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.
Many Ys are offering reduced prices for their child care based on financial need
Government and private groups are stepping up with resources and assistance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Is routine blood glucose testing of all children in the prehospital setting indicated?
You responded to a residence for a report of a 4-year-old child seizing; did you correctly assess and treat the child?
You are asked to respond to a residence for a report of a child seizing
Networked video technology is making it increasingly easy to connect patients at rural hospitals and incident scenes with specialist physicians
Police allege the Missouri man uploaded 70 videos from his ambulance base and home
Newly diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, he made the video while recovering and awaiting heart surgery
Luke Schemm, 17, had just scored the extra point after a touchdown when he ran to the sidelines and collapsed
The trooper is being honored for his efforts to save the infant after he responded to a call for a speeding car
Texas EMS providers gave children with difficult health conditions and their families a safe and healthy trick or treating experience
Four were injured, including the driver of the vehicle that jumped the curb and plowed into a group of costumed children and adults
He stopped to help while transporting a patient; the child is on life support
A Kentucky group will teach children how to use naloxone to reverse an opioid overdose
What level of care is available and are EMS personnel on standby at high school football games in your response area?
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The custom-built ambulance is supposed to provide a smoother ride for fragile patients
Flight attendants acted as stand-in nurses, and most passengers were asleep until the cabin lights came on for the delivery
A new study found epinephrine autoinjectors used to treat children in anaphylaxis caused lacerations and embedded needles
Sources say a firefighter allegedly designed a website to help colleagues housing actual pediatric advanced life support exam questions
An ambulance, semitrailer and three cars crashed on Ala. Interstate with no serious injuries
Educators need to provide realistic simulation training to ensure pediatric patient clinical competence
A head-on car accident broke the toddler’s C1 and C2 vertebrae and his collarbone
Brody Channel was honoring his father who died in the line of duty last year; he pulled to the side of the road to help an officer perform CPR on an unresponsive 9-month-old girl
Two children were home alone when they were found hiding while their house was on fire
The baby was shot in a drive-by shooting that killed his mother, grandmother and injured two others
Understand how waveform capnography can be used to assess and treat ventilation, perfusion and metabolic emergencies in children
When his mother went into labor at home, the 11-year-old called 911 and followed the dispatcher’s instructions
The doctor used an oxygen mask, an oxygen tank, a water bottle, a plastic cup and a passenger’s adult inhaler to make a nebulizer for the 2-year-old
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