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New York Children’s Issues Task Force: Lessons Learned from Response and Recovery in Superstorm Sandy in New York
This report from the New York Children's Issues Task Force was issued in response to Superstorm Sandy in New York. It addresses emergency preparedness for …
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Changes in Pediatric Inpatient Capabilities and Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness
2025
· University of California San Francisco,
· University of Texas at Austin,
· University of Utah
This research article describes how many hospitals in the US have lost special units for children between 2013 and 2021. Hospitals that lost these pediatric …
Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator Workforce: A Survey Study
2023
· University of California San Francisco,
· Boston Children's Hospital,
· University of Texas at Austin,
· University of Utah,
· Emergency Medical Services Agency Los Angeles County,
· University of California, Los Angeles
The study looks at the role of Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinators (PECCs) in hospitals. It describes how PECCs help improve emergency care for children by …
Reframing Disaster Planning with Quality Improvement Methodology Using Family Reunification as a Case Study
2025
· Children's Hospital at Montefiore,
· Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford,
· Dell Children's Medical Center,
· Saint Louis University,
· Boston Children's Hospital
This research article describes how using quality improvement methods can help make disaster planning better, especially for reuniting families after emergencies. The article uses family …
Child Abuse and the Pediatric Surgeon: A Position Statement from the Trauma Committee, the Board of Governors and the Membership of the American Pediatric Surgical Association
2019
· Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital,
· State University of New York - Upstate Medical University,
· Yale University,
· University of Texas at Austin,
· Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
This article presents a position statement by the American Pediatric Surgical Association on child physical abuse, emphasizing the role of pediatric surgeons in assessing and …
National Assessment of Pediatric Readiness of US Emergency Departments During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2023
· University of Texas at Austin,
· Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center,
· University of Utah,
· Dell Children's Medical Center
This study examined how well emergency departments in the United States were prepared to care for children during the pandemic. It describes efforts to assess …
Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness: A Trauma Center Quality Improvement Initiative
2024
· University of Texas at Austin,
· Parkland Health
This article evaluates the impact of a quality improvement initiative on enhancing pediatric readiness in an emergency department. The study, conducted at a Level I …
Overcoming Vulnerabilities in Our Emergency Care System Through Pediatric Readiness
This article explains how many children visit emergency departments (EDs) that see fewer than 10 kids daily. It describes the National Pediatric Readiness Project, which …