being male and 85% identifying as nonminority. While the …

Advisory regarding a Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator (PECC) for Emergency Medical Services