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The Emergency Medical Services for Children collaborations for Pediatric Disaster Preparedness

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Elizabeth Edgerton, MD, MPH Director, Division of Child, Adolescent and Family HealthMaternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

1Objective:Provide an overview of the partnerships and collaboration and the need for the project.

Discuss potential intersections with the EMS for Children Program (EMSC)2

Mission of EMSCThe EMS for Children Program addresses the entire continuum of pediatric emergency services, from injury prevention and EMS access through out-of-hospital and emergency department care, intensive care, rehabilitation and reintegration into the communitySenator Inouye 6-14-11

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Unique factors of Children

Where children are being cared for day to day

But when disaster occurs.This is the framework for our collaborations around disaster preparedness

Disaster Plan Addresses Issues Specific to the Care of Children

Need for Pediatric Considerations in Disaster PlanningBarriers to Guidelines ImplementationCost of personnel Cost of training Lack of trained MDs Lack of trained RNs Lack of Admin support Lack of policies in peds emergency care Lack of peds QI plan Lack of interest in meeting guidelines OtherLack of educational resources

Lack of disaster planning for children 54%

Benefits of Pediatric Readiness Globally-reduces the unevenness of pediatric emergency care by creating a foundation for all Eds

State level: Disaster Preparedness Improves day-to-day readiness of an ED which increases the likelihood that it will be prepared for a disasterProvides an opportunity for children to be better integrated into overall state disaster plansThe assessment will ask if the facilitys disaster plan addresses issues specific to the care of childrenOnline toolkit will have example ED disaster preparedness policies that incorporate the needs of children http://www.pediatricreadiness.org/

CollaborationEnhances Planning

Increases Integration

Improves Infrastructure

Rely on each others expertise

Program Planning and Evaluation

Consider both HPP and EMSC performance measures as well as results from the National Pediatric Readiness Assessment when developing local disaster preparedness and evaluation plans

EMSC Intersections at the State and Local Level

EMSC Intersections at the State and Local Level

Establishing Collaborative Partnerships

Expand local partnerships to include:stakeholders key to both local healthcare coalitions and EMSC programs, specifically points of contact within State Health Departments and Schools of Medicine, to jointly develop and evaluate pediatric disaster plans as well as support each others programs

Next stepsAccess resourcesNational Library of MedicineResearch best practice case studies to improve coordination and deliveryLet us know how we can improveSharing lessons learned at all levels

QuestionsAfter the webcast, you may send additional questions to:

Elizabeth Edgerton at Eedgerton@hrsa.gov

Thank YouTo our audience for joining the webcast

To our partners at ASPR, NLM, and the NRC