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 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
Gordon Graham recommends responders be vigilant and on the lookout for kids left in hot vehicles during warmer months
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
Zimori Hall had just completed a one-week “911 Jr. First Responder Camp” where he learned the basics of first aid, CPR training and the Heimlich Maneuver
Police responded to a hospital after a woman reported that her boyfriend had assaulted her; he fled in an ambulance with his 18-month-old son
The American Academy of Pediatrics found that the number of children between the ages of 8 and 13 visiting ERs for concussions has doubled
Providing effective pediatric care starts with confronting your challenges with children
Rethinking EMS response to pediatric emergency care, trauma, pain management and arrests
Cabell Hntington Hospital trauma services director Jennifer Murray pushed the initiative to Lawrence County schools at a recent commission meeting
