Pediatric Pandemic Network
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Prehospital Trauma Compendium: Management of the Entrapped Patient - a Position Statement and Resource Document of NAEMSP
2024
· Emergency Medical Services Agency Los Angeles County,
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· University of California, Los Angeles,
· Florida State University,
· County of Los Angeles,
· University of Pennsylvania
This article is about how to help patients trapped in accidents before they reach the hospital. It describes that these patients are at higher risk …
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Perinatal Considerations in the Hospital Disaster Management Process
This article emphasizes the crucial role of nurses in providing care to mothers and infants during disasters, highlighting the importance of being prepared for extreme …
Assessing proximity effect of high-acuity pediatric emergency departments on the pediatric readiness scores in neighboring general emergency departments
2022
· University of Colorado Anschutz,
· University of Utah,
· Emergency Medical Services Agency Los Angeles County,
· University of California, Los Angeles,
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· University of Texas at Austin
This journal article describes how being close to a high-level children’s emergency department affects the readiness of nearby general emergency rooms to care for kids. …
Association between emergency department pediatric readiness and transfer of noninjured children in small rural hospitals
This journal article describes how small rural hospitals with higher emergency department pediatric readiness are less likely to transfer non-injured children to other hospitals. 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 …
Pediatric Intravenous Fluid Use in the Emergency Department During Hurricane Helene
2025
· Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital,
· Children's Hospital Los Angeles,
· University of California, Los Angeles,
· Boston Children's Hospital,
· Harvard Medical School,
· Emory University,
· Dayton Children's Hospital,
· Wright State University
This article explains how doctors gave intravenous (IV) fluids to children in the emergency department during Hurricane Helene. The study looks at how often IV …
Moving Because of Unaffordable Housing and Disrupted Social Safety Net Access Among Children
2024
· University of California, Los Angeles,
· University of California San Francisco,
· Johns Hopkins University,
· Drexel University,
· University of St Andrews,
· University of Maryland
This article describes how families with children are sometimes forced to move because they cannot afford housing. When this happens, children may lose access to …
Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS)
The Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) is a tool used to measure anxiety and depression in children. It helps identify different types of …
Association of Emergency Department Characteristics With Presence of Recommended Pediatric‐Specific Behavioral Health Policies
2024
· University of California San Francisco,
· Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital,
· Northwestern University,
· University of Utah,
· Boston Children's Hospital,
· Harvard Medical School,
· Brown University,
· Alaska Department of Health,
· University of California, Los Angeles
The article looks at how emergency departments (EDs) have policies for children's mental health. It describes how certain features of EDs, like size and location, …
Health Professional vs Layperson Values and Preferences on Scarce Resource Allocation
2024
· University of California, Los Angeles,
· University of California at Irvine,
· Stanford University
This study, conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, found healthcare providers and laypeople generally agree that scarce resource allocation policies should prioritize saving the most lives. …