Region V for Kids Resource Collection
Region V for Kids (RV4K) strengthens pediatric disaster preparedness by providing training, tools, and subject matter expertise to healthcare professionals, hospitals, and community partners. This page includes a searchable index of all RV4K resources.
Pediatric Preparedness Playback: The Disaster Networking Collaborative
This course describes how the Disaster Networking Collaborative helps hospitals and healthcare workers get ready for emergencies that affect children. The group shares information, resources, …
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Pediatric Crisis Standards of Care
This Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN) webinar discusses the importance of planning for healthcare crises for pediatric populations and including children in crisis standards of care. …
Disaster Medicine Handbook: A Quick Reference
The handbook gives important information for handling medical emergencies during disasters. It is designed to be easy to use and quick to read, so people …
RSV Prevention in Infants and Young Children — Clinician FAQ
This FAQ describes how doctors can help prevent RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) in babies and young children. It explains who is most at risk, signs …
Pediatric Disaster Medicine: Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs and Disasters
This module equips pediatric providers with the skills to support children with special healthcare needs during disasters by strengthening communication with families, coordinating team-based preparedness, …
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 …
Heat Emergencies and Hyperthermia in Children
2024
· Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN),
· EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC),
· University of North Carolina School of Medicine
This course will discuss the environmental causes of hyperthermia in children. After reviewing this course, you should be able to: Understand the causes of pediatric …
Pediatric Respiratory Emergency Response
2024
· Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN),
· EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC),
· University of North Carolina School of Medicine
In this course, you will learn about: the pediatric respiratory system; how diseases, illnesses, and conditions can impact the respiratory system; and how EMS performance …
Weather Emergencies and Disasters
2024
· Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN),
· EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC),
· University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Weather emergencies and disasters are important events for EMS to understand. Of the ten most devastating natural disasters, only Louisiana, Florida, and Mississippi have been …
Best Practices to Implement ED Telepsychiatry
Module Goal: provide managers, operations staff, and clinical champions in the emergency department (ED) with best practice strategies for initiating an ED-based telepsychiatry program. At …