Continuing Education
Children's Mental Health After a Flood: A Guide for Families
This one-page guide describes how floods can affect children’s mental health and offers tips for families to help their kids cope. It explains common reactions …
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Hurricane Preparedness (Texas)
This short video series guides families through using services like 211 Texas and State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry (STEAR), creating medical charts, assembling hurricane …
Be Ready: Tips for Families of Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs
This webpage provides tips for families with children and youth who have special healthcare needs to prepare for emergencies and disasters. It describes the importance …
Keeping Kids Safe: Extreme Heat, Pavement Burns, and Chemical Burns
This webpage describes how to keep kids safe from burns caused by extreme heat, hot pavement, and chemicals. It explains that children can get serious …
Keeping Kids Safe: During Protests and Civil Disturbances
This webpage describes ways to keep children safe during protests and civil disturbances, especially if there is a risk of exposure to chemical agents like …
Creating a Family Emergency Plan and Disaster Kit
2019
· Children's National Hospital
This webpage article describes how families can prepare for emergencies by making a family emergency plan and putting together a disaster kit. It explains the …
G7 Major Initiatives
This one-page sheet provides information on Gulf 7 Pediatric Disaster Network's efforts to improve pediatric disaster preparedness and response in the United States Gulf Coast …
Measles: Guidance for Parents + Caregivers
This one-page resource can be provided with the discharge paperwork given to parents and caregivers of a child suspected of having measles. It covers symptoms, …
EMSC University: Introduction to EMSC Programs
The video introduces the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program, which aims to improve emergency care for kids. It describes five key parts: the …
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Family Emergency Evacuation Kit
2022
· Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Management (WRAP-EM),
· University of California San Francisco,
· UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
This guide was created to help families prepare for emergencies. It describes what items to pack in an evacuation kit, such as food, water, and …