Optimizing EMS Destination Choice for Pediatric Patients

• 2019

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• Jennifer Anders; Jennifer Fishe

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This webinar discusses the regionalization of pediatric care and its impact on EMS, highlights issues with improper triage and transport, reviews serious non-trauma pediatric conditions, and introduces a new evidence-based tool called the PDTree to guide pediatric patient destination.

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Focus Areas: Everyday Emergency; Infectious Disease

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Education, Medical, Continuing; Emergency Medical Services; Pediatrics; Transportation of Patients; Triage; Pandemics

Institutions: EMSC Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC)

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