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Improving Disaster Preparedness for Children: A 75-Year Review in Pediatrics
This article reviews 75 years of efforts to improve disaster preparedness for children. It describes how the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has worked to …
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Equipment, Supplies, and Medications
2021
· EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC),
· American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP),
· Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
This webinar addresses pediatric healthcare equipment to improve everyday prevention capabilities. A checklist of all the pediatric equipment, supplies, and medications necessary to care for …
Universal Level Designations for Hospitalized Pediatric Patients in Evacuation
2022
· American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP),
· Stanford University,
· University of Washington,
· Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Management (WRAP-EM),
· Oregon Health & Science University,
· University of California San Francisco
This article describes a proposal for a 4-tier system to classify pediatric hospital beds during disasters. It highlights the need for clear definitions to manage …
Pediatric Readiness in the Emergency Department
2024
· American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP),
· EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC),
· Emergency Nurses Association (ENA),
· American College of Emergency Physicians
This checklist helps emergency departments prepare to care for children. The tool is based on the 2018 guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics, American …
Protecting Children from Wildfire Smoke and Ash
2021
· American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP),
· Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU),
· U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
· Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Management (WRAP-EM)
This fact sheet focuses on wildfire smoke and ash and what families can do to prepare for, stay safe during and after a fire.
Guidance Related to Early Care and Education During COVID-19
This webpage provides guidance for early care and education during COVID-19. It describes the importance of health checks, vaccinations, and maintaining small groups to reduce …
Disaster Preparedness: Pediatric Tabletop Exercise Resource Kit
The page provides a Pediatric Tabletop Exercise Resource Kit for healthcare providers to enhance their disaster preparedness for pediatric patients. It includes scenarios, facilitator guides, …
How Focusing on Children Can Guide Us in Future Health Crises
This brief interview explains that children are not just small adults and need their own healthcare systems. It describes how COVID-19 showed the weaknesses in …
Diagnosing Measles in the Pediatric Setting
In this 10-minute webinar, Dr. O’Leary describes the three steps pediatricians should take if they have a patient suspected of having measles: isolate the patient, …
AAP-AACAP-CHA Declaration of a National Emergency in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
This report discusses a joint declaration by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), and Children's Hospital Association …