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.
ePCR data from more than 1,000 EMS agencies filtered to understand frequency and type of football players injuries
Make information sharing a part of your mass casualty incident protocols, especially in incidents involving children or unknown illness
Heated, humidified, high flow nasal cannula oxygenation has a number of benefits that could be useful in a prehospital setting
The boys’ mother and father swam to the surface, but their two children weren’t breathing when they were rescued from the underwater car
Video shows the high-speed, head-on collision between a school bus and SUV after the SUV driver became unresponsive
A paramedic who helped rescue a doctor in a fiery collision realized it was the doctor that fought for his survival when he was born prematurely
Operation Safe Walk positions ambulances in plain sight near schools to deter additional child luring attempts
She was able to revive an unresponsive 10-month-old boy with CPR before an ambulance arrived
Medic able to revive unresponsive 10-month-old boy with CPR before ambulance arrived
The adage of “you’re not dead until you’re warm and dead” applies to pediatric cold water drowning victims
A neighbor discovered an abandoned baby in a car seat; the mother had been arrested for a DUI and the father was inside sleeping
Workshop, funded by a grant to expand pediatric medical education, used pig lungs, hearts, and tracheas for hands-on training
Despite objections, one responder who is working with a state lawmaker says the goal is to save babies’ lives
Toddler in critical condition at Children’s Hospital; ATV recovered from water 18 feet deep
All 4 children in cardiac arrest when firefighters arrived; Relative reports kids had been ‘sick for days’
The newborn incubator could be showing up hospitals, fire stations, churches and selected nonprofits under legislation that would give mothers in crisis a way to safely and anonymously surrender their children
Prepare ahead of time to eliminate ‘slow’ responses that require greater thought from your care of critically ill children
He started performing CPR, stayed calm and called for help when is father collapsed with a heart attack
He immediately started performing CPR, dialed 999, and stayed calm and collected when his father collapsed
The adjustable ACR-4 and BABY ACR harnesses are designed for the safe restraint of children and infants during transports
Toronto boy died after wandering away from grandmother’s apartment in bitter cold overnight weather
Three school-aged girls remind us that kids can make a life-saving difference in their community
Review of allergic reaction signs and symptoms; practice prehospital epinephrine administration routes
Mom finds 15-month-old girls in bathtub and father gone from the home
The parents registered a complaint after the ambulance was redirected twice in two hours to higher priority calls, and they drove their child to the hospital themselves
He made the decision to face being reprimanded, and gave CPR instructions over the phone when a 9-month-old stopped breathing
The new units are equipped with technology like an infant incubator and ventilator and whole body cooling therapy to better care for critically ill newborns and children
He gave CPR instructions over the phone despite the police department’s lack of emergency medical dispatch certification
The parents of a 14-year-old who died after being struck by an ambulance filed a civil action suit claiming it was driven in a “negligent, careless and reckless manner”
The 2-month-old was dead when paramedics arrived, and a woman’s 14-year-old daughter was arrested after a police investigation
The thin ice the boy was standing on looked like it could have buckled at any moment
2 killed, 73 injured including 21 babies that were rushed to other hospitals
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