Tip Sheet: Improving Hospital Pediatric Surge

• 2022

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This tip sheet provides guidance for hospitals to handle a surge in pediatric patients. It describes ways to expand bed capacity, manage outpatient care, and prioritize essential tasks. Hospitals should identify staff with pediatric experience and consider cross-training others. Communication with primary care providers is important, as well as ensuring adequate supplies and equipment. For hospitals providing inpatient care, it suggests managing space and staffing needs daily and planning for family involvement. Hospitals without inpatient services should prepare for local care options when referrals are not possible due to high demand at usual centers.

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Focus Area: Everyday Emergency

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians; Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Emergency Medical Services; Health Planning Guidelines; Hospital Bed Capacity; Patient Care Management; Patient Transfer; Surge Capacity

Institutions: Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR)

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