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Psychological First Aid: How to Help Students Recover After a Personal, Community, or School-Based Emergency
2008
· Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMSTA),
· U.S. Department of Education
This fact sheet addresses psychological first aid mental health services for both students and teachers. This training material helps improve everyday emergency preparedness for both …
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Defining Pediatric Trauma Center Resource Utilization: Multidisciplinary Consensus-Based Criteria from the Pediatric Trauma Society
2023
· Johns Hopkins University,
· Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN),
· Seattle Children's Hospital,
· University of California San Francisco,
· Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital,
· Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center,
· University at Buffalo
This article describes how experts from the Pediatric Trauma Society created guidelines to help decide when a child needs resources from a pediatric trauma center. …
Pediatric Mental Health Boarding in US Emergency Departments, 2018-2022
2025
· Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital,
· Northwestern University,
· University of California San Francisco,
· Children's National Hospital,
· George Washington University,
· Seattle Children's Hospital,
· UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital,
· Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,
· Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN),
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· University of California, Los Angeles
This article describes how more children and teens in the US are staying longer in emergency departments because of mental health problems from 2018 to …
Strategies Used by Children’s Hospitals During the 2022 Viral Respiratory Surge
2025
· Seattle Children's Hospital,
· Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital,
· University of California San Francisco,
· UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital,
· St. Joseph’s Health,
· Boston Children's Hospital,
· University of Washington,
· Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN)
This article examines how pediatric hospitals across the U.S. responded to a significant increase in respiratory viral infections in fall 2022. This surge, intensified by …
Telehealth in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
2021
· Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital,
· Northwestern University,
· Seattle Children's Hospital,
· UC Davis School of Medicine,
· University of Washington,
· Children's National Hospital,
· George Washington University
This article discusses using telehealth in pediatric emergency medicine. It describes how modern technology helps improve care for children in emergencies. The article explains how …
10 Tips for Teaching the Psychological First Aid Model for K-12 Education Agencies
2020
· Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Management (WRAP-EM),
· Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMSTA)
This 2-page sheet provides 10 tips for teaching the psychological first aid (PFA) model in schools. It describes how PFA helps students, staff, and families …
Universal Level Designations for Hospitalized Pediatric Patients in Evacuation
2022
· American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP),
· Stanford University,
· University of Washington,
· Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Management (WRAP-EM),
· Oregon Health & Science University,
· University of California San Francisco
This article describes a proposal for a 4-tier system to classify pediatric hospital beds during disasters. It highlights the need for clear definitions to manage …
Regional Pediatric Disaster Network Guides Statewide Telehealth Initiation During COVID-19 Pandemic
2022
· University of Washington,
· Seattle Children's Hospital,
· Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Management (WRAP-EM),
· UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital,
· King County Medical Society,
· Washington State Medical Association
This article describes how a regional pediatric disaster network helped start telehealth services across Washington during the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, many clinics couldn't offer telehealth …
Psychological First Aid (PFA) for Students and Teachers: Listen Protect Connect - Model & Teach
2008
· U.S. Department of Education,
· Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMSTA)
This newsletter explains Psychological First Aid (PFA) for students and teachers using the "Listen, Protect, Connect—Model & Teach" strategy. It describes how PFA helps reduce …
Chemical Management: Planning for Toxic Materials in School Laboratories and the Accidental Release of Hazardous Materials From Within the School
This document explains the importance of having emergency plans for handling dangerous chemicals, training staff and students, working with community partners, doing regular safety checks, …