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Is Your Community and Region Pediatric Disaster Ready?
The video describes how communities can prepare for disasters with a focus on children, who are more vulnerable in emergencies. Two tools are introduced: the …
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Availability of Pediatric Inpatient Services in the United States
2021
· Boston Medical Center,
· Harvard Medical School,
· Boston Children's Hospital,
· Tufts Medical Center,
· Tufts University
This study analyzed data from 4720 United States (US) hospitals between 2008 and 2018 to assess changes in pediatric inpatient unit capacity and access. The …
Implications of Food and Drug Administration Approval of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prophylactic Medication
This brief article discusses the implications of the FDA approval of nirsevimab, a monoclonal antibody, for preventing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract infections …
Disparities in the Availability and Acceptance of Nirsevimab in Massachusetts
This research brief examines the differences in how nirsevimab, a treatment for RSV in infants, is available and accepted across Massachusetts. It describes that larger …
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, …
Characteristics and Trends of Prehospital Encounters for Opioid Overdoses Among US Youth, 2018-2022
2024
· Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital,
· University of Louisville,
· Boston Children's Hospital
Adolescent drug overdose deaths have increased rapidly, mainly because of fentanyl. Understanding nonfatal youth opioid overdoses is limited, but studying prehospital data can provide valuable …
Pediatric Disaster Preparedness Curriculum Across Emergency Medicine Residencies
2024
· Harvard Medical School,
· Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,
· Florida International University,
· Boston Children's Hospital
This article describes a study on pediatric disaster medicine (PDM) training in emergency medicine residency programs. It found that most programs lack PDM training, with …
A Scoping Review of Trauma-Informed Pediatric Interventions in Response to Natural and Biologic Disasters
2023
· UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital,
· Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
This article reviews trauma-informed interventions for children after natural and biological disasters, like COVID-19. It describes 45 studies on therapies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy …
A Novel Image-Based Tool to Reunite Children With Their Families After Disasters
2012
· Boston Children's Hospital,
· Harvard Medical School,
· École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,
· University of California, Berkeley
This article discusses a new tool that uses photos to help reunite children with their families after disasters. The tool uses facial features like eye …
Survey of Emergency Management Professionals to Assess Ideal Characteristics of a Photographic-Based Family Reunification Tool
2012
· Boston Children's Hospital
This article discusses the development of a reunification tool using images to help parents locate missing children after a disaster. The study surveyed emergency management …