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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Counseling provides a welcoming space for children to discuss worries and share experiences unique to being in a first responder family
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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
Focusing completely on the child makes pediatric assessment more effective and diminishes the chaotic nature of the scene
EMS providers need to understand the unique legal considerations that apply to pediatric patients and add additional details about the incident
I realize that maybe she kept coming back because she had felt the love in my hands as I tried to save her
Learn about pediatric lung diseases that present with asthma-like symptoms to EMS providers
A true story of a child drowning and the interruption, pain, loss, and grief that doesn’t go away for the would be rescuers
The fire chief gave the girl an award for bravery and the boy and dispatcher were given a meritorious service award for their actions during the fire
As his sister can be heard saying they were going to die, her brother tells her not to say that
You are asked to respond to the soccer field at the local middle school; did you get the treatment steps right?
You are asked to respond to the soccer field at the local middle school
The toddler picked up an unattended gun inside a home and it went off, shooting a 1-year-old boy in the head
The Ohio boy sustained bumps and bruises from the fall; taken to the hospital by paramedics
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