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.
OMI President Felix Marquez shares how VR training is helping rural Florida EMS agencies maintain critical pediatric emergency skills
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“I started doing what we learned,” said Giselle Torres, a student in an EMS class at the Careerline Tech Center
The “bleeding control stations” would contain tourniquets, among other life-saving items, and include instructions on preventing blood loss
Elementary school children in Hazleton swarmed into the cockpit of a medical helicopter, petted a police dog and got a look inside an armored rescue vehicle
The woman was transported from Buckeye Valley to a hospital for treatment
Cheney EMS providers transported the boy to a hospital, where he died
Aiden Carter called 911 and stayed with the injured driver until first responders arrived
A medical professional and a former boy scout applied pressure to Ralph Yarl’s wounds, checked his pulse and kept him company
The Index tracks data for more than 2,600 EMS agencies across the country
The Southborough Police Department said that “Trouble Bubble” gum is made with the same ingredient used in pepper spray
The measure would establish grants that schools could use to buy AEDs and to pay for training
The deputy began performing CPR before the crew arrived
A female suspect is dead; the Nashville Fire Department said it responded to an “active aggressor”
William Dwyer stands by his officers’ decision to not wait for an ambulance and to rush the 4-month-old to the hospital
EMS providers transported the children and two adults to a hospital
The mother handed the child to Boca Raton Fire Rescue paramedics, who helped him regain a faint pulse before transporting him
“I don’t see most adults do as well as [Aria Lamen] did,” said Aurora 911 Dispatcher Tracie Whalen
Los Angeles Fire Department crewmembers evaluated the children and transported five to a hospital
Derry, N.H. first responders rescued a girl trapped under a fallen tree and transported her to a hospital
Firefighter Walter Stewart lost his youngest and oldest kids following the deaths of their brother and mother
Responders assessed the teen and packaged him for a short flight while harnessed to a rope attached to a helicopter, which flew him to an ambulance
The University of Massachusetts is warning about “blackout rage gallons,” or “BORGs,” use among college kids, as seen on the app
How “Little Doug,” a friend of Green Bay Metro crewmembers, survived another serious medical issue
Since the ambulance was impeded by snow-covered streets, Portland firefighters transported the child to a hospital
Bystanders called 911, but the child’s family said no one performed CPR, and it took up to 30 minutes for first responders to arrive
Mercy Flight EMS providers transported the injured child to Oishei Children’s Hospital in Buffalo
A juror said that most of panel wanted to convict Anthony Spada, who remains on leave from the Walla Walla department
Boston Fire offered Duxbury Fire Department its Critical Incident Stress Management team to help the responders and their families
Former Yellow Breeches leader Douglas Allen Shields was the student’s supervisor
The artificial intelligence revolution has arrived; learn how OpenAI’s most popular innovation can add value to EMS
Takeaways from the 90-plus posters on display at this year’s National Association of EMS Physicians annual meeting
