Pediatric Care
Prepare for the unique and often difficult challenges of pediatric patient assessment and treatment with our collection of expert-written columns, original video and news.
A new version is tailored for EMS, and enhanced guidance will improve burn care
A future EMT’s submission to the NPR student podcast challenge seeks to educate the public about lights and siren use
Ensuring equitable treatment for all communities begins with understanding how unintentional racism can produce racist outcomes in EMS
A photo of firefighter-paramedic Doug Higley sitting with a 3-year-old at the hospital while waiting for her parents to arrive has gone viral
Nature Coast EMS hopes the effort will decrease the growing number of newborn deaths in the county
The pediatric ambulance was transporting a patient in critical condition when a semi-truck sideswiped the rig
Gaston County EMS paramedic Susan Nalley met Ben Armstrong, 10, years later when he enrolled in the agency’s summer kids academy
Officials said the 13-year-old boy sometimes reported false emergencies, and just hung up in other calls
Police said Scott Sampson crashed into an ambulance that was being used for driver training while his 1-year-old son was with him in the vehicle
The two-week camp for high schoolers will teach them about bleeding control, airway management, rescue techniques and mass casualty response
Make information sharing a part of your mass casualty incident protocols, especially in incidents involving children or unknown illness
Officials in Highlands County say 33 kids and three adults from the Clover Leaf 4-H camp in Lake Placid began feeling nauseous and were rushed to the hospital
Jamie Sprout, who has a mitochondrial disorder, was surprised with a first responder-themed birthday and visitors from several public safety agencies
Henley Wilder said an off-duty EMT jumped into action to save her 2-year-old daughter after witnessing a car crash
During a six-hour class Thursday, the Calhoun County School System nurses heard from medical professionals about the best wound-care techniques to use
Halifax District Royal Canadian Mounted Police used the incident to remind parents to teach their children about when to call 911
Jenny Thomas, 8, was given a certificate by the Welsh Ambulance Service after leaving water bottles and candies for an EMS crew while they were away
The new trauma kits, which are tested on Afghanistan battlefields, include tourniquets, hyfin vents that can be applied to a chest wound and medicated gauze
Julie Booth keeps a closet stocked with children’s clothing after repeatedly seeing children get discharged with nothing to wear home
Heated, humidified, high flow nasal cannula oxygenation has a number of benefits that could be useful in a prehospital setting
Dorothy Craig, 3, grabbed a cellphone after her mother passed out and fell unconscious on the floor
EMT Amanda Turner jumped into action after watching the elementary school bus flip over from just two cars away
Seven-year-old Diego’s birth mother took him to a Sacramento fire station as a newborn and gave him to firefighter-paramedic Matt Rosales
In honor of EMS Week, North Stonington Ambulance taught kids about the EMS industry by demonstrating on stuffed animals
Oishei Children’s Hospital, Kaleida Health and AMR teamed up to design an ambulance to transport premature newborns in honor of EMS Week
The crash left the bus lying on its side on the guardrail of the highway, its undercarriage and front end sheared off and its steering wheel exposed
Images from the scene show a yellow school bus tipped over along the side of the road, with school children and emergency responders milling about
Aurora police said the ambulance, which had a patient inside, had its lights and sirens activated and was heading west when it T-boned the minivan
Dispatchers were able to quickly figure out exactly where Joshua’s grandmother was thanks to a new system
Todd Zobrist, who rescued a baby from the vehicle submerged in the frigid waters of Silver Lake, was awarded the Firefighting Medal of Honor
The crew was covered in broken glass in a “mindless act of vandalism” that resulted in a broken door window
K9 Deputy Jeremie Nix was driving home when he was flagged down by a passing car, and footage shows the two cars pulling over and a woman handing Nix a baby
Erica Bartlett was at the Holiday Inn Resort in Panama City Beach when she noticed a little boy floating on his back in the pool
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