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.
Drs. Tracy Coffey and Ashley Huff discuss geographic inequities and extraordinarily long transports
Obstetrics studies reveal best practices in newborn suctioning, umbilical cord clamping
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Educator finds new purpose helping to mold students at historic, cost-free, private residential school in Hershey, Pa.
Firefighters, EMS providers and police officers made a big show when arriving at 8-year-old Jenciel Filero’s home to give him a bike after his was destroyed
Body camera footage shows Temple Police Department Officers David Yates and Lt. James Hollowood performing CPR on the boy before paramedics arrived
“Statistics show that if someone does something, more people survive,” Youth Officer Tom Paige said in describing the deficiencies of the old plan
Participants in Health Occupation Day learned several skills, such as how to safely remove a patient from a vehicle and stabilize their spinal cord
Learn how infants who were exposed to opioids present while suffering from withdrawal
ePCR data from more than 1,000 EMS agencies filtered to understand frequency and type of football players injuries
Dispatcher Chris Clow helped the child figure out a difficult division problem after answering the call
LifeNet Flight Paramedic Bob King created “Hannah’s Light,” in honor of a 7-year-old girl who was hit by a bus outside her home
Jasmin Flores was prompted to hold a community training session in CPR after realizing other bystanders of a crash wanted to help but did not know CPR
The $18.75 million lawsuit contends the Department of Human Services and the baby’s pediatrician failed to protect him and prevent him from dying
Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster said when someone hits the button, it alerts police, paramedics, firefighters, school administrators and calls 911
Britni Wihebrink, 28, had been drinking before her 2-year-old was found “very hot and stiff” on the rear floorboard of her car
District Chief Steve Dunbar said a man approached paramedics and gave them the baby, who was so young he still had his umbilical cord attached
When Sasha Pchelenkov, 8, saw his mother trying to get a large dog off of his 2-year-old brother, Misha Moore, he immediately jumped into action
The suit alleging that a number of opioid manufacturers are responsible for the medical needs of babies exposed to opioids before birth
Reyna Martinez stood outside her home and screamed for someone to help her when her 1-year-old son began choking on Cheerios
The 11 year old was playing in a flooded drainage ditch and got swept under the water
Police said the boy, who has autism, got into the ambulance while he was being evaluated and drove it down an embankment
Rosie’s Hugs began two years ago as a way to bring comfort to scared and sick children at two local emergency rooms
Glendale Fire Department paramedics responded to a call about a mother in labor and found that the umbilical cord was wrapped around the neck of the baby
A student-run nonprofit is pushing for a law that requires minors provide proof of CPR training before sitting for a driver’s license test
Max Velez, 4, is being hailed a hero after calling for help when his grandmother stopped breathing due to a case of pneumonia
The Department of Homeland Security is accepting applications for the School-Age Trauma Training grant
Jenna Newman created cards using the Picture Exchange Communication System that include images broken down into categories
Wall-mounted stations each contain eight bleeding control kits, giving each school 24 smaller sets of tools that can be used in the most serious of emergencies
Police said Curtis Collman II not only refused to call 911 to try and save his son, but threatened others who tried to call for help as the boy overdosed on meth
Officer Osvaldo Nunez immediately began performing CPR after Rebeca Alarcon ran outside of her home to find help for her daughter
The 29th annual South Central Minnesota Safety Camp, planned by first responders, teaches skills to children entering grades four through seven
New York State Trooper Matthew Colwell and firefighter Jessica Campet pulled the child from the deep end of the pool at the La Quinta Inn
Gladstone police, fire and EMS officials stopped by to sip some fresh lemonade after a man interrogated Jacob Martin, 8, for not having a permit
