Pediatric Pandemic Network
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CYSHCN Wildfire and Public Safety Power Outage Preparation Webinar with COVID-19 Guidance
This webinar focuses on helping families with children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) prepare for wildfires and power outages during the COVID-19 …
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California Child Care Disaster Plan
This webpage describes the California Child Care Disaster Plan, which helps child care providers prepare for emergencies. It provides related resources and steps to create …
Impact of individual components of emergency department pediatric readiness on pediatric mortality in US trauma centers
2023
· University of Texas at Austin,
· University of Utah,
· Oregon Health & Science University,
· UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital,
· University of California San Francisco,
· Rutgers University
This journal article describes how different parts of emergency department readiness can affect the survival rates of children in US trauma centers. The study looks …
Prehospital and emergency department pediatric readiness for injured children: A statement from the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Emergency Medical Services Committee
2023
· Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center,
· Wake Forest University,
· University of Colorado Denver,
· University of California San Francisco,
· University of Texas at Austin,
· Children's Hospital New Orleans
This journal article describes how hospitals and emergency teams can better care for injured children before they reach the hospital and in the emergency room. …
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 …
Human-Centered Design to Create an Emergency Care Action Plan for Children With Medical Complexity
2025
· University of Vermont,
· University of Massachusetts,
· Columbia University,
· University of Rochester,
· Yale University,
· University of California San Francisco
This article discusses the application of Human-Centered Design (HCD) principles to create an Emergency Care Action Plan (ECAP) for Children with Medical Complexity (CMC). The …
Disaster at a Distance: Impact of 9.11.01 Televised News Coverage on Mothers’ and Children’s Health
This article explores how watching news about the 9/11 attacks affected mothers and their children. It describes that even though these families were not near …
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 …
Weather-Related Pediatric Fatalities in the United States: 2001 to 2021
2025
· University of California San Francisco,
· University of Louisville,
· Norton Children's Hospital,
· University of Utah
This study analyzes pediatric fatalities related to weather events in the US over the past 21 years. It found that weather events were associated with …
Management of Severe Thermal Burns in the Acute Phase in Adults and Children
2020
· University of California San Francisco,
· Metz-Thionville Hospital Mercy,
· Hospital Armand Trousseau Ap-Hp,
· Lille University Hospital,
· Percy Military Teaching Hospital,
· Saint-Joseph Saint-Luc Hospital
The article explains how to care for severe burns in both adults and children during the early stages. It describes important steps like cooling the …