A special collection constrained to resources added as part of a scoping review that aimed to catalogue and appraise the past 20+ years of pediatric disaster medicine research. The team defined the research question, developed eligibility criteria for articles, and identified a search strategy. A comprehensive Medline search was conducted using Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) search with key words and phrases, identifying relevant articles from 2001 – May 2024. The leadership core team for the literature review is: Cullen Clark, MD; Hazel Jeong, MD; Christopher Wright, MD; Brandon Kappy, MD; Dennis Ren, MD; Elizabeth Hewett Brumberg, MD; Caroline Stephens, MD; Sarita Chung, MD; Nathan Timm, MD; Rachel Stanley, MD; Susi Miller, MLIS; Sara Helwig, MS; April Parish, BS.
This article discusses the importance of pediatric disaster preparedness in the US, where 30 percent of the population are children. The Children's Hospital Association (CHA) …
The article discusses the devastating impact of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010. This natural disaster resulted in a significant …
This article evaluates the "Pediatrics in Disasters" course by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), focusing on its impact in China. It describes how the …
This policy statement can assist clinicians and policymakers on safeguarding children and minimizing harm from chemical or biological attacks. While federal programs support public health …
This article discusses a study comparing pediatric disaster triage (PDT) strategies (Smart and JumpSTART) and clinical decision-making (CDM) with no algorithm. A total of 273 …
This article reports on a large-scale rapid transportation of hospitalized children, focusing on elements relevant to disaster events. The study involved relocating the pediatric inpatient …
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