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.
Challenge yourself to overcome clinical weaknesses
Our co-hosts discuss the complexities of handling pediatric patients, including best practices and building confidence in the ability to treat children
Turn real-life situations into realistic practice scenarios by placing pediatric manikins where you’re likely to encounter them, not just the classroom table
You are asked to respond to a daycare center at a local preschool
Lt. Broyles stayed in touch with the family after Jordan Miller was born, and was proud to watch the boy graduate at the top of his class
More than a dozen firefighters and three fire trucks kept his mind on the thing he loves and off of his brain tumor
The Bridgeport, Mass. AMR operation trained students in their schools in Mass. and Conn. for the 3rd annual World CPR Challenge
UK responders perform a high-angle rope rescue to free the injured from The Smiler amusement ride
Frederick the friendly paramedic treats an injured skateboarder to help kids understand what to expect during a medical emergency
Paramedics waded into the pool full of “murky, filthy water with a lot of trash” and groped blindly for the boys
The ambulance had just been put into service when crews received a call for a woman in labor
Children were thrown from a bounce house when it first flipped over and before it flew above the tree line
EMS providers, cardiac arrest survivors and bystanders who started CPR before responders arrived all met to celebrate and express their gratitude
The unattended child was transported by the ambulance crew and is reported as alert with serious injuries
An investigation has been launched after a girl in elementary school was injured when her backpack got stuck in the door of the bus as she was getting off the vehicle
As a medic who popped a girl’s knee back into place I never expected her to recognize me years later in the grocery store
I am not sure if I have ever been the unquestionable difference between life and death, but I can tell stories about making patients feel better on their worst days well into the night
I went on to become a paramedic to prevent other people from suffering the way my family did on one awful night
EMTs, firefighters, and cops came together to extricate a 10-year-old with a bolt through his skull, and we all learned the importance of working together
Like those medics I now know my true calling is to be a hero in someone else’s eyes, but a normal everyday person through my own eyes
We weren’t sure what happened to the infant abandoned in a toilet until, as fate would have it, the child was adopted by our friend
The father gave a detailed description of the vehicle and location after accidentally forgetting his child
Calming an inconsolable infant is ‘cape worthy’ and why I will always carry a binky in my work bag
A program where responders teach ESL and serve as role models to inner-city kids was a rewarding experience with lasting connections
He performed rescue breaths then shocked the teen after he was hit in the chest with a baseball and stopped breathing during a Little League game
The unit now features an image of Yellowstone Cutthroat trouts as part of a Wyoming Medical Center ambulance drawing contest
Records show they called three times, the incident where their 1-year-old fell and was knocked unconscious was listed as minor and the responding ambulance was not the closest unit
A vehicle going the wrong way hit a minivan head-on; three children in the minivan died, along a front passenger and both drivers
An EMT mom shows her seven children determination, resilience and what it means to be human
The baby is expected to recover from two fractures and bleeding in the brain after a man, angry over a domestic issue, threw a piece of concrete
The Ariz. department will use videos to help keep kids calm and relaxed during transfers to children’s hospital
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