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Pediatric Medical Countermeasures: Antidotes and Cytokines for Radiological and Nuclear Incidents and Terrorism
2024
· Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center,
· Western Regional Alliance for Pediatric Emergency Management (WRAP-EM),
· Emory University,
· Southern Regional Disaster Response System,
· Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital,
· University of Nebraska Medical Center,
· University of California San Francisco,
· Stanford University,
· Arizona Department of Health Services
This article addresses the lack of studies comparing pediatric indications and dosing for medical countermeasures in radiological and nuclear incidents. Children are especially vulnerable in …
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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 …
PsySTART (Psychological Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment)
PsySTART is a tool for mental health triage systems during disasters developed by WRAP-EM. It consists of four main components, including a cloud-based application for …
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 …
Evaluation of Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness and Outcomes Among US Trauma Centers
2019
· Oregon Health & Science University,
· University of Utah,
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· University of California, Davis
This study looks at how well emergency departments are prepared to treat children in trauma centers across the United States. It describes how being ready …
Pediatric Patients in a Disaster: Part of the All-Hazard, Comprehensive Approach to Disaster Management
2012
· Cleveland Clinic,
· University of Michigan,
· Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital,
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· University of California at Irvine,
· University of Alabama at Birmingham,
· Providence Health and Sciences
This article focuses on how disasters impact people of all ages, especially children. It describes the need for special planning and management for pediatric patients …
Comparison of Computerized Patients versus Live Moulaged Actors for a Mass-Casualty Drill
2015
· University of Southern California,
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· Children's Hospital Los Angeles,
· Yale School of Medicine,
· Yale University
This study compares using computerized patients and live actors with makeup for mass-casualty drills. It describes how medical students performed triage on both types of …
Development of a Pediatric Mass Casualty Triage Algorithm Validation Tool
2016
· University of California –San Diego School of Medicine,
· Rady Children's Hospital San Diego,
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· University of Southern California,
· Yale School of Medicine,
· Children's Hospital Los Angeles,
· Yale University
This article discusses the development of a criteria outcomes tool (COT) for validating the effectiveness of a mass casualty incident (MCI) algorithm in correctly triaging …
Pediatric Disaster Preparedness: Are We Really Prepared?
2009
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
This article examines how ready we are to help children in disasters, explaining that kids are often victims in emergencies but planning for their care …
Tabletop Application of SALT Triage to 10, 100, and 1000 Pediatric Victims
2020
· University of Southern California,
· Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
· University of California, Los Angeles,
· Children's Minnesota,
· California Community Health Centers
This study examined the Sort, Access, Life-saving interventions, Treatment and/or Triage (SALT) triage system for handling mass-casualty incidents with 10, 100, and 1,000 pediatric victims. …