DMC 4
Effective Hospital Incident Command
This brief video is about effective hospital incident command. It describes how hospitals can better handle emergencies by using a structured system called the Hospital …
Triage and Tracking in an MCI
This brief video is about managing emergencies when many people are hurt, called a mass casualty incident (MCI). It describes how to sort and track …
Disaster Networking Collaborative: Talking Points-Why Enage in Pediatric Disaster Preparedness
This document provides key talking points to help children’s hospital staff engage hospital leadership in pediatric disaster preparedness. It introduces the Disaster Networking Collaborative (DNC), …
Disaster Networking Collaborative: Introduction to the Emergency Management Landscape
This document introduces children’s hospitals to the emergency management (EM) landscape, outlining how they can support and integrate with local, regional, and national partners to …
Disaster Networking Collaborative: Recommend Disaster Roles and Responsibilities for a Children's Hospital
This document outlines the recommended roles and responsibilities of two key pediatric disaster leadership positions in children’s hospitals: the Pediatric Disaster Medical Director and the …
Prehospital Pediatric Agitation: Management by the EMS Clinician
Agitation can be a common feature in patients that EMS clinicians respond to. Managing agitated pediatric patients can be an even greater challenge. If left …
Pediatric Agitation: Emergency Department Management
Agitation can be a common feature in patients presenting to emergency departments for treatment. Agitated pediatric patients impact emergency department operations and require dedicated care …
WRAP-EM Pediatric Surge Playbook
This book is a guide for managing pediatric healthcare during emergencies. It describes strategies and resources to help hospitals, healthcare systems, and emergency response teams …
Addressing Health-Care Disparities in Pediatric Disaster Planning: A Qualitative Study
2023
· Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Management (WRAP-EM),
· University of California San Francisco,
· University of Southern California,
· UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
This article describes a study on health-care disparities in pediatric disaster planning. The Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (WRAP-EM) explored how these disparities …
Just in Time - Telemedicine & Pediatric Emergency Care
2023
· Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Management (WRAP-EM),
· UC Davis School of Medicine
This video describes how telemedicine helps treat sick children in remote areas. James Marcin from UC Davis explains that telehealth is used to assess if …