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.
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Crossville-Cumberland County Emergency Communications Dispatcher Kelli Billingsley told the family how to start CPR before EMS providers could arrive
EMS providers were ready at the shore, but as they transported the patient, she stopped breathing again and they had to stabilize her
Spokane Fire Department members have been learning to how use the pediatric resuscitation system and mobile app
Members of the Gaffney City Fire Department performed a technical rescue successfully in about half an hour, and EMS providers transported the injured boy
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Josh Owens helped his family members to safety before working to control a critically injured person’s blood loss
Dannielle Binns, who works for two agencies, started administering back blows as the child was turning blue
Chicago Fire spokesman Larry Langford describes first responders’ efforts at a fatal apartment fire
Ten people died and hundreds were injured during a massive crowd surge last year in Houston
Researchers found that signs of past infection rose dramatically when the more contagious omicron variant surged in the U.S.
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First responders brought both the two to shore in a rescue boat, then an EMS crew transported them to Akron Children’s Hospital
Shriner’s Children’s executive vice president said Shriners’ doctors, nurses and therapists had lengthy experience working with children suffering life-threatening burn injuries
We do everything we can in the hope we’re wrong about what is happening to the smallest of victims
Cristian Anthony Stern also serves with the Georgia National Guard
Two people were killed in the onslaught; sources say the ambulance may have been donated by the London Ambulance Service
The boy was conscious but in distress in a 20-acre pond south of Boston
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The students all “experienced severe sickness within minutes of each other”
Investigators say that the responder was working in an ambulance at the time and that there may be more victims
The new content covers field triage, acute events in infants, cardiac arrest and trauma MCIs
Anthony Spada has been placed on administrative leave, instructed to stay out of city offices and to not contact city employees
The parents reportedly crawled out of the structure screaming for help for their daughter, who was still inside the home on a breathing machine
Six children were transported to Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock, and most had been released by Sunday afternoon
The two girls and two boys were reported to be in serious condition
The Amarillo medic and the 16-month-old child were treated for smoke inhalation
Two injured college students have been recovering after being transported by helicopter to the University Medical Center in Lubbock
Tri-Hospital EMS CEO said that a paramedic’s quick reaction to the situation kept the collision from being head-on
A Baton Rouge EMS spokesman said the baby was “tough,” and that the 8-month-old child did not cry during the rescue